Terrestrials (album)

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Terrestrials
Studio album by Shovel
Released April 8, 1997
Recorded Autumn 1996, Philadelphia
Genre Alternative Metal
Industrial Metal
Length 55:06
Label A&M Records
Producer Jarod Stinson
Nate Sidek
Shovel chronology
1995 Demo
(1995)		 Terrestrials
(1997)		 A Step from Nowhere
(1999)

Terrestrials is the full length debut album from Shovel. The album was released April 8, 1997 on A&M Records, and was their only album for the label.

Contents

[edit] Track listing

  • all lyrics by Nate Sidek, all music by Shovel
  1. "Intake" - 3:34
  2. "Pessimism" - 3:52
  3. "Walls to Hold You Back" - 4:41
  4. "Big Brother's Watching" - 5:12
  5. "Earth Bound" - 4:02
  6. "Strychnine" - 6:14
  7. "Runoff" - 2:38
  8. "Ponder" - 5:15
  9. "Witness" - 5:31
  10. "Black Hours" - 3:47
  11. "The Earth Will Weep" - 5:18
  12. "Strip" - 5:02

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Trivia

  • The album cover features the famous photo The Blue Marble, the first photograph of Earth, taken on Apollo 17.

[edit] Chart positions

Album

Year Chart Position
1997 Billboard Top Heatseekers #33

Singles

Year Single Chart Position
1997 "Pessimism" Mainstream Rock Tracks #38