Whorn

Whorn is the eighth album by the Minneapolis-based noise rock band The Cows.^[4][5] It was released on March 26, 1996, by Amphetamine Reptile Records.

Whorn
Studio album by Cows
Released	March 26, 1996 (1996-03-26)
Recorded	January 1996 (1996-01)
Studio	Perma Sonic (Minneapolis, MN)
Genre	Noise rock, post-hardcore
Length	50:11
Label	Amphetamine Reptile
Producer	Tim Mac
Cows chronology
Old Gold 1989–1991 (1996) Whorn (1996) Sorry in Pig Minor (1998)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Pitchfork Media	(7.5/10)[2]
RIP	[3]

Production

Whorn was the band's first time working with Tim Mac since their fourth album Peacetika. During the recording, Tim Mac opted for a "live sound," having the band play together as a whole instead of recording their parts individually.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote: "This Minneapolis quartet blares and bleats, its shrillness occasionally augmented by the trombone squalls of singer Shannon Selberg, whose playing is almost as atonal as his singing. The band's new Whorn is perhaps not its most abrasive work, but it's hardly mellow."^[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Cows.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Divorcee' Moore"	5:16
2.	"A Oven"	3:41
3.	"The Warden"	4:33
4.	"Mas-No Mas"	2:33
5.	"Four Things"	3:49
6.	"Tropic of Cancelled"	3:38
7.	"The New Girl"	5:29
8.	"Organized Meat"	4:32
9.	"Massa Peel"	3:23
10.	"A Gift Called Life"	2:09
11.	"Jikan"	11:32

Jikan begins with a distorted sample of a Japanese woman speaking, that begins at 0:00 ends at 0:06. The sample is followed by almost 10 minutes of silence (0:06 - 10:06). After the silence, there is a brief hidden track of the band performing a faster, funkier version of "The New Girl."

Personnel

Adapted from the Whorn liner notes.^[7]

Cows Thor Eisentrager – guitar Kevin Rutmanis – bass guitar Shannon Selberg – vocals, bugle Freddy Votel – drums

Production and additional personnel Randy Hawkins – recording, mixing Tom Hazelmyer – cover art Tim Mac – production, recording, mixing

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1996	Amphetamine Reptile	CD, LP	AMREP 050
Germany			CD, LP	ARRCD 70/013
Poland			CS	ARR MC 017