! is the debut studio album by American indie rock band The Dismemberment Plan. It was released on October 3, 1995, on DeSoto Records. The band’s original drummer Steve Cummings played on the album but left shortly after its release.
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | October 3, 1995 | |||
| Genre | Post-hardcore[1] | |||
| Length | 38:07 | |||
| Label | DeSoto | |||
| The Dismemberment Plan chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | ![[en] | ! (The Dismemberment Plan album)](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/51/Star_full.svg/11px-Star_full.svg.png){kind=small} ![[en] | ! (The Dismemberment Plan album)](http://en.m.wikipedia.org/upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Star_empty.svg/11px-Star_empty.svg.png){kind=small} [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide | [3] |
| Sputnikmusic | 3.0/5[4] |
| Tiny Mix Tapes | 3.5/5[5] |
- “Survey Says” – 2:08
- “The Things That Matter” – 2:25
- “The Small Stuff” – 3:02
- “OK Jokes Over” – 4:27
- “Soon to Be Ex Quaker” – 1:26
- “I’m Going to Buy You a Gun” – 3:06
- “If I Don’t Write” – 4:28
- “Wouldn’t You Like to Know?” – 2:50
- “13th and Euclid” – 2:18
- “Fantastic!” – 4:14
- “Onward, Fat Girl” – 2:46
- “Rusty” – 4:29
- “The Dismemberment Plan Gets Rich” (Japanese bonus track) – 2:23
The following people were involved in the making of !:
- The Dismemberment Plan
- Eric Axelson – bass
- Jason Caddell – guitar
- Steve Cummings – drums
- Travis Morrison – vocals, guitar
- Production
- Andy Charneco and Don Zientara – recording
- Catucci, Nick (2004). “Dismemberment Plan”. In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
- Mr P. “The Dismemberment Plan – !”. Tiny Mix Tapes. Archived from the original on January 16, 2022. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
- Raggett, Ned. “! – The Dismemberment Plan”. AllMusic. Archived from the original on August 24, 2018. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- Smith, Robin (June 17, 2010). “The Dismemberment Plan – ! (staff review)”. Sputnikmusic. Archived from the original on September 12, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2018.
- Terich, Jeff (August 22, 2008). “The Dismemberment Plan: Emergency & I”. Treble. Archived from the original on January 19, 2022. Retrieved March 13, 2011.
Past albums ! and The Dismemberment Plan Is Terrified sufficiently established the band as post-hardcore and new wave-influenced iconoclasts, going spastic with Casio keyboards and funky rhythms