Track Listing
1. Wilma's Rainbow
2. I Know
3. Biscuits For Smut
4. Milquestoast
5. Tic
6. Rollo
7. Street Crab
8. Clean
9. Vaccination
10. Beautiful Love
11. Speechless
12. Silver Hawaiian
13. Overrated
14. Sam Hell
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Butch Vig, Helmet, T-Ray | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Helmet: Page Hamilton (vocals, guitar); Rob Echeverria (guitar); Henry Bogdan (bass); John Stanier (drums).Engineers: Anton Pukshansky, Martin Bisi, John Siket.Recorded at Soundtrack, Power Station, and Sound on Sound, New York.Guitar thugs Helmet muscled their way into a hefty bidding war in the early 1990s, boasting an impressive use of negative space within dense guitar structures. Due to Page Hamilton's stop/start guitar riffs, Helmet was easily recognizable in a sea of guitar-heavy competitors. Now with their second album BETTY, Helmet starts right back where they left off.BETTY growls and grinds through fourteen songs simmering with post-adolescent angst. Boasting song titles like "Biscuits For Smut" and "Overrated," Hamilton and his songwriting couldn't be better fit for the apathetic and apocalyptic 1990s. The trick is to keep up with Hamilton's many varied allusions.Mixing nihilism with a fascination for pop culture commodity, Hamilton drops words like "cellulite" with "karmic wealth" to create an insightful foray into an over-stimulated and jaded culture.
Editorial Reviews
...BETTY, is filled with the crunch based power we've come to expect...a little chancey, yet undeniably Helmet...
Alternative Press (09/01/1994)
6 - Good - ...not only does BETTY betray a surprising sleight of hand in its shuffling of familiar components but it also has the sense to lob the odd ringer into the gig...
NME (06/25/1994)
Satisfactory - ...This is heavy metal without the theater, headbanging music for people without hair...
Spin (08/01/1994)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...Learning from its mistakes, the band has broadened its scope on BETTY, expressing emotional depth and musical wit along with brute strength...
Rolling Stone (10/06/1994)
...BETTY blows the lid off the sucker, using hip-hop, hints of jazz, reams of speaker-altering noise and, unexpectedly, humor. Helmet have de-metallized metal...
Musician (07/01/1994)
4 Stars - Excellent - ...Learning from its mistakes, the band has broadened its scope on BETTY, expressing emotional depth and musical wit along with brute strength...Musician (7/94, p.89) - ...BETTY blows the lid off the sucker, using hip-hop, hints of jazz, reams of speaker-altering noise and, unexpectedly, humor. Helmet have de-metallized metal...Spin (8/94, p.85) - Satisfactory - ...This is heavy metal without the theater, headbanging music for people without hair...NME (6/25/94, p.41) - 6 - Good - ...not only does BETTY betray a surprising sleight of hand in its shuffling of familiar components but it also has the sense to lob the odd ringer into the gig...Alternative Press (9/94, p.74) - ...BETTY, is filled with the crunch based power we've come to expect...a little chancey, yet undeniably Helmet...
Rolling Stone (10/06/1994)
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