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with producer Jonathan Burnside, during which the songs "Binge and Purge", "Bacchanal", "Earthworm", "Heirloom", "Walking in the Great Shining Path of Monster Trucks", and "Effigy" were recorded and mixed. After a short break, Clutch returned to the studio in April to complete the album, working with
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columnist Mörat ranked "Binge and Purge" on his list of "The top 10 best Clutch songs", outlining that "it doesn't get much heavier than this, the third track from Clutch's debut album", and describing the song as "quite simply, music to kill people to". In an earlier feature, in which he hailed the
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praised the album for its "dogged hard rocking and consistent songwriting prowess", highlighting the first half of the album over the second half but overall dubbing it "one of the brighter debuts to emerge in the '90s". In a feature published in 2016,
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album as being "in a class of its own", Mörat also praised opening track "A Shogun Named Marcus", which he credited as "the moment when many a rock fan became a Clutch devotee ... the 'wow' moment".
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at Spa Studio Inc. in New York City on the remaining songs, "A Shogun Named Marcus", "El Jefe Speaks", "12 Ounce Epilogue", "Milk of Human Kindness", and "Rats".
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writer Mörat described the album as "a stark reminder of just how good angry music could sound", noting its presence in a scene dominated by "the
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who also provided photography for the album. The band toured throughout 1994 in promotion of the album, including support dates for Brazilian
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explosion" which was much less heavy. According to Mörat, the opening song "A Shogun Named Marcus" had to be removed from the band's live
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on June 17, 1993. The album was promoted by a music video for opening track "A Shogun Named Marcus", directed by
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for several years "because it incited people to kick the shit out of each other". The album received a
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sticker for the repeated use of the word "motherfucker" in the song "Binge and Purge".
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has been described by commentators as one of the heaviest releases of Clutch's career.
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for the song "A Shogun Named Marcus", which was directed by
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Index


Studio album
Clutch
San Francisco
California
New York City
New York
Genre
Stoner rock
alternative metal
post-hardcore
hardcore punk
Label
EastWest
Producer
Steven Haigler
Clutch
Passive Restraints
Clutch
hard rock
Clutch
San Francisco
California
Steven Haigler
EastWest Records
Dan Winters
San Francisco
California
Steven Haigler
Metal Hammer

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