Mercurotones
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| Mercurotones | ||||
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| Released | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Hard rock | |||
| Label | Island | |||
| Producer | Michael Beinhorn, Dust Brothers | |||
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Mercurotones is the second album by the American band the Buck Pets, released in 1990.[1][2] They supported it by opening for Jane's Addiction and then Neil Young on North American tours.[3][4] "Libertine" peaked at No. 25 on Billboard's Modern Rock Tracks chart.[5] The album sold around 35,000 copies in its first six months of release, which led Island Records to not renew the band's option.[6]
The album was produced by Michael Beinhorn, who worked with the band to keep an unpolished sound.[7][8] Its songs were written by frontmen Andy Thompson and Chris Savage.[8] The Buck Pets were influenced primarily by the Replacements; Thompson briefly attended school with Tommy Stinson.[9][10] The lyrics to most of the songs were of a personal nature, as the band wanted to be direct and relatable to their listeners.[9] Jack Irons played drums on the majority of the tracks, as Island Records was not happy with the ability of the band's drummer, Tony Alba.[11] They used a horn section on "Libertine", which was produced by the Dust Brothers.[12][13]
