A Sinister Alphabet

A Sinister Alphabet
Studio album by Phantom 309
Released August 17, 1989 (1989-08-17)
Recorded Autumn 1988
Studio Studio 805
(Nashville, TN)
Genre Noise rock, garage punk, punk blues
Length 21:37
Label Tupelo
Producer Jon Langford

A Sinister Alphabet is the debut studio album of Phantom 309, released in 1989 by Tupelo Recording Company.[1]

Reception

Ira Robbins of Trouser Press wrote an enthusiastic review, saying it "simmers with backwoods weirdness and domineering intensity" and calling it "a dish of gutter-level grungeabilly and cohesively crude rock noise distinguished by guitarist John Forbes' devilish growl."[2]

Track listing

All tracks written by Phantom 309, except "Tiger in Your Tank" by Willie Dixon.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Tiger in Your Tank"3:12
2."Burn Sweet Bright"2:22
3."Beaver Hollow Turnaround"2:30
4."Slowboat to China"2:46
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Sweating Like a Nail"2:20
2."Lil' Masturbator"0:33
3."Ah So, What Else"1:44
4."Janitor to the Stars"2:54
5."Not Your Style"3:11

Personnel

Adapted from the A Sinister Alphabet liner notes.[3]

Phantom 309

Production and design

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United Kingdom 1989 Tupelo CD, LP TUP3

References

  1. ↑ "Phantom 309: A Sinister Alphabet > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  2. ↑ Robbins, Ira (2007). "Phantom 309". Trouser Press. Retrieved August 14, 2017.
  3. ↑ A Sinister Alphabet (booklet). Phantom 309. San Francisco, California: Tupelo Recording Company. 1989.
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