Skin Yard – 1000 Smiling Knuckles

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Description

1000 Smiling Knuckles is the fourth studio album by American grunge band Skin Yard. The cover art is by Jim Blanchard. The first single was the title track, for which a video was shot.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic

The Chicago Tribune noted that “the band’s rhythm section is better-recorded and Ben McMillan is actually trying to sing melody lines instead of just shouting over the din.”[9]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by McMillan

No. Title Music Length
1. “1000 Smiling Knuckles” Endino 3:26
2. “River Throat” House/Endino 3:22
3. “Words on Bone” House/Endino 4:21
4. “Living Pool” Endino 3:02
5. “Headswill” House/Endino/McMillan 3:03
6. “Psychoriflepowerhypnotized” House/Endino 2:59
7. “Material Freak” House/Endino 3:33
8. “Jezechrist” House/Endino 4:22
9. “Nietzsche with a Pizza” House/Endino/Martin 1:32
10. “Burn a Hole” House/Endino/Martin/McMillan 4:55

Personnel

  • Jack Endino – guitar, producer, engineering
  • Daniel House – bass, art direction
  • Barrett Martin – drums
  • Ben McMillan – vocals
  • Jim Blanchard – artwork
1000 Smiling Knuckles
Studio album by

Skin Yard
Released August 6, 1991
Recorded Late 1990, early 1991
Studio Reciprocal Recording, Seattle, Washington
Genre Grunge
Length 34:42
Label Cruz
Producer Jack Endino, Skin Yard
Skin Yard chronology
Fist Sized Chunks
(1990)		 1000 Smiling Knuckles
(1991)		 Inside the Eye
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