| "Chalk Dust Torture" | ||||
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 Cover of promo single | ||||
| Single by Phish | ||||
| from the album A Picture of Nectar | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Recorded | June–August 1991, White Crow Studios, Burlington, Vermont | |||
| Genre | Rock | |||
| Length | 4:35 | |||
| Label | Elektra PRCD 8511-2 | |||
| Songwriter(s) | Trey Anastasio, Tom Marshall | |||
| Producer(s) | Phish, Kevin Halpin | |||
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"Chalk Dust Torture" is a 1992 song by the American band Phish. It is the thirteenth track from their 1992 album A Picture of Nectar and was also released as their first promotional single by Elektra Records. The song is a riff-based, fast-paced rock song written by Phish guitarist and lead vocalist Trey Anastasio and lyricist Tom Marshall. The studio recording features a lowered pitch effect on Anastasio's lead vocal, and in order to accommodate the lower pitch (one half-step down), the song's typical key of E was dropped to Eb. "Chalk Dust Torture" was the band's first song to receive significant radio airplay, peaking at No. 53 on the Radio & Records Album-oriented rock chart in 1992.[1]
- ^ "AOR Tracks" (PDF). Radio & Records. Retrieved January 1, 2024.