Rare is the rock band that can make a strong impression on the listener without the benefit of a vocalist, but Pittsburgh's Don Caballero comes roaring out of the gate on its debut album.
The quartet showcases its instrumental wizardry on the opening title cut, a skull-crushing groove monster that finds evocative drummer Damon Che leading the band through a succession of stop-time breaks.
The energy builds for the chaotic dissonance of "Chief Sitting Duck," then dissipates on the Slint-like dirge of "New Laws," which shows a subtle mastery of dynamics.
Songs like the thundering "Nicked and Liquid," the heavily distorted "Rocco," and the psychotic jamming of "Got a Mile, Got a Mile, Got an Inch" (which reveals the origins of the band's name in an SCTV sketch) reach out and grab you by the cojones, shaking you around like a rag doll without resorting to headbanger clichés.
With Midas-touch production from Steve Albini, For Respect is one of the better instrumental rock records of the early '90s.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | For Respect | Don Caballero | Play | 02:43 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 2 | Chief Sitting Duck | Don Caballero | Play | 02:21 | 5 MB | 17 MB |
| 3 | New Laws | Don Caballero | Play | 05:53 | 13 MB | 37 MB |
| 4 | Nicked and Liqued | Don Caballero | Play | 02:40 | 6 MB | 19 MB |
| 5 | Rocco | Don Caballero | Play | 02:47 | 6 MB | 20 MB |
| 6 | Subdued Confections | Don Caballero | Play | 02:29 | 5 MB | 13 MB |
| 7 | Got a Mile, Got a Mile, Got an Inch | Don Caballero | Play | 05:06 | 11 MB | 34 MB |
| 8 | Our Caballero | Don Caballero | Play | 02:07 | 4 MB | 15 MB |
| 9 | Bears See Things Pretty Much the Way They Are | Don Caballero | Play | 03:26 | 7 MB | 24 MB |
| 10 | Well Built Road | Don Caballero | Play | 06:05 | 13 MB | 41 MB |
| 35 mins | 81 MB | |||||
| 35 mins | 242 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Albini | Engineer, Producer |
| 2 | Mike Banfield | Guitar |
| 3 | Damon Che | Drums |
| 4 | Don Caballero | Primary Artist |
| 5 | Patrick Morris | Bass |
| 6 | Ian Williams | Guitar |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |