Comfort (Failure album)

Comfort is the debut album by the American alternative rock band Failure.[4] Originally released in 1992, a version newly-remixed by Ken Andrews was released in 2020 as part of a box set containing Failure's first three albums.[2]

Comfort
Studio album by Failure
Released	September 15, 1992
Recorded	June 1992, Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota
Genre	Alternative metal[1]
Length	37:21
Label	Slash
Producer	Failure, Steve Albini[2]
Failure chronology
Comfort (1992) Magnified (1994)
Singles from Comfort
"Pro-Catastrophe" Released: 1991

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Critical reception

Billboard wrote that "slow and medium-tempo songs mate drones to screeching guitar work that could make it with grunge-loving modern rockers."[5] Trouser Press gave the album a mixed review, writing that "like most premature debuts, Comfort captures Failure, a young trio, learning how to make cool sounds together without benefit of worthwhile songs or an established personality."[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ken Andrews

1. "Submission" – 3:23
2. "Macaque" – 4:59
3. "Something" – 2:53
4. "Screen Man" – 6:15
5. "Swallow" – 2:31
6. "Muffled Snaps" – 3:55
7. "Kindred" – 2:21
8. "Pro-Catastrophe" – 3:09
9. "Princess" – 1:21
10. "Salt Wound" – 6:34

Personnel

• Ken Andrews – vocals, guitar
• Greg Edwards – bass
• Robert Gauss - drums

References

1. Harvilla, Rob (November 4, 2013). "Exclusive: Failure Announce L.A. Reunion Show, Threaten More". Spin. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
2. Kreps, Daniel (December 16, 2019). "Failure Celebrate First Three Albums With Live Residencies, Box Set". Rolling Stone.
3. Jeffries, Vincent. "Comfort - Failure". AllMusic.
4. Chelin, Pamela (February 14, 2014). "Failure Shake Off 16 Years of Rust With Ease at L.A. Reunion Gig". Spin.
5. "Album Reviews". Billboard. October 17, 1992. p. 57 – via Google Books.
6. Robbins, Ira. "Failure". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 August 2020.