''Safari'' is an
EP by
the Breeders
The Breeders are an American alternative rock band based in Dayton, Ohio, consisting of members Kim Deal (rhythm guitar, lead vocals), her twin sister Kelley Deal (lead guitar, vocals), Josephine Wiggs (bass guitar, vocals) and Jim Macpherso ...
, released in 1992 on
4AD/
Elektra Records. By the time of its release,
Kim Deal
Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was the bassist and the co-vocalist in the alternative rock band Pixies, before forming the Breeders in 1989.
Deal joined Pixies in January ...
had enlisted her twin sister
Kelley
Kelley may refer to:
* Kelley (name), a given name and surname
Places
;United States
* Kelley, Iowa
* Kelley Hill in Fort Benning, Georgia
* Kelley Park, in San Jose, California
* Kelley Square, in Worcester, Massachusetts
* Kelley Township, ...
to play guitar for the band.
It is the only Breeders recording that features both
Kelley Deal
Kelley Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American musician and singer. She has been lead guitarist and co-vocalist of the alternative rock band The Breeders since 1992, and has formed her own side-projects with bands such as R. Ring and The Kelle ...
and
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 ...
.
Track listing
Personnel
;The Breeders
*
Kim Deal
Kimberley Ann Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was the bassist and the co-vocalist in the alternative rock band Pixies, before forming the Breeders in 1989.
Deal joined Pixies in January ...
– vocals, guitar
*
Kelley Deal
Kelley Deal (born June 10, 1961) is an American musician and singer. She has been lead guitarist and co-vocalist of the alternative rock band The Breeders since 1992, and has formed her own side-projects with bands such as R. Ring and The Kelle ...
– guitar
*
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 ...
– vocals, guitar
*
Josephine Wiggs
Miranda Cordelia Susan Josephine Wiggs (born 26 February 1963) is an English multi-instrumentalist rock musician, best known for her work as bassist in the alternative rock bands The Breeders and The Perfect Disaster. She has also formed mult ...
– vocals, bass, cello
*
Britt Walford
Britt Walford (born March 16, 1970) is an American musician best known for being the drummer, co-founder, and occasional guitarist for the post-rock band Slint.
Early life
Walford grew up in Louisville, Kentucky and attended the J. Graham Br ...
(billed as Mike Hunt) – Drums
*
Jon Mattock
Jonny Mattock is an English drummer and percussionist from Northampton, England, who was a member of, or played with, Massive Attack, Spacemen 3, Spiritualized, The Perfect Disaster, Slipstream, Lupine Howl, Cranes, Baxter Dury, The Breeders, ...
– drums on "Safari"
;Technical
*Paul Berry, Dante DeSole, Guy Fixsen, Mark Freegard and Ben Darlow – engineers
*
Vaughan Oliver
Vaughan Oliver (12 September 1957 – 29 December 2019) was a British graphic designer based in Epsom, Surrey. Oliver was best known for his work with graphic design studios 23 Envelope and v23. Both studios maintained a close relationship with ...
– sleeve
*Shinro Ohtake - charcoal drawing "Nairobi Viii" (1983)
References
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The Breeders albums
1992 debut EPs
4AD EPs
Elektra Records EPs