''House Tornado'' is an album by the

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band

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. Produced by Gary Smith and engineered by Paul Q. Kolderie, it was recorded at

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. The album was released in 1988 internationally on the

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label, except in the United States, where it was released by

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. Sire used a different album cover for its release, as the label was putting a strong promotional push behind the band, and label executives favored a picture of the band over the collage featured on the 4AD release. The 4AD CD release also features six of the seven tracks from the band's 1987 EP ''

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''. (The seventh track was not deemed essential for CD release, as it was a re-issue of "Soul Soldier" from the band's debut album, followed by an ambient field recording of the band talking in a park.) The Sire release did not feature these six songs, and therefore these songs have never been released on CD in the US.

Track listing

All songs written by

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except "The River" and "Giant" written by

Tanya Donelly Tanya Donelly (born July 14, 1966) is an American Grammy Award-nominated singer-songwriter and guitarist based in New England who co-founded Throwing Muses with her step-sister Kristin Hersh. Donelly went on to co-form the alternative rock band ...

# "Colder" – 3:19 # "Mexican Women" – 2:46 # "The River" – 3:57 # "Juno" – 2:03 # "Marriage Tree" – 3:00 # "Run Letter" – 5:02 # "Saving Grace" – 2:38 # "Drive" – 3:25 # "Downtown" – 4:03 # "Giant" – 3:53 # "Walking in the Dark" – 4:39 Additional songs on the 4AD release. All songs written by

except "Pools in Eyes" written by

"Garoux des larmes" – 2:37
"Pools in Eyes" – 3:20
"A Feeling" – 3:09
"Soap and Water" – 2:26
"And a She-Wolf After the War" – 3:31
"You Cage" – 1:41

Personnel

;Throwing Muses *

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- guitars, vocals,

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* Leslie Langston - bass, backing vocals, percussion *

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- drums, backing vocals, percussion

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:House Tornado 1988 albums Throwing Muses albums Albums produced by Gary Smith (record producer) Sire Records albums 4AD albums