Distemper (album)

{{Infobox album | name = Distemper | type = studio | artist = [[The New Christs]] | cover =File:Distemper_album.jpg | alt = | released = August 1989 | recorded = Trafalgar Studios, Sydney, Australia January 1989 | venue = | studio =*[[Garage rock]] *[[punk rock]] *[[post-punk]] *[[Garage punk (fusion genre)|garage punk]] | length = *44:03 (LP) *50:13 (CD) | label = Blue Mosque/[[Citadel Records|Citadel]] | producer = [[Rob Younger]] | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = | next_year = }}

'''''Distemper''''' is the first non-compilation album by [[The New Christs]]. It reached #1 on the Australian Alternative Charts.<ref name="mcfarlane">{{cite book |title=[[Encyclopedia of Australian Rock and Pop]] |url= |last=McFarlane |first=Ian |author-link= Ian McFarlane |publisher=[[Allen & Unwin]] |year=1999 |isbn=1-86448-768-2 }}</ref>

==Reception== According to ''[[Sydney Morning Herald]]'', the album received critical acclaim upon its release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/music/the-new-christs-rob-younger-embraced-irony-after-radio-birdman-20140807-100lgr.html|title=The New Christs' Rob Younger embraced irony after Radio Birdman|first=Patrick|last=Emery|date=7 August 2014|website=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> ''[[Trouser Press]]'' noted the "dark, brooding" and "apocalyptic tone" of the album, writing that it is "nothing short of a 40-minute call to emotional jihad."<ref>{{cite web|url=http://archive.org/details/trouserpressreco002269mbp|title=The Trouser Press record guide|first=Ira A.|last=Robbins|date=24 March 1991|publisher=Collier Books|via=Internet Archive}}</ref>

===Legacy=== [[Louder than War]] described the album as "rabid [and] incredibly feral", calling it "a classic case of an album being so definitive that it was hard to see how it could be bettered, despite the consistently high quality of subsequent New Christs’ albums."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://louderthanwar.com/the-new-christs-incantations-album-review/|title=The New Christs: Incantations - album review|date=25 August 2014|publisher=}}</ref> [[Mark Lanegan]] of [[The Screaming Trees]] named the album as an influence on his music, calling the album "catchy in a really weird way and [Rob Younger's] singing is so out there and unique. He works around the music and he’s really aggressive."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://thequietus.com/articles/07817-mark-lanegan-bakers-dozen?page=13|title=The Quietus - Features - Baker's Dozen -|website=The Quietus}}</ref> The US website ''Fast 'n' Bulbous'' ranked it 83rd best album of the 1980s.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://fastnbulbous.com/list.php|title = List Archive}}</ref>

==Track listing== # "No Way on Earth" ([[Rob Younger]]) 4:42 # "There's no time" (Younger) 3:32 # "Another Sin" (Jim Dickson, Nick Fischer, [[Charlie Owen (musician)|Charlie Owen]], Younger) 3:33 # "The March" (Owen, Younger) 5:28 # "The Burning of Rome" (Younger) 5:14 # "Afterburn" (Owen, Younger) 4:47 # "Circus of Sour" (Owen, Younger) 3:56 # "Coming Apart" (Younger) 2:55 # "Bed of Nails" (Dickson, Younger) 6:26 # "Love's Underground" (Dickson, Fischer, Owen, Younger) 3:14 # "Disconnected" (Dickson, Younger) 6:26 # "Headin' South" (Younger) 4:09 Tracks 11 and 12 only appear on the CD.

==Personnel== ;The New Christs *[[Rob Younger]] – Lead Vocals *[[Charlie Owen (musician)|Charlie Owen]] – Guitar, Piano, Organ *Jim Dickson – Bass, Vocals *Nick Fischer – Drums with *[[Louis Tillett]] – Piano, Organ (1,5,10)

==References== {{reflist}}

==External links== * [http://www.citadelmailorder.com/mailorder/discs/new_christs_distemper.jsp?source=new_christs_distemper Distemper] on Citadel Records

[[Category:1989 albums]]