Stain (album)

Stain
Studio album by Living Colour
Released March 3, 1993 (1993-03-03)
Recorded 1992 at Bearsville Studios and Long View Farm
Genre Funk metal, alternative metal, experimental rock
Length 44:56
Label Epic
Producer Ron Saint Germain
Living Colour
Living Colour chronology
Biscuits
(1991)		 Stain
(1993)		 Pride
(1995)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Rolling Stone[2]
Robert ChristgauA−[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[4]

Stain is the third album by Living Colour. It was released on March 2, 1993, by Epic Records. It is the first album to feature bassist Doug Wimbish. Stain features a much heavier and aggressive Living Colour, containing elements of thrash metal and industrial music. It reached No. 26 on the Billboard 200. The band split up in January 1995 following a tour with Bad Brains.

The cover art shows a woman wearing a brank.

From the mid-1990s through the early 2010s, the album was out of print due to rights issues after a lawsuit from Jon Stainbrook of the band The Stain forced Sony to cease production of the album.[5] In November 2013, the album was reissued by Music On CD and is also available as an MP3 download.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Go Away"  Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish4:03
2."Ignorance Is Bliss"  Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish3:17
3."Leave It Alone"  Glover, Reid, Wimbish3:29
4."Bi"  Calhoun, Reid4:46
5."Mind Your Own Business"  Reid3:17
6."Ausländer"  Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish2:38
7."Never Satisfied"  Glover, Reid4:06
8."Nothingness"  Calhoun3:30
9."Postman"  Reid3:31
10."WTFF" (stands for What-The-Fuck Factor)Betts, Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish2:15
11."This Little Pig"  Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish3:04
12."Hemp"  Reid, Fairley1:36
13."Wall"  Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish5:23

Chart performance

Chart Peak
position
UK Albums Chart[6] 19
US Billboard 200[7] 26

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1993 "Nothingness" Modern Rock Tracks 17
"Leave It Alone" Modern Rock Tracks 4
Mainstream Rock Tracks 14

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Stain Review". Almusic.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  2. ↑ Stain Review. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  3. ↑ "Living Colour Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
  4. ↑ "Stain Review". EW.com. 5 March 1993. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  5. ↑ "STAIND Settles Court Case With THE STAIN".
  6. ↑ "UK charts page for Living Colour". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
  7. ↑ "Living Colour album charts [albums]". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
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