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Slo-Blo (also stylized as Slo*Blo) is the debut album by the American alternative rock band Cell.[1][2] It was released in 1993 by DGC Records; the band had been signed by Thurston Moore.[3][4] The album was first issued by City Slang, in 1992.

Slo-Blo
Studio album by Cell
Released	1992, Germany 1993, United States
Genre	Alternative rock
Label	City Slang (Germany) Ecstatic Peace!/DGC Records
Producer	John Siket, Cell
Cell chronology
Slo-Blo (1992) Living Room (1994)

Production

The album was produced by John Siket and Cell.[5] It had been recorded as a demo.[6] Cell used DGC's money to remix the album for its American release.[7]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[8]
Calgary Herald	A−[9]
Chicago Tribune	[10]
Entertainment Weekly	C−[11]
The Indianapolis Star	[12]

Spin called the album "a leaden fumble, as close to formula as indie rock gets."[13] The Chicago Tribune praised the "dynamic six-string melodic grunge, where magisterial riffs and probing guitar jams share equal time."[10] Trouser Press opined that "if commercial post-punk noise were to get more formulaic than this, it’d have to be stacked in the generic-brand aisle."[14] The Washington Post thought that "at its most tuneful, on such songs as 'Tundra', Slo+Blo recalled the plaintive, folkish punk of Husker Du."[15]

Entertainment Weekly noted the "muffled drumming, proudly tuneless singing, sprawling arrangements that sound as if they’re about to crumble," writing that "the band forgot to write good songs, making Slo-Blo much noisy ado about nothing."[11] Newsday concluded that "on songs such as 'Cross the River' and 'Stratosphere', Cell's instrumentation gets very close to standard rock anthems."[6] The Indianapolis Star wrote that "raging guitars here offer a satisfying jolt but [there's] little melodic diversity."[12] The Calgary Herald called the album "hard, methodical, noisy."[9]

AllMusic admired the "fluid, meandering riffs that slowly build and overlap and begin to take shape as something powerful, hypnotic, and cohesive."[8]

Track listing

References

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