Demo recordings made before signing with 4AD.
"First edition manufactured in the U.K.
August, 1992"
Made in England
foobar2000 1.3.8 / Dynamic Range Meter 1.1.1
log date: 2015-11-21 00:17:43
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Analyzed: Red House Painters / Down Colorful Hill
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DR Peak RMS Duration Track
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DR14 -0.60 dB -17.67 dB 6:48 01-24
DR16 0.00 dB -18.64 dB 9:49 02-Medicine Bottle
DR13 -1.40 dB -17.40 dB 10:52 03-Down Colorful Hill
DR14 -1.94 dB -18.23 dB 4:42 04-Japanese to English
DR11 -2.53 dB -15.80 dB 6:03 05-Lord Kill the Pain
DR10 -2.74 dB -15.32 dB 5:23 06-Michael
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Not a proper debut as such, Down Colorful Hill instead comprises the demo recordings which won Red House Painters their contract with the 4AD label, released here with minimal overdubbing. Regardless, the group has already reached full maturity; these lengthy, ponderous songs are remarkably evocative portraits of a distinctly tortured psyche -- Mark Kozelek forgoes the camouflage of metaphor to lay his soul on the line, and the honesty of his craft is both beautiful and disturbing.