''Abort'' is the second studio album by the
Boston alternative rock band
Tribe, released in 1991. Released by
Slash Records/
Warner Bros. Records, it was the band's major label debut.
Eight of the ten tracks from ''Here at the Home'' were re-recorded for ''Abort.'' Four tracks were brand new: "Easter Dinner", "Joyride (I Saw the Film)", "Payphone", and "Serenade".
The track "Pinwheels" was also re-recorded for ''Abort'' but in the end was not put on the album. It was released as a b-side in the ''Easter Dinner E.P''.
Three singles were released from the album as
EPs
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: "Easter Dinner", "Payphone", and "Joyride (I Saw the Film)". The band shot a video for "Joyride".
Production
The album was produced by
Gil Norton and Chris Sheldon. It was recorded and mixed at Blue Jay Recording Studio, in
Carlisle
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, Massachusetts, from January to February 1991. "Here at Home" is about agoraphobia.
Critical reception
The ''
Boston Herald
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'' wrote that "the broad new arrangements are engaging improvements on the band's home-grown tapes, though 'Tied' has lost its eerie appeal."
Track listing
Band Line-Up
*
Janet LaValley
Tribe was an American alternative rock band from Boston, Massachusetts, United States, which was active in the late 1980s and early 1990s. They released three albums including two on Slash Records/ Warner Bros. Records. They were finalists in ...
:
vocals,
rhythm guitar
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*
Terri Barous
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Biography
Terri was a member of the Boston band Tribe as a keyboardist ...
:
keyboard, backing vocals
*
Eric Brosius:
lead guitar, backing vocals
* Greg LoPiccolo:
bass
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, backing vocals
* David Penzo:
drums
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,
percussion
References
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Tribe (band) albums
1991 albums
Warner Records albums
Albums produced by Gil Norton