Invisible Lantern

Invisible Lantern is the third studio album by alternative rock band Screaming Trees, released in 1988 on SST Records.^[6][7]

Invisible Lantern
Studio album by Screaming Trees
Released	May 12, 1988
Recorded	Winter 1987
Studio	Velvetone, Ellensburg, Washington
Genre	Alternative rock psychedelic rock grunge garage pop[1]
Length	40:43
Label	SST (188)[2]
Producer	Steve Fisk, Screaming Trees[3]
Screaming Trees chronology
Beat Happening/ Screaming Trees (1988) Invisible Lantern (1988) Buzz Factory (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10[5]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the Trees’ pop streak matures with 'Smokerings' and especially the marvelous 'Night Comes Creeping'."^[8] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album the band's SST peak.^[5]

Track listing

Invisible Lantern track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ivy"	3:16
2.	"Walk Through to This Side"	2:32
3.	"Lines & Circles"	3:45
4.	"She Knows"	2:15
5.	"Shadow Song"	4:15
6.	"Grey Diamond Desert"	4:22
7.	"Smokerings"	3:43
8.	"The Second I Awake"	2:59
9.	"Invisible Lantern"	3:02
10.	"Even If"	3:48
11.	"Direction of the Sun"	2:53
12.	"Night Comes Creeping"	3:53
Total length:		40:43

All tracks are written by Screaming Trees.

Personnel

Screaming Trees

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

Additional personnel

• Steve Fisk – producer, piano on "Grey Diamond Desert"
• Rod Doak – engineering
• Daniel Herron – front cover artwork
• Jena Scott – photographs and lettering

In other media

While recording Invisible Lantern, Mark Lanegan, Mark Pickerel, and Van Conner appeared in the independent film 'Fertilichrone Cheerleader Massacre' along with producer Steve Fisk, which was shot in Ellensburg by Shawn O'Neill.^[9][10] The film was most recently released in 2012.^[11]