Acrobatic Tenement

by At The Drive-In

Labels: Flipside , Twenty-first Chapter

Released: 02/18/1997 (CD)

Released: 04/30/2013 (Vinyl reissue)

Recorded: Late July, 1996

Length: 32:20

Location: Los Angeles

Format: LP

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Personnel

Liner Notes

The album was allegedly recorded for only $600 in Los Angeles after they had concluded a tour.  

Per Cedric

“Before the album, the band had broken up. We did a U.S. tour and we decided to split up. I always needed Jim to be there, but he’d had a falling out with Omar. We’d made a bunch of dumb moves at the time — kicked the drummer who was on the record out, and then the other guitar player — but then Tony and Paul came and played. Omar switched to guitar at the time, because he played bass on that album, so when we played live, it was a lot different. Jim had been listening to a lot of jangly indie rock, stuff like Built to Spill, and that’s what that album sounds like”

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Releases & pressings

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★ 3.8 Discogs rating
$3.87 lowest price · 7 listed
27 pressings

Credits

  • Design [Jacket Design]: Jim Ward
  • Layout: Blaze James
  • Painting [Front Cover Painting]: Emberly Modine
  • Performer [At The Drive In On This Record Is:]: Adam Amparan, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Jim Ward, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, Ryan Sawyer
  • Photography By [Back Cover Photo]: Sofie (7)
  • Producer: At The Drive-In, Blaze James, Doug Green
  • Recorded By: Doug Green
  • Words By, Music By: At The Drive-In

Release notes

There's three nearly identical versions of this album. 1) Pressed by Crest National ([r4616690]) 2) Pressed by Disctronics USA ([r4215944]) 3) Pressed by Disque Americ (This) Recorded at Commercial Soundworks in Hollywood, CA. during a group of days at the end of July, 1996. Barcode appears on the spine. Cat# FLIP94 appears on opposite spine to barcode. Cat# flip94 appears on disc.

All pressings (27)

US CD · Album, Stereo • 1997
Flipside Records (FLIP94, flip94)
US CD · Album • 1997
Flipside Records (FLIP94, flip94)
US CD · Album, Enhanced, Reissue • 2000
Restart Records (RES94, res94, 759528-009421)
US CD · Album, Reissue • 2004
Fearless Records (FRL 30071-2)
Europe CD · Album, Enhanced, Reissue • 2004
V2 (VVR1030302)
Australia CD · Album, Reissue • 2004
Shock (2) (CTX254CD)
Japan CD · Album, Reissue • 2005
V2 (V2CP-223)
Japan CD · Album, Reissue • 2009
Fearless Records (UICY-60044)
Worldwide File · AAC, Album • 2012
Transgressive Records (none)
Australia CD · Album, Reissue • 2012
Stop Start (SSM30)
US CD · Album, Reissue • 2013
Twenty-First Chapter (TFC002)
Japan CD · Album, Reissue • 2013
Daymare Recordings (DYMC-190)
UK Cassette · Album, Limited Edition, Reissue • 2013
Transgressive Records (none)
US Vinyl · LP, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition • 2013
Twenty-First Chapter (TFC002)
UK Vinyl · LP, Album, Reissue, Limited Edition • 2013
Transgressive Records (TRANS154X)
US Vinyl · LP, Album, Reissue, Test Pressing • 2013
Twenty-First Chapter (TFC-002)
Canada CD · Album, Reissue • 2013
Dine Alone Records (DA064)
Canada Vinyl · LP, Album, Limited Edition, Reissue • 2013
Dine Alone Records (DAV068)
UK CDr · Album, Reissue, Promo • 2013
Transgressive Records (none)
UK Vinyl · LP, Album, Reissue, Repress, White Label • 2013
Transgressive Records (TRANS154X)
UK CD · Album, Reissue • 2013
Transgressive Records (TRANS154)
UK Vinyl · LP, Album, Reissue, Repress • 2013
Transgressive Records (TRANS154X)
Australia CD · Album, Reissue • 2016
Stop Start (SSM30CD)
US CD · Album, Reissue • 0
Flipside Records (flip94)
Australia Vinyl · LP, Reissue, Stereo • 0
Twenty-First Chapter (TFC002, SSM57)
Europe CD · Album, Reissue • 0
V2 (VVR1030302)
US CD · Album, Reissue • 0
Flipside Records (FLIP94, flip94)

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