Interiors (Brad album)

Interiors is the second studio album by the American rock band Brad. It was released on June 24, 1997, through Epic Records.

Interiors
Studio album by Brad
Released	June 24, 1997
Recorded	December 1996 – January 1997 at Studio Litho, Seattle, Washington
Genre	Alternative rock, grunge
Length	44:56
Language	English
Label	Epic
Producer	Brad, Nick DiDia
Brad chronology
Shame (1993) Interiors (1997) Welcome to Discovery Park (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]
NME	(3/10)[3]
Pitchfork Media	(3.8/10)[4]
Rolling Stone	[5]

Recording

The album's recording sessions took place from December 1996 to January 1997 at Studio Litho in Seattle, Washington. Studio Litho is owned by guitarist Stone Gossard. The band worked with producer Nick DiDia. The album was mixed by DiDia and Brendan O'Brien. The album featured a more polished sound compared with the band's debut album, Shame.

Release

Interiors was met with poor sales, however the band saw its cult audience expand.[6] The lead single from Interiors, "The Day Brings", features Mike McCready from Pearl Jam on lead guitar. The album charted at number 30 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart.[5] A music video was made for the song "The Day Brings". Interiors was accompanied by a tour in the United States and Canada in 1997, as well as a small tour in Australia and New Zealand in 1998.

Reception

Stephen Thomas Erlewine of AllMusic awarded the album three stars. He wrote "Given its title, it perhaps shouldn't come as a surprise that Interiors is an introspective collection, but its tempered sound is somewhat of a shock when considering the grunge background of the entire band."[1] Erlewine compared the album's sound to 1970s soft rock, which contrasts Gossard's primary band Pearl Jam, whose sound is more reminiscent of 1970s hard rock.[1] Tom Moon of Rolling Stone said that "what's most notable about Interiors...is the pure pop focus of these nuanced compositions."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Stone Gossard, Regan Hagar, Shawn Smith, and Jeremy Toback.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Secret Girl"	3:13
2.	"The Day Brings"	3:43
3.	"Lift"	4:39
4.	"I Don't Know"	3:39
5.	"Upon My Shoulders"	4:37
6.	"Sweet Al George"	4:03
7.	"Funeral Song"	4:58
8.	"Circle & Line"	3:42
9.	"Some Never Come Home"	4:23
10.	"Candles"	2:20
11.	"Those Three Words"	5:39

Japanese bonus tracks

All tracks are written by Gossard, Hagar, Smith, and Toback.

No.	Title	Length
12.	"Seance"	3:33
13.	"Heaven Help"	4:18

Personnel

Brad Stone Gossard – guitars, painting Regan Hagar – drums, package design Shawn Smith – vocals, piano, organ Jeremy Toback – bass guitar

Additional musicians and production Matt Bayles – recording Brad – production Nick DiDia – production, recording, mixing Shelly Gossard – production coordination Bashiri Johnson – percussion Steve Marcusson – mastering Mike McCready – additional guitar on "The Day Brings" Lance Mercer, Fabienne Toback, Harry Wirth – photos Brendan O'Brien – mixing, additional keyboards on "I Don't Know", additional guitar on "Lift", "I Don't Know", and "Some Never Come Home" John Riegart, Tom Schick, Ryan Williams, Mike Wilson – assistance Wendy Sutter – cello on "Upon My Shoulders"

Chart positions

Chart (1997)	Peak position
US Billboard Top Heatseekers[7]	30

References

1. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Brad - Interiors review". AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2009.
2. Hotten, Jon (January 2014). "Brad - Shame/Interiors". Classic Rock (192): 123.
3. Alexander, Jim (5 July 1997). "Brad - Interiors". NME. Archived from the original on 17 August 2000. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
4. Wisdom, James P. (31 December 1999). "Album review: Brad- Interiors". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 18 March 2009. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
5. Moon, Tom (28 July 1997). "Album reviews: Brad- Interiors". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 26 July 2008. Retrieved 2016-07-30.
6. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas and Torreano, Bradley. "Brad". AllMusic. Retrieved on January 31, 2009.
7. "Brad – Billboard Albums". AllMusic. Retrieved 2007-11-13.