''Umber'' is the first full-length album by the American post-hardcore band

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. The band had added second guitarist David Galt since their previous year's release, the eight-song EP '' Star Booty''. In 2004 ''Umber'' was listed in

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's "Lost Albums You Must Own".

Release and reception

''Umber'' was first released in 1989 on LP by Glitterhouse Records with an all yellowish-

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colored cover with the band's name and album title set in a small bold font at its center. The record's 10 tracks were paired with the band's previous eight-song EP, '' Star Booty'', and issued by Communion on cassette and CD that same year. In 2011, ''Umber'' was remastered by Alan Douches and released in a box-set containing with the rest of the band's catalog.

Track listing

All songs written by

The 2011 box-set also contains alternate versions "Motor", "Joan of Arc", "Big Pining", "Joyless Street" and "Punch and Judy".

Personnel

;Bitch Magnet *Orestes Delatorre – drums *Jon Fine –

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*David Galt – guitar *Sooyoung Park –

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

;Additional musicians and production *

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*Karan Filian –

backing vocals A backing vocalist is a singer who provides vocal harmony with the lead vocalist or other backing vocalists. A backing vocalist may also sing alone as a lead-in to the main vocalist's entry or to sing a counter-melody. Backing vocalists are ...

on "Big Pining" *Lou Gehrig – backing vocals on "Big Pining" *Mike McMackin – production, recording

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Umber (album) 1989 albums Bitch Magnet albums