Blonde Redhead (album)

"Astro Boy (song)" redirects here. For similarly titled songs, see Astro Boy (disambiguation) § Music.

Blonde Redhead is the debut studio album by American alternative rock band Blonde Redhead. It was released in 1994 by Smells Like Records.^[3]

Blonde Redhead
Studio album by Blonde Redhead
Released	1994 (1994)
Recorded	March 1994
Studio	Random Falls (New York, New York)
Genre	Indie rock[1] art rock[2]
Length	29:07
Label	Smells Like
Producer	Steve Shelley
Blonde Redhead chronology
Blonde Redhead (1994) La Mia Vita Violenta (1995)

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]

Trouser Press wrote: "SY drummer Steve Shelley produced and released the album on his own label, and his group's guitar sound and song structures clearly inform Blonde Redhead‘s eight songs, which include both warped pop nuggets ('Sciuri Sciura') and trippy guitar forays ('I Don’t Want U')."^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Kazu Makino, Amedeo Pace and Simone Pace.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Don't Want U"	5:03
2.	"Sciuri Sciura"	3:22
3.	"Astro Boy"	4:19
4.	"Without Feathers"	3:57
5.	"Snippet"	3:02
6.	"Mama Cita"	3:21
7.	"Swing Pool"	4:15
8.	"Girl Boy"	1:48
Total length:		29:07

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
9.	"Vague"	4:05
10.	"Flying Douglas"	5:14
Total length:		38:26

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.^[6]

Blonde Redhead

• Kazu Makino – guitar, vocals except on "Snippet"
• Amedeo Pace – guitar, vocals except on "Without Feathers," "Snippet" and "Girl Boy"
• Simone Pace – drums
• Maki Takahashi – bass except on "Girl Boy"

Additional personnel

• Ari Marcopoulos – photography
• Steve Shelley – production
• John Siket – mixing
• Skúli Sverrisson – bass on "Girl Boy"
• Mark Venezia – recording