Even If and Especially When

Even If and Especially When is the second studio album by the Seattle band Screaming Trees, released in 1987.[6][7] It was their first album released on SST.[8][9]

Even If and Especially When
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 28, 1987
Recorded1986
StudioVelvetone Studio, Ellensburg, WA
GenreGrunge, neo-psychedelia
Length36:24
LabelSST (132)[1]
ProducerSteve Fisk, Screaming Trees[2]
Screaming Trees chronology
Clairvoyance
(1986)
Even If and Especially When
(1987)
Beat Happening/
Screaming Trees

(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide6/10[5]

Critical reception edit

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called Even If and Especially When "the best of three strong albums for SST."[4] Trouser Press wrote: "Dropping the baby fat (well, some of it) without compromising the trademark garagey roar, the band hit on a sound it would gradually refine on each successive release."[10]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."Transfiguration"3:53
2."Straight Out to Any Place"2:00
3."World Painted"2:59
4."Don't Look Down"2:53
5."Girl Behind the Mask"2:33
6."Flying"3:14
7."Cold Rain"3:34
8."Other Days and Different Planets"3:12
9."The Pathway"3:25
10."You Know Where It's At"2:29
11."Back Together"2:08
12."In the Forest"4:04

Personnel edit

Screaming Trees
Additional personnel
  • Rod Doak – backing vocals on "Cold Rain"
  • Steve Fisk – producer
  • Diane Szukovathy – cover design

References edit

  1. ^ "Screaming Trees - Even If & Especially When - CD". SST Superstore.
  2. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 989.
  3. ^ "Even If and Especially When - Screaming Trees | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  4. ^ a b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 317.
  5. ^ Azzerad, Michael (1995). "Screaming Trees". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 343–344. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  6. ^ "Screaming Trees | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  7. ^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. December 31, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ Eddy, Chuck (August 10, 2011). Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822350101 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "SCREAMING TREES biography". The Great Rock Bible.
  10. ^ "Screaming Trees". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 December 2020.