Paint as a Fragrance


Paint as a Fragrance is the first studio album by the American band Rocket from the Crypt. It was released in 1991 by Cargo Records and Headhunter Records. It is the band's only recording featuring their original lineup, which included drummer Sean Flynn and backing vocalist Elaina Torres.

Production

The album was recorded for $1,000.

Critical reception

Westword called the album "an impressive, although scattered, sampler of the band's distinctive punk/pop sound." Trouser Press wrote that "while the album does boast a surfeit of energy, the band often feints when it should jab, backing off intensely memorable riffs while dragging uneventful throbs to the point of tedium." Stylus Magazine called it a "muscular, Pixies-ish, less than stellar 1991 debut that rarely hinted at the brilliance to come."

Track listing

  1. "French Guy"
  2. "Maybelline"
  3. "Shy Boy"
  4. "Basturds"
  5. "Velvet Touch"
  6. "Evil Party"
  7. "Stinker"
  8. "Jiggy Jig"
  9. "Weak Superhero"
  10. "Thumbmaster"

Personnel

Additional musicians

Album information