Hallucigenia (album)

Hallucigenia is an album by Canadian band The Lowest of the Low, released in 1994.[2]

Hallucigenia
Studio album by
The Lowest of the Low
ReleasedFebruary 1994
Recordedat Vancouver Studios
GenreIndie rock
Length59:01
LabelYes Boy Records/A&M
ProducerDon Smith
The Lowest of the Low chronology
Shakespeare My Butt
(1991)		 Hallucigenia
(1994)		 Nothing Short of a Bullet
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]

It was the band's first and only release on a major record label.[3] The album was recorded in 1993 with producer Don Smith, but its release was delayed several months as the band sorted out the details of their contract with A&M Records.[4]

The album also reveals the source of the band's name, opening with a clip of former President of the United States George H. W. Bush stating "We do not want to be the lowest of the low. We are not a nation in decline."

Displaying more of a hard rock influence than its predecessor, 1991's Shakespeare My Butt, the album peaked at #37 in the RPM album charts;[5] however, it was not as well received by audiences or critics as Shakespeare My Butt.[6] The band was also riven by significant internal tensions, and broke up barely a few months after Hallucigenia's release.[7] The band subsequently reunited in 2000, and issued the live album Nothing Short of a Bullet in 2002.[8]

"City Full of Cowards" was released as a CD single, with the non-album B-sides "Bit" and "Crying Like a Postcard". "Motel 30" was released as a CD single, with the non-album B-side "The Unbearable Lightness of Jean". "Gamble" was the album's other main single, with the album track "Night of the Living Assholes" as its B-side.

Guests

Art Bergmann appears as a guest musician on "Beer, Graffiti Walls". He is the subject of the song "Life Imitates Art", and is referenced in the lyrics to "Pistol" alongside Joe Strummer, Black Flag and Billy Bragg.

Track listing

All songs by Ron Hawkins, except where noted.

  1. "Pistol" - 4:31
  2. "That Song About Trees and Kites" - Hawkins/Kathleen Olmstead - 2:26
  3. "City Full of Cowards" - 4:03
  4. "Eating the Rich" - 4:05
  5. "Gamble" - 4:49
  6. "Dogs of February" - Stephen Stanley - 4:34
  7. "Black Monday" - 5:14
  8. "Beer, Graffiti Walls" - 5:25
  9. "7th Birthday" - 4:15
  10. "Penedono's Hand" - Stanley - 3:21
  11. "Life Imitates Art" - 3:34
  12. "Last, Lost Generation" - 3:46
  13. "Motel 30" - 3:05
  14. "Night of the Living Assholes" - 5:52

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Chris Dafoe, "Hallucigenia / The Lowest of The Low". The Globe and Mail, April 25, 1994.
  3. Lynn Saxberg, "Lowest of the Low opts for major label". Ottawa Citizen, March 24, 1994.
  4. David Howell, "Pop group takes on grim topic; Song about incest out of character for upbeat Toronto band". Edmonton Journal, May 2, 1994.
  5. "RPM 100 Albums". RPM, April 18, 1994.
  6. "Lowest of the Low get back up with Sordid Fiction". Timmins Daily Press, October 13, 2004.
  7. Peter Howell, "The lowdown on the Lowest Of The Low". Toronto Star, November 10, 1994.
  8. Eric Vollmers, "Lowest of the Low ready to hit the heights". Waterloo Region Record, October 16, 2002.
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