University (album)
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| University | ||||
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| Released | January 16, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | October 1993–October 1994 | |||
| Studio | Kingsway, New Orleans, LA | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock | |||
| Length | 48:32 | |||
| Label | 4AD[1] Sire/Reprise[2] | |||
| Producer | Throwing Muses | |||
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University is the sixth studio album by the American alternative rock band Throwing Muses, released in January 1995.[3][4] It contains the single "Bright Yellow Gun", the band's first national hit.
The album peaked at No. 10 on the UK Albums Chart; it peaked at No. 10 on Billboard's Heatseekers Albums chart.[5][6] Sales were too low for Sire, and the band was dropped from its roster, ending the Muses' major label years.
The album was recorded in the fall of 1993, right before lead Muse Kristin Hersh recorded her first solo album, Hips and Makers. 4AD founder Ivo Watts-Russell convinced Hersh to release the solo album first, in early 1994; University was delayed until 1995. The band's former roadie, Bernard Georges, played bass on the album.[7]
