Pomegranate (Poi Dog Pondering album)
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| Pomegranate | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
| Label | Pomegranate/Bar/None | |||
| Producer | Frank Orrall, Martin Stebbing, Poi Dog Pondering | |||
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Pomegranate is an album by the American band Poi Dog Pondering, released in 1995.[1][2] It was first released in a limited edition by the band's label, with a national release by Bar/None Records.[3] The band supported the album with a North American tour.[4] Pomegranate sold more than 40,000 copies in its first six months of release.[5] "Catacombs" was released as a single.[6] An EP, Electrique Plummagram, contained dance remixes of some Pomegranate tracks.[7]
The album was produced by Frank Orrall, Martin Stebbing, and the band.[8] It was recorded in an empty basketball gym in Chicago over a period of seven months.[3] The band, which raised around $10,000 for the sessions, aimed for a production that would sound good in a dance club.[3] Frontman Orrall used a handheld microphone for many of the songs, recording "Diamonds and Buttermilk" while crawling around the floor.[9] Orrall thought that Pomegranate was a more cohesive album than the band's previous releases.[10] Steve Goulding played drums on Pomegranate.[11] "God's Gallipoli" addresses the leukemic lymphoma of bandmember Brigid Murphy; Orrall, partly in response to criticism of the band's previous albums, tried to write songs about more serious matters.[12][13]
