''On the Mouth'' is the third studio album by American

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band

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. The album was recorded September 14–20, 1992, at West Beach Studios, engineered by Donnell Cameron, and produced by

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and Superchunk. It was released by

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in 1993. ''On the Mouth'' marked the debut of drummer

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, who replaced Chuck "Chunk" Garrison. The band also has a song called "On the Mouth," but it is not on this album. It first appeared as b-side for the single version of "Mower." American alternative rock band

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covered "Precision Auto" for its 2010 album '' Invented''.

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and

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, of Scharpling and Wurster fame, covered "Precision Auto" at the Matador at 21 festival in

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. Post-punk band Les Savy Fav covered "Precision Auto" on "Score! 20 Years of Merge Records: The Covers!"

Track listing

# "Precision Auto" – 2:46 # "From the Curve" – 3:18 # "For Tension" – 2:59 # "Mower" – 3:45 # "Package Thief" – 2:28 # "Swallow That" – 6:14 # "I Guess I Remembered It Wrong" – 3:33 # "New Low" – 3:20 # "Untied" – 4:12 # "The Question is How Fast" – 4:06 # "Trash Heap" – 3:25 # "Flawless" – 2:33 # "The Only Piece That You Get" – 2:41

References

1993 albums Superchunk albums Matador Records albums {{1990s-indie-rock-album-stub