Even If and Especially When

Even If and Especially When is the second studio album by the Seattle band Screaming Trees, released in 1987.^[6][7] It was their first album released on SST.^[8][9]

Even If and Especially When
Studio album by Screaming Trees
Released	March 28, 1987
Recorded	1986
Studio	Velvetone Studio, Ellensburg, WA
Genre	Grunge, neo-psychedelia
Length	36:24
Label	SST (132)[1]
Producer	Steve Fisk, Screaming Trees[2]
Screaming Trees chronology
Clairvoyance (1986) Even If and Especially When (1987) Beat Happening/ Screaming Trees (1988)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
MusicHound Rock	[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10[5]

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called Even If and Especially When "the best of three strong albums for SST."^[4] Trouser Press wrote: "Dropping the baby fat (well, some of it) without compromising the trademark garagey roar, the band hit on a sound it would gradually refine on each successive release."^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Transfiguration"	3:53
2.	"Straight Out to Any Place"	2:00
3.	"World Painted"	2:59
4.	"Don't Look Down"	2:53
5.	"Girl Behind the Mask"	2:33
6.	"Flying"	3:14
7.	"Cold Rain"	3:34
8.	"Other Days and Different Planets"	3:12
9.	"The Pathway"	3:25
10.	"You Know Where It's At"	2:29
11.	"Back Together"	2:08
12.	"In the Forest"	4:04

Personnel

Screaming Trees

• Mark Lanegan – vocals
• Gary Lee Conner – guitar, backing vocals, electric organ
• Van Conner – bass, backing vocals
• Mark Pickerel – percussion, drums

Additional personnel

• Rod Doak – backing vocals on "Cold Rain"
• Steve Fisk – producer
• Diane Szukovathy – cover design