Track Listing
1. Same Person
2. Born Entertainer
3. Best You Can Get
4. Wet Suit
5. Yeah Man
6. Imperfectly
7. Officially Dead
8. Only You Know
9. Disconnected
10. All Dressed Up
11. Used To Know Her
12. Pretty Boys
13. Hellraiser
| Details | | Number of CDs: | 1 | | Producer: | Brian Liesegang, Louise Post | | Recording Type: | Studio | | Distributor: | Fullfill/Universal Music | | Recording Mode: | Stereo |
Album Notes
Personnel: Louise Post (vocals, guitar, keyboards, bass); Brian Liesegang (guitar, keyboards, bass, percussion, programming, background vocals); Kevin Tihista (guitar, bass, background vocals); Stephen Fitzpatrick, Scott Pazera (guitar); Eric Remschneider (cello); Suzanne Sokol (bass, background vocals); Jimmy Madla, Matt Walker (drums, percussion); Kelli Scott (drums); Scott Steiner, Chad Adams (programming).Engineers: Chad Adams, Brian Liesegang, Joe Barresi.Recorded in 1998 & 1999.Veruca Salt has successfully weathered its personnel crises and returns as strong and defiant as ever. Sole remaining founding member Louise Post has started afresh with a new label and a new band to orchestrate her musical vision; the result is RESOLVER. "The Same Person" opens gently with a mantra segueing into "Born Entertainer," featuring Post's trademark double-octave vocals and a clever Cheap Trick pun. Upbeat vocal harmonies contrast severely with the abrasive lyrics of "Best You Can Get," while the melancholy power-ballad "All Dressed Up" tells the tale of a woman trying to reinvent herself to please her lover, and finding the cause an empty and unrewarding one. "Used To Know Her" could pass for a lament over the departure of co-founder Nina Gordon. "Yeah Man" contrasts quiet verses with big, vocal harmony-heavy choruses, and "Disconnected" features Louise sounding desperately emotional, with lines such as "it's kind of scary when you're lover leaves you for a lucky star." While RESOLVER focuses on varying degrees of romantic discontent, Louise Post appears quite comfortable at the helm of a revitalized Veruca Salt.
Editorial Reviews
3 out of 5 - ...Metal-edged arena rock....works as a slick piece of rock-gossip-column voyeurism, particularly when Louise Post calms down...
Alternative Press (05/01/2000)
...RESOLVER rocks; the band sounds like its back in 'Seether' form....consistent and crunchy.
CMJ (06/05/2000)
3 stars out of 5 - ...The gentler songs point to a brighter future...Alternative Press (5/00, pp.111-2) - 3 out of 5 - ...Metal-edged arena rock....works as a slick piece of rock-gossip-column voyeurism, particularly when Louise Post calms down...CMJ (6/5/00, p.25) - ...RESOLVER rocks; the band sounds like its back in 'Seether' form....consistent and crunchy.
Q (10/01/2001)
3 stars out of 5 - ...The gentler songs point to a brighter future...
Q (10/01/2001)
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