Infrared Riding Hood is the fourth and final studio album by the American rock band Tad, released in 1995 on EastWest/Elektra Records.[1][2][3][4] It was the follow-up to their major label debut, Inhaler.[5]
Production
The album was produced by Jack Endino.[6] Due to the departure of founding guitarist Gary Thorstensen, frontman Tad Doyle played all of the guitar parts.[7]
The cover of the album is an "electron micrograph under a blue bleed", as stated by bassist Kurt Danielson. "In an odd way, the image seemed appropriate to the album name."[citation needed]
Release
Despite enthusiasm and hopes for a long-awaited commercial breakthrough, their A&R representative was fired, and within one week, all of her bands, including Tad, were dropped from the label.[8] It was the second time in three years that Tad had been dropped by a major label.[9]
The album sold poorly, having had very little promotion behind it.[10]
Trouser Press lamented "the sheer redundancy of skulk-fests like 'Bludge' and 'Thistle Suit'."[13]The Philadelphia Inquirer wrote that "the band maintains a big, boisterous sound full of metal-flavored guitar riffs and snarling vocals, with enough rocking, melodic hooks to snag a place on the edges of the alternative mainstream."[14]
Track listing
"Ictus" - 3:17
"Bullhorn" - 3:17
"Thistle Suit" - 4:51
"Emotional Cockroach" - 3:46
"Red Eye Angel" - 2:17
"Bludge" - 2:35
"Dementia" - 3:27
"Weakling" - 3:28
"Halcyon Nights" - 3:19
"Particle Accelerator" - 3:25
"Tool Marks" - 2:59
"Mystery Copter" - 27:07 (there is about 10 minutes of blank recording from 7:17 to 17:17 in this track).
