Comfort (Failure album)

Comfort is the debut album by the American alternative rock band Failure.[3] Originally released in 1992, a version newly-remixed by Ken Andrews was released in 2020 as part of a box set containing Failure's first three albums.[2]

Comfort
Studio album by
Failure
Released1992
RecordedJune 1992, Pachyderm Studio in Cannon Falls, Minnesota
GenreAlternative metal[1]
Length37:21
LabelSlash
ProducerFailure, Steve Albini[2]
Failure chronology
Comfort
(1992)		 Magnified
(1994)
Singles from Comfort
  1. "Pro-Catastrophe"
    Released: 1991

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Chicago Tribune[5]
Orlando Sentinel[6]

Billboard wrote that "slow and medium-tempo songs mate drones to screeching guitar work that could make it with grunge-loving modern rockers."[7] Trouser Press gave the album a mixed review, writing that "like most premature debuts, Comfort captures Failure, a young trio, learning how to make cool sounds together without benefit of worthwhile songs or an established personality."[8]

The Chicago Tribune noted that "even when the guitars are turned up to 11, production and arrangements on Comfort have a rather polite surgical precision and clarity."[5] The Orlando Sentinel called Failure "an engrossing three-piece variant on the melody-meets-mayhem theme."[6]

Track listing

All tracks written by Ken Andrews.

  1. "Submission" – 3:23
  2. "Macaque" – 4:59
  3. "Something" – 2:53
  4. "Screen Man" – 6:15
  5. "Swallow" – 2:31
  6. "Muffled Snaps" – 3:55
  7. "Kindred" – 2:21
  8. "Pro-Catastrophe" – 3:09
  9. "Princess" – 1:21
  10. "Salt Wound" – 6:34

Personnel

References
  1. Harvilla, Rob (November 4, 2013). "Exclusive: Failure Announce L.A. Reunion Show, Threaten More". Spin. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
  2. Kreps, Daniel (December 16, 2019). "Failure Celebrate First Three Albums With Live Residencies, Box Set". Rolling Stone.
  3. Chelin, Pamela (February 14, 2014). "Failure Shake Off 16 Years of Rust With Ease at L.A. Reunion Gig". Spin.
  4. Jeffries, Vincent. "Comfort - Failure". AllMusic.
  5. Rothschild, David (19 Nov 1992). "Rave recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 7.
  6. Gettelman, Parry (4 Dec 1992). "Failure, Comfort". Orlando Sentinel. Calendar. p. 6.
  7. "Album Reviews". Billboard. October 17, 1992. p. 57 – via Google Books.
  8. Robbins, Ira. "Failure". Trouser Press. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
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