Mother of All Saints

Mother of All Saints
Studio album by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Released	1992
Recorded	Lowdown Studios, San Francisco, California
Genre	Noise rock, indie rock, experimental rock
Length	69:40
Label	Matador
Producer	Greg Freeman, Thinking Fellers Union Local 282
Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 chronology
Lovelyville (1991) Mother of All Saints (1992) Where's Officer Tuba (1993)

Mother of All Saints is an album by the American band Thinking Fellers Union Local 282.[1][2] It was released in 1992 through Matador Records.[3] The band supported the album by playing shows with Bailter Space.[4]

Critical reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
Chicago Tribune	[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[7]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography	6/10[8]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	8/10[9]

The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a sprawling, 23-song, 70-minute heap of fragmented melodies, noise and roundabout backwoods ruralism."[6] The Gainesville Sun praised the "staggering epic weirdness."[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

No.	Title	Length
1.	"..." (retitled "The Herald" on YouTube[11])	0:08
2.	"Gentleman's Lament"	2:47
3.	"Catcher"	2:27
4.	"Hornet's Heart"	2:41
5.	"Star Trek"	3:59
6.	"Tell Me"	4:07
7.	"Heaven for Addled Imbeciles"	1:22
8.	"Hive"	4:41
9.	"Hummingbird in a Cube of Ice"	4:04
10.	"None Too Fancy"	2:47
11.	"Wide Forehead"	4:09
12.	"Infection"	5:18
13.	"Pleasure Circle"	1:26
14.	"Tight Little Thing"	1:43
15.	"Hosanna Loud Hosanna"	1:17
16.	"Tuning Notes"	4:08
17.	"Shuddering Big Butter"	2:52
18.	"1" Tall"	4:29
19.	"Raymond H."	5:52
20.	"..." (retitled "The Toad Submerged" on YouTube[12])	0:49
21.	"Cistern"	4:37
22.	"El Cerrito"	2:48
23.	"Fish Bowl"	1:07

Personnel

Thinking Fellers Union Local 282

• Mark Davies – guitar, bass guitar, banjo, percussion, French horn, organ, vocals
• Anne Eickelberg – bass guitar, percussion, vocals
• Brian Hageman – guitar, erhu, viola, mandolin, tape, percussion, vocals
• Jay Paget – drums, vocals
• Hugh Swarts – guitar, piano, percussion, vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Paul Bergmann – drums on "Tight Little Thing"
• Gail Butensky – photography
• Kim Campisano – photography
• John Frentress – harmonica on "1" Tall"
• Greg Freeman – production, engineering
• Bren't Lewiis – tape on "Tell Me"
• Thinking Fellers Union Local 282 – production

References

1. "With a great cranky clatter, the avant-garde rock band...". Arizona Daily Star. 20 Nov 1992. p. 26F.
2. Reynolds, Simon (Feb 6, 1993). "Mother of All Saints by Thinking Fellers Union Local 282". Melody Maker. 69 (6): 33.
3. Powers, Ann (7 Nov 1992). "Thinking Fellers Union Local 282, from the nonconformist enclave of San Francisco...". The New York Times. p. 1:13.
4. West, Phil (April 29, 1994). "TIME FOR A CHALLENGE? STOP BY THE OFF RAMP". The Seattle Times. p. D42.
5. Phares, Heather. "Mother of All Saints". AllMusic. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
6. Margasak, Peter (21 Jan 1993). "Rave Recordings". Tempo. Chicago Tribune. p. 6.
7. "The encyclopedia of popular music". 1998.
8. Strong, Martin Charles (1999). The great alternative & indie discography. Canongate. ISBN 9780862419134.
9. Spin Alternative Record Guide, page 402-403
10. Doherty, Jim (August 11, 1995). "Iowa's Thinking Fellers return Wednesday". The Gainesville Sun.
11. "The Herald". YouTube.
12. "The Toad Submerged". YouTube.

External links

• Mother Of All Saints at Discogs (list of releases)