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2000 album by Shellac
Prayer to God Pray to God (disambiguation)Pray to God
June 2025
1000 Hurts studio Shellac Shellac-1000Hurts.jpg August 8, 2000 1998–1999 *Noise rock
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1000 Hurts is the fourth studio album by American rock band Shellac, released on August 8, 2000. In its official promotional materials Shellac jokingly referenced their previous release by describing this album as follows: "There are no 12-minute songs on this one. This record is more mean-spirited. Todd sings."
The cover is a clear homage to old Ampex audio recording tape boxes. The band are known for using analog tape for their recordings, and are fans of Ampex tape and tape recorders. The speech at the start of the record is a variation on the announcements one would hear on Magnetic Reference Laboratory's calibration tapes for analog tape recorders. The title refers to one-thousand Hertz (rendered 1000 Hz), a measure used in audio recording describing a sine wave cycling 1,000 times per second.March 2025
1000 Hurts was named Rockfeedbacks record of the decade, in 2009.Rockfeedback Records of the Decade – #25-1 Rockfeedback.com, Thomas Hannan, December 2009 Jehnny Beth of Savages named the album one of her biggest influences, saying that it had made her "want to be a bassist".Pinnock Tom My Life In Music - Jehnny Beth Uncut 2020 London 118
Track listing
Side A Prayer to God 2:50 Squirrel Song 2:38 Mama Gina 5:43 QRJ 2:52 Ghosts 3:36
Side B Song Against Itself 4:13 Canaveral 2:38 New Number Order 1:39 Shoe Song 5:17 Watch Song 5:25
Personnel
Shellac:
Steve Albini – electric guitar, vocals
Todd Trainer – drums, vocals
Bob Weston – bass guitar, vocals
Bill Skibbe – tape operator
Rob Bochnik – tape operator
Greg Norman – tape operator
John Loder – mastering
Steve Rooke – mastering
Charts
Album – Billboard (North America)
YearChartPosition2000Top Heatseekers49
References
Category:Shellac (band) albums
Category:2000 albums
Category:Touch and Go Records albums
Category:Albums produced by Steve Albini
Category:Albums produced by Bob Weston
Category:Albums produced by Todd Trainer