Ultimate Alternative Wavers

Ultimate Alternative Wavers
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 1, 1993[1]
RecordedFall 1992
StudioAudio Labs (Boise, Idaho)
GenreIndie rock
Length58:26
LabelC/Z Records[2]
Producer
  • Built to Spill
  • Todd Dunnigan
Built to Spill chronology
Ultimate Alternative Wavers
(1993)
There's Nothing Wrong with Love
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(1-star Honorable Mention)[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]

Ultimate Alternative Wavers is the debut studio album by American indie rock band Built to Spill.[6][2] The line-up consisted of Doug Martsch on guitar and vocals, Brett Netson on guitar and bass, and Ralf Youtz on drums, although there was some variation in instrumentation on a few tracks. The album was recorded at Audio Lab in Boise, Idaho, in the fall of 1992, and released in 1993 on C/Z Records. It was re-released in late 2006.

The song title "Nowhere Nothin' Fuckup" is the title of a song by the main character, Jason Taverner, in Philip K. Dick's Flow My Tears, the Policeman Said. The song's lyrics, also, are in large part borrowed from The Velvet Underground's "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'".

  1. ^ "Built to Spill". www.builttospill.com.
  2. ^ a b Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9781627883795 – via Google Books.
  3. ^ DaRonco, Mike. "Ultimate Alternative Wavers - Built to Spill". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-05-14.
  4. ^ Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Ultimate Alternative Wavers". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958.
  6. ^ "Built to Spill".