Meantime
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| Meantime | ||
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| Missing image Helmet-Meantime.jpg Album cover | ||
| LP by Helmet | ||
| Released | June 1992 | |
| Recorded | 1992 | |
| Genre | Post-hardcore, Alternative Metal | |
| Length | 36 min 56 sec | |
| Record label | Interscope Records | |
| Producer | Helmet | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| Allmusic.com | 4.5 stars out of 5 | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:t95e8qftbtz4) |
| Helmet Chronology | ||
| Strap It On (1991) | Meantime (1992) | Betty (1994) |
Meantime was released in 1992 by Helmet though Interscope Records. It has been variously described as a post-hardcore and alternative metal album.
This album was Helmet's major label debut. While the band was never a huge commercial success (Meantime is the only Helmet album to go Gold in the U.S.), the sound of this album (though similar to early Soundgarden), with Page Hamilton's staccato riffs, and jazz influenced chords and solos, proved influential to both post-grunge bands, and nu metal bands.
The song "In the Meantime" was recorded by Steve Albini and later remixed by Andy Wallace. The vast contrast between Wallace's style of mixing, which involves (among other things) triggered samples (leading to the album's distinctive half wood, half metal snare drum sound), and Albini's style of recording left a bad taste in Albini's mouth. Later, when in negotiations to record Nirvana's In Utero, he stipulated a clause be added to his contract stating that Wallace would not be allowed to remix the album (Wallace had mixed Nevermind).
Track listing
- "In the Meantime" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 3:08
- "Ironhead" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 3:22
- "Give It" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 4:17
- "Unsung" (Hamilton) - 3:57
- "Turned Out" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 4:14
- "He Feels Bad" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 4:03
- "Better" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 3:10
- "You Borrowed" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 3:45
- "FBLA II" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 3:22
- "Role Model" (Bogdan, Hamilton, Mengede, Stanier) - 3:35
Charting singles
1992 Meantime The Billboard 200 No. 68 1992 Meantime Heatseekers No. 1 1992 Unsung Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 32 1992 Unsung Modern Rock Tracks No. 29
Personnel
- Steve Albini - Recording, "In The Meantime"
- Henry Bogdan - Bass
- Page Hamilton - Guitar, Vocals
- Peter Mengede - Guitar
- Steve Sisco - Assistant Mix Engineer
- John Stanier - Drums
- Wharton Tiers - Recording
- Andy Wallace - Mixing
- Howie Weinberg - Mastering