Red House Painters (Bridge)

Red House Painters
Studio album by Red House Painters
Released	October 18, 1993
Recorded	Summer 1992 – spring 1993
Studio	Undisclosed recording studio on Divisadero Street, San Francisco[1]
Genre	Folk rock, slowcore
Length	45:01
Language	English
Label	4AD
Producer	Mark Kozelek
Red House Painters chronology
Red House Painters (1993) Red House Painters (1993) Shock Me EP (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[4]

Red House Painters (also known as Bridge or Red House Painters II to distinguish it from the first eponymous album, also known as Rollercoaster or Red House Painters I) is the third album by the group Red House Painters, released on October 18, 1993 by 4AD. The album is made up of songs from the same recording sessions for Rollercoaster.

At the beginning of the album opener "Evil," the faint laughter of Mark Kozelek and the barely audible voice of a woman playfully saying "No" can be heard. Both “Evil” and “Uncle Joe” were re-recorded versions of early demos, originally recorded sometime between 1989 and 1992. The album also includes two covers: a sunny version of "I Am a Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel, and Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner", which displays an off-beat dark humor. An acoustic version of the song "New Jersey" was on Red House Painters I. In the US, 4AD added the Shock Me EP as bonus tracks to the CD when the RHP catalog was reissued in 1999, to bring the total number of tracks to 12.