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	'']'' called the album "charmingly tattered", noting that "Gelb mixes a half-dozen genres with his off-kilter sensibilities to produce addictive countrified folk-rock."<ref name=UT/> '']'' advised: "The debate among cultists who've supported Gelb for more than a decade is whether such albums reveal a dismaying lack of craft or are works of disjointed brilliance. Make no mistake: ''Purge and Slouch'' is lazy."<ref name=RS>{{cite magazine \|last1=Drozdowski \|first1=Ted \|title=Purge and Slouch by Giant Sand \|magazine=Rolling Stone \|date=August 25, 1994 \|issue=689 \|page=92}}</ref> The '']'' said that "Gelb gets into some maddeningly introverted desert-jazz mumbling musings on occasion, but the disc's got some great high points scattered throughout".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Grobaty \|first1=Tim \|title=Strong Start for Year's Best CDs \|work=Press-Telegram \|date=March 6, 1994 \|page=J1}}</ref>		'']'' called the album "charmingly tattered", noting that "Gelb mixes a half-dozen genres with his off-kilter sensibilities to produce addictive countrified folk-rock."<ref name=UT/> '']'' advised: "The debate among cultists who've supported Gelb for more than a decade is whether such albums reveal a dismaying lack of craft or are works of disjointed brilliance. Make no mistake: ''Purge and Slouch'' is lazy."<ref name=RS>{{cite magazine \|last1=Drozdowski \|first1=Ted \|title=Purge and Slouch by Giant Sand \|magazine=Rolling Stone \|date=August 25, 1994 \|issue=689 \|page=92}}</ref> The '']'' said that "Gelb gets into some maddeningly introverted desert-jazz mumbling musings on occasion, but the disc's got some great high points scattered throughout".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Grobaty \|first1=Tim \|title=Strong Start for Year's Best CDs \|work=Press-Telegram \|date=March 6, 1994 \|page=J1}}</ref>

	The '']'' praised the "slight country lopes, lazy blues shouts, unvarnished honky-tonk jams and the occasional bout of impatient guitar skronking."<ref name="AD">{{cite news \|last1=Armstrong \|first1=Gene \|title='Purge and Slouch', the latest album by adventurous band... \|work=Arizona Daily Star \|date=April 1, 1994 \|page=9E}}</ref> '']'' opined that "much jam-session tomfoolery ensues, with the sole reward being a chance to hear Arizona legend Al Perry scrabble out some proto-garage licks on 'Slander'."<ref>{{cite web \|title=Giant Sand \|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/giant-sand/ \|website=Trouser Press \|access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref> '']'' called the album "ragged-edged, tumultuous, inward and poetic".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Carpenter \|first1=David \|title=The Accidental Purist \|work=LA Weekly \|date=February 3, 1994 \|page=43}}</ref>		The '']'' praised the "slight country lopes, lazy blues shouts, unvarnished honky-tonk jams and the occasional bout of impatient guitar skronking."<ref name="AD">{{cite news \|last1=Armstrong \|first1=Gene \|title='Purge and Slouch', the latest album by adventurous band... \|work=Arizona Daily Star \|date=April 1, 1994 \|page=9E}}</ref> '']'' opined that "much jam-session tomfoolery ensues, with the sole reward being a chance to hear Arizona legend Al Perry scrabble out some proto-garage licks on 'Slander'."<ref>{{cite web \|title=Giant Sand \|url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/giant-sand/ \|website=Trouser Press \|access-date=December 29, 2024}}</ref> '']'' called the album "ragged-edged, tumultuous, inward and poetic".<ref>{{cite news \|last1=Carpenter \|first1=David \|title=The Accidental Purist \|work=LA Weekly \|date=February 3, 1994 \|page=43}}</ref> The ] stated that "Gelb has given his rundown, dusty music an unrushed allure and made a sound as expansive as a desert sky."<ref name=NY/>

	==Track listing==		==Track listing==

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1993 studio album by Giant Sand

Purge & Slouch

Studio album by Giant Sand

Released

1993

Brake Out
Restless

Howe Gelb, Harvey Moltz, John Convertino

Giant Sand chronology

Center of the Universe
(1992)

Purge & Slouch
(1993)

Stromausfall
(1993)

Purge & Slouch is an album by the American band Giant Sand, released in 1993 through the German label Brake Out Records. It was released by Restless Records the following year. The band supported the album with a UK tour. Frontman Howe Gelb referred to the music as "smash jazz".

Production

The album was recorded at a house in the Tucson area; Gelb allegedly taped his vocals and guitar playing while lounging on a couch. The band improvised most of the music, which they had a difficult reproducing in a live setting. Susan Cowsill and Vicki Peterson sang on "Corridor". Rainer Ptacek played guitar on many of the tracks; Malcolm Burn contributed on bass. "Dock of the Bay" is a cover of the Otis Redding song. Gelb later acknowledged the informality and low stakes of the sessions, saying the he enjoyed what many journalists criticized. Stromausfall, the band's next album, released in a press run of 2,000 copies, included music recorded during the same sessions.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Robert Christgau
New York Daily News
Rolling Stone
USA Today

USA Today called the album "charmingly tattered", noting that "Gelb mixes a half-dozen genres with his off-kilter sensibilities to produce addictive countrified folk-rock." Rolling Stone advised: "The debate among cultists who've supported Gelb for more than a decade is whether such albums reveal a dismaying lack of craft or are works of disjointed brilliance. Make no mistake: Purge and Slouch is lazy." The Press-Telegram said that "Gelb gets into some maddeningly introverted desert-jazz mumbling musings on occasion, but the disc's got some great high points scattered throughout".

The Arizona Daily Star praised the "slight country lopes, lazy blues shouts, unvarnished honky-tonk jams and the occasional bout of impatient guitar skronking." Trouser Press opined that "much jam-session tomfoolery ensues, with the sole reward being a chance to hear Arizona legend Al Perry scrabble out some proto-garage licks on 'Slander'." LA Weekly called the album "ragged-edged, tumultuous, inward and poetic". The New York Daily News stated that "Gelb has given his rundown, dusty music an unrushed allure and made a sound as expansive as a desert sky."

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Slander"
2.	"Bender"
3.	"Swamp Thing"
4.	"Santana, Castanada & You"
5.	"Blue Lit Rope"
6.	"Overture (Part 1)"
7.	"Rice Road Rumba"
8.	"Corridor"
9.	"Slice & Dice Blues"
10.	"High Lonesome Curl"
11.	"New Carjack City Blues"
12.	"Owed Ode"
13.	"Overture, Pt. 2"
14.	"Here on the Planet"
15.	"Elevator Music"
16.	"Song for the Accountants"
17.	"Dock of the Bay"
18.	"Tripping Moon"
19.	"Thin Lizzy Tribute/Personality Flaws/Last Word Jonny"
20.	"Bed of Nails"
21.	"Dance of Cicadas"

References

Higgins, Polly (April 26, 2001). "Artist, radio station at musical confluence". Tucson Citizen. p. L17.
Mendoza, Manuel (January 16, 1994). "Plundering Pop's Past". The Dallas Morning News. p. 1C.
"Heavy Rotation". Spin. Vol. 9, no. 12. March 1994. p. 22.
^ Lee, Stewart (February 4, 1996). "Raised in Arizona". The Sunday Times. pp. 10, 14.
Sprague, David (January 23, 1994). "Recordings". FanFare. Newsday. p. 19.
Crisafulli, Chuck (October 16, 1994). "Rock in a Hard Place". Calendar. Los Angeles Times. p. 6.
^ Drozdowski, Ted (August 25, 1994). "Purge and Slouch by Giant Sand". Rolling Stone. No. 689. p. 92.
^ Armstrong, Gene (April 1, 1994). "'Purge and Slouch', the latest album by adventurous band...". Arizona Daily Star. p. 9E.
Ohler, Shawn (July 24, 1997). "'Like three radio stations playing at once': Band's style defies description". Edmonton Journal. p. D3.
Armstrong, Gene (December 23, 1994). "Normal Records also is responsible...". Arizona Daily Star. p. 9E.
"Purge & Slouch Review by Ned Raggett". AllMusic. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
"Giant Sand". Robert Christgau. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
^ Farber, Jim (February 6, 1994). "Giant Sand sounds big as all outdoors". Sunday Extra. Daily News. New York. p. 11.
^ Gundersen, Edna (February 21, 1994). "Sandblast". USA Today. p. 8D.
Grobaty, Tim (March 6, 1994). "Strong Start for Year's Best CDs". Press-Telegram. p. J1.
"Giant Sand". Trouser Press. Retrieved December 29, 2024.
Carpenter, David (February 3, 1994). "The Accidental Purist". LA Weekly. p. 43.

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