Stag (Melvins album)

Stag
File:Melvins Stag Front Cover.jpg
Studio album by Melvins
Released	July 15, 1996
Recorded	1996 at Sound City, A&M Studios, Entourage, Falconer (London)
Length	51:05
Label	Atlantic
Producer	The Melvins, GGGarth, Joe Barresi
Melvins chronology
Tora Tora Tora (1995)Tora Tora Tora1995 Stag (1996) Honky (1997)Honky1997

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Stag is the eighth album by Melvins, which was released in 1996 through Atlantic Records.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Bit"	Words: Osborne - Music: Crover	4:45
2.	"Hide"	Words/Music: Osborne	0:50
3.	"Bar-X-the Rocking M"	Words: Osborne - Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	2:24
4.	"Yacobs Lab"	Music: Deutrom	1:17
5.	"The Bloat"	Words/Music: Osborne	3:41
6.	"Tipping the Lion"	Words/Music: Osborne	3:48
7.	"Black Bock"	Words/Music: Osborne	2:43
8.	"Goggles"	Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	6:30
9.	"Soup"	Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	2:39
10.	"Buck Owens"	Words/Music: Osborne	3:11
11.	"Sterilized"	Words: Osborne - Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	3:30
12.	"Lacrimosa"	Words: Deutrom - Music: Crover, Deutrom, Osborne	4:40
13.	"Skin Horse"	Words/Music: Osborne	5:16
14.	"Captain Pungent"	Words/Music: Osborne	2:21
15.	"Berthas"	Words/Music: Osborne	1:25
16.	"Cottonmouth"	Words/Music: Crover	1:56

Personnel

The Melvins

• King Buzzo - guitar (tracks 1-3, 5-8, 10, 13-15), vocals (tracks 1, 3, 5-8, 10, 11, 13-15), backing vocals (track 7), moog (track 9), bass (track 11), drums (track 12), interlude guitar (track 13); engineer, producer & mixer (tracks 1-3 & 5-15)
• Mark D - bass (tracks 1, 3-8, 10, 12-15), additional guitar (tracks 1, 6, 7 & 11), all instrumentation (track 4), slide guitar (track 5), backing vocals (track 7), moog & drum beat (track 9), vocals & guitar (track 12), interlude guitar, baritone guitar & piano (all track 13); engineer, producer & mixer (tracks 1 & 3-15)
• Dale C - drums & percussion (tracks 1, 3, 5-8, 10-16), additional guitar (tracks 1 & 11), sitar (track 1), bongos & backing vocals (track 7), moog (track 9), all instrumentation & vocals (track 16); engineer, producer & mixer (tracks 1, 3 & 5-16)

Additional personnel

• GGGarth - engineer, producer & mixer (tracks 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 10, 13-15); backing vocals (track 7)
• Joe Barresi - engineer, producer & mixer (tracks 1, 3, 5-7, 9, 10, 13-15)
• Dirty Walt - valve trombone (track 3)
• Mac Mann - organ & grand piano (track 3)
• Alex Newport - engineer, producer & mixer (track 8)
• Bill Bartell - guitars (track 11)
• Chris Kozlowski - engineer, producer & mixer (track 11)
• Stephen Marcussen - mastering
• Ron Boustead - mastering
• Mackie Osborne - illustration & design, drums (track 12)
• David Lefkowitz - management & fan club

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year	Chart	Position
1996	Heatseekers	33