Teenage Snuff Film is the first solo album by Rowland S. Howard. Former The Birthday Party bandmate Mick Harvey contributes drums, organ and guitar, while Brian Hooper of The Beasts of Bourbon features on bass guitar. It contains eight original songs, and two cover versions: "White Wedding" by Billy Idol, and "She Cried" (previously performed by The Shangri-Las, Johnny Thunders, and others).
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Released | 1999 | |||
Studio | Birdland Studios, Prahran; Sing Sing Recording Studios, Cremorne | |||
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Length | 54:20 | |||
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Producer | Lindsay Gravina | |||
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The album was produced, mixed and mastered by Lindsay Gravina at Birdland Studios in Prahran and Sing Sing Recording Studios in Cremorne.
The album was reissued as a limited edition double LP in October 2011, with minor track listing changes.[2]
Remastered versions of both Howard's solo albums were released by Mute Records in Europe, Fat Possum in America and Bloodlines in Australia on 27 March 2020.[3]
Teenage Snuff Film was well received by critics. The album was praised for its "dark dramatic sounds" and went on to become one of the most acclaimed and influential Australian releases of the 1990s.[citation needed]
In a Reddit AMA, Against Me! lead singer Laura Jane Grace named Teenage Snuff Film as her favourite album of all time.[4]
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[5] | 74 |
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