Shoulder Voices

Shoulder Voices is the debut album by Rollerskate Skinny, released in 1994.[3] The album was named the Album of the Month in CMJ. It led to an appearance on the 1994 Lollapalooza tour and a recording contract with Sire Records.

Shoulder Voices
Studio album by Rollerskate Skinny
Released	1994
Genre	Noise pop[1]
Label	Placebo Beggars Banquet[2]
Producer	Ger Griffin, Stevie M., Jimi Shields
Rollerskate Skinny chronology
Shoulder Voices (1994) Horsedrawn Wishes (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a fascinating and delightful debut that jumps easily from intimate indie tunefulness (the vocals sound like Pavement) to free-fire pop noise, with plenty of wild and wonderful textures along the continuum."[4] Washington City Paper wrote: "Mixing the sonic textures of My Bloody Valentine with the rich melodies of Echo & the Bunnymen and angular, runaway rhythms, Voices' layered brilliance was maniacally complex, immediately catchy, and refreshingly innovative."[5] The Times wrote that "for a generation of Irish music fans, the Dublin art-rock band Rollerskate Skinny's Shoulder Voices (1993) was as important as Nirvana's In Utero and Smashing Pumpkins' Siamese Dream.[6]

Track listing

1. "Miss Leader"
2. "Violence to Violence"
3. "Lúnasa"
4. "Bring on Stigmata"
5. "Bella"
6. "Ages"
7. "Bow Hitch-Hiker"
8. "Some Give Birth"
9. "Shallow Thunder"
10. "Slave"
11. "So Far Down Up to Heaven"

References

1. "Shoulder Voices - Rollerskate Skinny | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
2. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 115.CS1 maint: location (link)
3. "Rollerskate Skinny | Biography & History". AllMusic.
4. "Rollerskate Skinny". Trouser Press. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
5. Porter, Christopher (June 18, 1999). "Kid Silver". Washington City Paper.
6. Maguire, Siobhan. "On record: Favourite Sons" – via www.thetimes.co.uk.