Ragin', Full-On

Ragin', Full-On
Studio album by
fIREHOSE
Released1986
GenreAlternative rock, art punk, funk rock
Length33:04
LabelSST (079)[1]
ProducerEthan James
FIREHOSE chronology
Ragin', Full-On
(1986) 		If'n
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert ChristgauC+[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[6]

Ragin', Full-On is the first album by American alternative rock band fIREHOSE.[7][8] It was released after the breakup of the influential punk rock band Minutemen due to the death of the guitarist D. Boon.[9] Like all fIREHOSE albums, Ragin', Full-On is dedicated to Boon.[10]

Production

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The band members wrote the songs in various songwriting combinations, some of which included Kira Roessler.[9]

Critical reception

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Robert Christgau wrote that "this sound pretty good insofar as it postpunks like the old band and pretty bad insofar as it makes room for Crawford, a moderately hot guitarist whose vocal instincts are as sappy as his lyrics."[3] Trouser Press noted that "first note to last, there’s a prickly, intangible integrity to the band that the restless Boon would have admired."[11] The Rolling Stone Album Guide thought that the album "overcomes its generally spotty writing with impassioned playing."[6]

Track listing

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Adapted from LP labels.[12]

Side Ed
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Brave Captain"Ed Crawford, Mike Watt3:11
2."Under the Influence of Meat Puppets"Kira Roessler, Watt1:56
3."It Matters"Roessler, Watt1:36
4."Chemical Wire"Watt2:40
5."Another Theory Shot to Shit"Watt2:30
6."On Your Knees"Crawford, George Hurley2:16
7."Locked In"Roessler, Watt2:56
Side More Ed
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."The Candle and the Flame"Crawford, Watt3:11
2."Choose Any Memory"Crawford2:02
3."Perfect Pairs"Crawford, Roessler, Watt2:21
4."This..."Crawford1:40
5."Caroms"Crawford, Hurley2:02
6."Relatin' Dudes to Jazz"Roessler, Watt1:35
7."Things Could Turn Around"Roessler, Watt3:08
Total length:33:04

Personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "fIREHOSE - Ragin' Full On - CD". SST Superstore.
  2. ^ Ragin', Full-On at AllMusic
  3. ^ a b "Robert Christgau: CG: Firehose". www.robertchristgau.com.
  4. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 463.
  5. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 425.
  6. ^ a b The Rolling Stone Album Guide. Random House. 1992. p. 244.
  7. ^ Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981-1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Mike Watt on What's Watt". exclaim.ca.
  9. ^ a b Hillburn, Robert (February 7, 1987). "A Votive 'Ballot' For D. Boon". The Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2019.
  10. ^ Buckley, Peter (February 14, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "fIREHOSE". Trouser Press. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  12. ^ "Discogs". fIREHOSE - Ragin', Full-On (1986, Vinyl). Discogs. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
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