Mother of All Saints is an album by the American band Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.[1][2] It was released in 1992 through Matador Records.[3] The band supported the album by playing shows with Bailter Space.[4]

Mother of All Saints
Studio album by
Released1992
RecordedLowdown Studios, San Francisco, California
GenreNoise rock, indie rock, experimental rock
Length69:40
LabelMatador
ProducerGreg Freeman, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 chronology
Lovelyville
(1991)
Mother of All Saints
(1992)
Where's Officer Tuba
(1993)

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
Chicago Tribune    [6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music     [7]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography6/10[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10[9]

The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a sprawling, 23-song, 70-minute heap of fragmented melodies, noise and roundabout backwoods ruralism."[6] The Gainesville Sun praised the "staggering epic weirdness."[10]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

No.TitleLength
1."..." (retitled "The Herald" on YouTube[11])0:08
2."Gentleman's Lament"2:47
3."Catcher"2:27
4."Hornet's Heart"2:41
5."Star Trek"3:59
6."Tell Me"4:07
7."Heaven for Addled Imbeciles"1:22
8."Hive"4:41
9."Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice"4:04
10."None Too Fancy"2:47
11."Wide Forehead"4:09
12."Infection"5:18
13."Pleasure Circle"1:26
14."Tight Little Thing"1:43
15."Hosanna Loud Hosanna"1:17
16."Tuning Notes"4:08
17."Shuddering Big Butter"2:52
18."1" Tall"4:29
19."Raymond H."5:52
20."..." (retitled "The Toad Submerged" on YouTube[12])0:49
21."Cistern"4:37
22."El Cerrito"2:48
23."Fish Bowl"1:07

Personnel

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Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Production and additional personnel

References

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  1. ^ "With a great cranky clatter, the avant-garde rock band...". Arizona Daily Star. 20 Nov 1992. p. 26F.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Simon (Feb 6, 1993). "Mother of All Saints by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Melody Maker. 69 (6): 33.
  3. ^ Powers, Ann (7 Nov 1992). "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, from the nonconformist enclave of San Francisco...". The New York Times. p. 1:13.
  4. ^ West, Phil (April 29, 1994). "TIME FOR A CHALLENGE? STOP BY THE OFF RAMP". The Seattle Times. p. D42.
  5. ^ Phares, Heather. "Mother of All Saints". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
  6. ^ a b Margasak, Peter (21 Jan 1993). "Rave Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
  7. ^ "The encyclopedia of popular music". 1998.
  8. ^ Strong, Martin Charles (1999). The great alternative & indie discography. Canongate. ISBN 9780862419134.
  9. ^ Spin Alternative Record Guide, page 402-403
  10. ^ Doherty, Jim (August 11, 1995). "Iowa's Thinking Fellers return Wednesday". The Gainesville Sun.
  11. ^ "The Herald". YouTube.
  12. ^ "The Toad Submerged". YouTube.
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