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On the Mouth is the third studio album by American indie rock band Superchunk. The album was recorded September 14–20, 1992, at West Beach Studios, engineered by Donnell Cameron, and produced by John Reis and Superchunk. It was released by Matador Records in 1993.

On the Mouth
Studio album by Superchunk
Released	February 10, 1993
Recorded	September 14–20, 1992
Studio	West Beach Studios
Genre	Indie rock
Length	45:20
Label	Matador
Producer	John Reis, Superchunk
Superchunk chronology
Tossing Seeds (1991) On the Mouth (1993) Foolish (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	B−[2]
Record Collector	[3]
Rolling Stone	[4]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[5]

On the Mouth marked the debut of drummer Jon Wurster, who replaced Chuck "Chunk" Garrison.

The band also has a song called "On the Mouth," but it is not on this album. It first appeared as b-side for the single version of "Mower."

American alternative rock band Jimmy Eat World covered "Precision Auto" for its 2010 album Invented. Fucked Up and Tom Scharpling, of Scharpling and Wurster fame, covered "Precision Auto" at the Matador at 21 festival in Las Vegas. Post-punk band Les Savy Fav covered "Precision Auto" on "Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!"

Track listing

1. "Precision Auto" – 2:46
2. "From the Curve" – 3:18
3. "For Tension" – 2:59
4. "Mower" – 3:45
5. "Package Thief" – 2:28
6. "Swallow That" – 6:14
7. "I Guess I Remembered It Wrong" – 3:33
8. "New Low" – 3:20
9. "Untied" – 4:12
10. "The Question is How Fast" – 4:06
11. "Trash Heap" – 3:25
12. "Flawless" – 2:33
13. "The Only Piece That You Get" – 2:41

References

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