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Strap It On is the debut album by American alternative metal band Helmet. It was first released in 1990 through Amphetamine Reptile Records, and later Interscope Records in 1991.

Strap It On
Studio album by Helmet
Released	March 1990 (re-released November 1991)
Recorded	1990
Studio	Fun City, New York City
Genre	Alternative metal post-hardcore noise rock groove metal
Length	30:49
Label	Amphetamine Reptile, Interscope
Producer	Wharton Tiers, Helmet
Helmet chronology
Strap It On (1990) Meantime (1992)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[2]
Q	[3]

Critics considered the album innovative for its explosive, propulsive, and often staccato riff style which greatly exploited Drop D tuning. It has since become a cult classic in the post-hardcore genre and even influential on the metal scene.

Recording and music

In total, $2,500 dollars was spent on making the album.[4]

The moody, atmospheric "Sinatra" differed from most of the fast-paced, metal-influenced songs on the album; its lyrics featured a paraphrasing of Dean Martin's famous line about the crooner, "It's Sinatra's world/We just live in it."^{[citation needed]}

Release

Strap It On's original release came through independent noise rock label Amphetamine Reptile Records in March 1990. In November 1991, it was re-released by their new label Interscope Records, approximately one month before the band started recording Meantime for the label. Some sites such as AllMusic list its year of release as being 1991, as does the 2004 compilation album Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991–1997 (although in the booklet of the compilation itself the year is 1990).[1] Spotify and Apple Music list its year of release as being 1992, which corresponds to neither the original release date nor the Interscope release date.

Reception and legacy

The album received positive reviews, with critics praising the band's fresh, raw and innovative sound. In November 1992, the original Amphetamine Reptile release was estimated to have sold 10,000 copies; this figure does not take into account the 1991 Interscope reissue.[5] AllMusic's Jason Birchmeier wrote in his review "The nine-song album is a brief one, clocking in around a half-hour, but even such brevity proves wonderfully exhausting by the time you near the last couple songs. In fact, by the time you make it past 'Sinatra', one of the album's highlights and also the halfway point, slow fatigue threatens as the riffs continue to hammer away unrelentingly and vocalist Page Hamilton's sometimes-tuneful, oftentimes-bellowing shouting grows seemingly further agonized. The overall relentlessness should be a sheer pleasure to those who enjoy the intensity of metal without the clownish clichés yet, at the same time, enjoy the originality of alt-rock without the pansy passivity."[1] In 1994, The New York Times labelled Strap It On as "relentlessly noisy."[6] In 2006, Pitchfork labelled it and Meantime as one of "the metal band's two triumphs."[7] Future guitarist Chris Traynor was a fan of the album, and considered it to be "one of the most important rock records ever."[8]

Kerrang! ranked the album at No. 19 in their list of "The 50 Best Albums From 1990", and stated that the album is "balanced on the centre-point between alt.metal, noise rock and post-hardcore."[9] Stereogum named the track "Sinatra" as one of the "30 Essential Noise Rock Tracks", and described most of the album as groove metal.[10]

In 2004, the songs "Repetition", "FBLA", "Blacktop" and "Sinatra" appeared on the compilation album Unsung: The Best of Helmet 1991–1997.[11] The track listing for the compilation was chosen by Page Hamilton.[12] The Sacramento-based alternative metal group Deftones covered the song "Sinatra," with it appearing on their 2005 compilation album B-Sides & Rarities.[13] The song was also covered by the band Livver on the 2016 Helmet tribute album Meantime (Redux). The album further included covers of "Bad Mood" by Blackwolfgoat and "Blacktop" by Heads.[14]

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Page Hamilton.

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1995	Alternative Press	United States	"Top 99 of '85 to '95"	25	[15]
1998	Alternative Press	United States	"The 90 Greatest Albums of the '90s"	12	[16]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Band

• Page Hamilton – vocals, guitar
• Henry Bogdan – bass
• Peter Mengede – guitar
• John Stanier – drums

Technical

• Wharton Tiers – mixing, engineering, production

References

На других языках

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[de] Strap It On

Strap It On ist das Debütalbum der Metal- und Rock-Band Helmet. Es erschien 1990 bei Amphetamine Reptile Records.

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- [en] Strap It On

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[es] Strap It On

Strap It On es el álbum debut de la banda estadounidense Helmet. Se lanzó en 1990 a través de Amphetamine Reptile Records y fue reeditado por Interscope en noviembre de 1991.

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