Rock Starve

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Rock Starve
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 1987
GenreHard rock, punk rock
Length40:19
LabelRestless Records
ProducerSteve Barry[1]
Steve Buzz Magner
The Bags chronology
Rock Starve
(1987)
Swamp Oaf
(1989)

Rock Starve is The Bags' debut album, released in 1987 by Restless Records.[2][3]

Though preceded by early releases of "Try It" and "Egg" — songs found on the multiple-artist compilation, Crawling from Within — the album features re-recorded versions.

Critical reception[edit]

Billboard recommended the album, writing that the band "mashes up a more than acceptable brand of home-brewed thrash on its palpitating debut disk."[1] Trouser Press wrote that "the Bags demonstrate a singular ability to analyze and describe relationships and emotions with searing but subtle simplicity ... The album doesn’t contain a bad tune."[4]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Spread it Around"3:07
2."Pioneer"2:53
3."Warm Words"2:45
4."What Do You Want?"2:14
5."She's Beautiful"1:46
6."Out of My Mind"2:32
7."Try It"1:56
8."Tailbone"2:01
9."Joy Ride"2:53
10."Flying Low"3:24
11."Trapped"1:28
12."Love Sick Diane"3:02
13."Nothing to Say to You"2:31
14."Lick My Wounds"2:00
15."Egg"3:15
16."Big Wig"2:32

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Inc, Nielsen Business Media (December 26, 1987). "Album Reviews". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  2. ^ Turoque, Bjorn; Crane, Dan (August 1, 2006). To Air is Human: One Man's Quest to Become the World's Greatest Air Guitarist. Penguin. ISBN 9781440625381 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ "Boston-Based Bags To Rock Norman". Oklahoman.com. March 18, 1988.
  4. ^ "Bags". Trouser Press. Retrieved 15 July 2020.