Last Splash

Last Splash
Studio album by
the Breeders
ReleasedAugust 30, 1993
Recorded1990–93
Studio
Genre
Length39:38
Label4AD/Elektra Records
Producer
The Breeders chronology
Safari
(1992) 		Last Splash
(1993) 		Head to Toe
(1994)
Singles from Last Splash
  1. "Cannonball"
    Released: August 9, 1993
  2. "Divine Hammer"
    Released: October 25, 1993
  3. "Saints"
    Released: 1994
  4. "No Aloha"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic86/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
Blender[5]
Chicago Tribune[6]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[7]
NME6/10[8]
Pitchfork9.0/10[9]
Rolling Stone[10]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[11]
Spin9/10[12]
The Village VoiceA−[13]

Last Splash is the second album by American alternative rock band the Breeders, released on August 30, 1993. Originally formed as a side project for Pixies bassist Kim Deal, the Breeders quickly became her primary recording outlet. Last Splash peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and by June 1994, the album had been certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments in excess of one million units.

The title of the album is taken from a lyric from its lead single, "Cannonball". The video for "Cannonball" was directed by Spike Jonze and Kim Gordon, and the video for the album's second single "Divine Hammer" was directed by Jonze, Gordon and Richard Kern.

A looped guitar sample of "S.O.S." was used by the English electronic music band the Prodigy in their 1996 hit single "Firestarter". A sample from "I Just Wanna Get Along" was used in another track by the Prodigy called "World's on Fire" from the Invaders Must Die album.

In 2003, Pitchfork listed the album at number 64 on their list of the Top 100 Albums of the 1990s.[14] In 2020, Rolling Stone ranked the album number 293 in their revised list of the 500 Greatest Albums of All Time (after not including it in the original 2003 list or the 2012 revision).[15]

On May 13, 2013, 4AD released LSXX, a deluxe 20th anniversary version of the album,[16] and on September 22, 2023, 4AD released Last Splash (30th Anniversary Original Analog Edition),[17] with additional tracks "Go Man Go" and "Divine Mascis".

  1. ^ "10 Essential '90s Alt-Rock Albums". Treble. July 25, 2013. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
  2. ^ a b Pitchfork Staff (September 28, 2022). "The 150 Best Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 26, 2023. Last Splash thrust the Breeders...into the surf-grunge sunshine.
  3. ^ "Critic Reviews for LSXX [Last Splash: 20th Anniversary Edition]". Metacritic. Retrieved August 10, 2021.
  4. ^ Phares, Heather. "Last Splash – The Breeders". AllMusic. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  5. ^ Dolan, Jon (December 2008 – January 2009). "The Breeders: Last Splash". Blender (76): 86. Archived from the original on April 20, 2009. Retrieved October 19, 2015.
  6. ^ Kot, Greg (September 10, 1993). "Veil Of Noise". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved October 24, 2015.
  7. ^ Frost, Deborah (August 27, 1993). "The Breeders' Last Splash". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  8. ^ Mackay, Emily (August 12, 2013). "20 Years On: The Breeders' Last Splash Revisited". The Quietus. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  9. ^ Zoladz, Lindsay (May 15, 2013). "The Breeders: LSXX". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 30, 2013.
  10. ^ Rust, Ned (October 14, 1993). "The Breeders: Last Splash". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 13, 2009. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  11. ^ Wolk, Douglas (2004). "The Breeders". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 104. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  12. ^ Sutton, Terri (May 15, 2013). "The Breeders, 'Last Splash' (4AD/Elektra)". Spin. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  13. ^ Christgau, Robert (September 28, 1993). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
  14. ^ "Staff Lists: Top 100 Albums of the 1990s". Pitchfork. November 17, 2003. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  15. ^ "The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time". Rolling Stone. September 22, 2020. Archived from the original on August 27, 2022.
  16. ^ "The Breeders: Out Now: The Breeders – LSXX". 4AD. Retrieved May 5, 2016.
  17. ^ "4AD". 4AD. Retrieved September 27, 2023.