! (The Dismemberment Plan album)

! is the debut studio album by American indie rock band The Dismemberment Plan. It was released on October 2, 1995 on DeSoto Records. The band's original drummer Steve Cummings played on the album but left shortly after its release.

!
Studio album by The Dismemberment Plan
Released	October 3, 1995
Genre	Post-hardcore[1]
Length	38:07
Label	DeSoto
The Dismemberment Plan chronology
! (1995) The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
Sputnikmusic	3/5[4]

Track listing

1. "Survey Says" – 2:08
2. "The Things That Matter" – 2:25
3. "The Small Stuff" – 3:02
4. "OK Jokes Over" – 4:27
5. "Soon to Be Ex Quaker" – 1:26
6. "I'm Going to Buy You a Gun" – 3:06
7. "If I Don't Write" – 4:28
8. "Wouldn't You Like to Know?" – 2:50
9. "13th and Euclid" – 2:18
10. "Fantastic!" – 4:14
11. "Onward, Fat Girl" – 2:46
12. "Rusty" – 4:29
13. "The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich" (Japanese bonus track) – 2:23

Personnel

The following people were involved in the making of !:

The Dismemberment Plan

• Eric Axelson – bass
• Jason Caddell – guitar
• Steve Cummings – drums
• Travis Morrison – vocals, guitar

Production

• Andy Charneco and Don Zientara – recording

Footnotes

1. Terich 2008
2. Raggett 2018
3. Catucci 2004
4. Robin 2010

References

• Catucci, Nick (2004). "The Dismemberment Plan". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 243–44. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
• Raggett, Ned (2018). "! – The Dismemberment Plan". AllMusic. Archived from the original on 2018-08-24. Retrieved Aug 23, 2018.
• Robin (Jun 17, 2010). "The Dismemberment Plan – !". Sputnikmusic. Archived from the original on 2018-08-23. Retrieved Aug 23, 2018.
• Terich, Jeff (Aug 22, 2008). "Album Review : The Dismemberment Plan - Emergency & I". Treblezine. Archived from the original on July 17, 2011. Retrieved Mar 13, 2011. [...] "Past albums ! and The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified sufficiently established the band as post-hardcore and new wave-influenced iconoclasts, going spastic with Casio keyboards and funky rhythms" [...]