''Silver'' is the debut studio album by Canadian

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band Moist. The album cost approximately $4000 Canadian to make. It included the singles "

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", "Silver" and "Believe Me". The album reached #12 on The Record's

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. It is the band's most commercially successful album, being certified 4× Platinum in Canada.

Recording and release

In 1993, in an effort to get a record deal, the band decided to record a full-length album, which was done from December 26, 1993, to January 1, 1994; the album included five songs from Moist's 1993 independently released cassette. The album was titled ''Silver'' and released independently on February 8, 1994. It was distributed by EMI Music Publishing Canada, whom the band had signed with in 1993. By March 1994, the band signed with

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and the label relaunched the album in April.

Reception

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's James Chrispell gave the album a positive four star review, writing "Moist's music can be described as an aural equivalent to the great northern rain forests of

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" and that "Dark, angry songs show the influence absorbed from places south of their border, namely

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, but ''Silver'' is no copy of anyone else's style."

Track listing

Singles

*Push *Silver *Believe Me *Machine Punch Through *Freaky Be Beautiful (UK release)

Credits

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- vocals * Jeff Pearce - bass guitar *Mark Makoway - guitar *Kevin Young - keyboard/piano *Paul Wilcox - drums *Produced by Moist and Kevin Hamilton

References

1994 debut albums Moist (Canadian band) albums {{1990s-alt-rock-album-stub