''Comfort'' is the debut album by the

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band

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. Originally released in 1992, a version newly-remixed by

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was released in 2020 as part of a box set containing Failure's first three albums.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "slow and medium-tempo songs mate drones to screeching guitar work that could make it with grunge-loving modern rockers." ''

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'' gave the album a mixed review, writing that "like most premature debuts, ''Comfort'' captures Failure, a young trio, learning how to make cool sounds together without benefit of worthwhile songs or an established personality." The ''

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'' noted that "even when the guitars are turned up to 11, production and arrangements on ''Comfort'' have a rather polite surgical precision and clarity." The ''

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'' called Failure "an engrossing three-piece variant on the melody-meets-mayhem theme."

Track listing

All tracks written by

. #"Submission" – 3:23 #"Macaque" – 4:59 #"Something" – 2:53 #"Screen Man" – 6:15 #"Swallow" – 2:31 #"Muffled Snaps" – 3:55 #"Kindred" – 2:21 #"Pro-Catastrophe" – 3:09 #"Princess" – 1:21 #"Salt Wound" – 6:34

Personnel

– vocals, guitar * Greg Edwards – bass *Robert Gauss - drums

References

{{Authority control Failure (band) albums 1992 albums Albums produced by Steve Albini Slash Records albums