Razorblade Suitcase

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Razorblade Suitcase
Bush studio album

Publication
(s)

1996

Label (s) Trauma records

Format (s)

CD , LP , MC

Genre (s)

Post grunge

Title (number)

13

running time

61 min 39s

occupation

production

Studio (s)

Abbey Road Studios , London , England

chronology
Sixteen Stone
( 1994 ) 		Razorblade Suitcase Deconstructed
( 1997 )

Razorblade Suitcase is the second music album by the English post-grunge band Bush . It was published in Germany in 1996.

history

Although Razorblade Suitcase did not sell as well as the previous album Sixteen Stone , it rose to number 1 in the US album charts. In Germany, it reached number 37 as the highest chart position.
The overall mood of the album is a lot darker than on the previous album , which made comparisons with the last Nirvana album In Utero from 1993. With their second album, Bush couldn't tear himself away from being compared to Nirvana.

Track list

  1. Personal Holloway - 3:24 am
  2. Greedy Fly - 4:29
  3. Swallowed - 4:50
  4. Insect kin - 4:26
  5. Cold Contagious - 5:59
  6. A tendency to start fires - 4:04
  7. Mouth - 5:44
  8. Straight no chaser - 4:00
  9. History - 4:36
  10. Synapse - 4:50
  11. Communicator - 4:22
  12. Bonedrives - 4:32
  13. Distant Voices - 6:20

This and that

  • All of the songs on the album were written by Gavin Rossdale .
  • The album was supposed to be called Ghost Medicine , but was then released under the name Razorblade Suitcase for unknown reasons .
  • The album contains three songs that were released as singles :
    Swallowed , the first single, reached its highest spot in the UK singles chart in 1996, at number 7.
    The 1997 released second single Greedy Fly rose to number 22 in the UK single charts.
    Cold Contagious was also released as a single, but did not make it into the Top 100.
    All three singles featured highly regarded videos. Two versions were even shot for Cold Contagious, including a live version.

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