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Last Splash

1993 studio album by the Breeders

Last Splash
Summary

1993 studio album by the Breeders

FieldValue
nameLast Splash
typestudio
artistthe Breeders
coverTheBreedersLastSplash.jpg
releasedAugust 30, 1993
recorded1990–93
studio{{plainlist*Coast Recorders, North Hollywood
genre
length39:38
label4AD/Elektra Records
producer
prev_titleSafari
prev_year1992
next_titleHead to Toe
next_year1994
misc{{Singles
nameLast Splash
typestudio
single1Cannonball
single1dateAugust 9, 1993
single2Divine Hammer
single2dateOctober 25, 1993
single3Saints
single3date1994
single4No Aloha
single4date1994
  • Brilliant Studios, San Francisco
  • Refraze Recording Studio, Dayton}}

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

Composition

Last Splash has been categorized as alternative rock, noise pop sporting art rock textures, "pure", "twisted" pop, and Hawaiian surf music. The latter genre is seen in the "tiki bar twang" of "No Aloha" and the "gonzo" surf rock of instrumental "Flipside". "I Just Wanna Get Along" takes on "spiky" pop-punk, while cover "Drivin' on 9" pulls in acoustic and country sounds.

Legacy and impact

Dubbed one of the "most enduring masterpieces" of alternative rock, Nashville Scenes Sean L. Maloney saw Splash both "[distill] the zeitgeist into perfect alt-pop nuggets", but also serve as "the last gasp of alternative music as an actual alternative to the mainstream". The Quietus Emily Mackay considered it "a key album" for the genre's mainstream crossover.

In a retrospective review of it 20 years on, Stereogums Tom Breihan called it "a warm, homemade, deeply and consciously odd" record.

Accolades

PublicationCountryTypeListYearRankRef.
"--" indicates an unordered list.

Track listing

Original 1993 release

''LSXX'' track listing

There are two versions of LSXX: a 3-CD package and a 7-disc vinyl set. The CD and vinyl formats have the same track listings.

The vinyl set contains the following vinyl:

  1. Last Splash
  2. "The Stockholm Syndrome" (partially previously released as Live in Stockholm 1994)
  3. Demos, rare tracks & session versions
  4. Safari EP
  5. Cannonball EP
  6. Divine Hammer
  7. Head to Toe EP

The track listing below is for the 3-CD set. All songs are by Kim Deal except where noted.

'*Disc 1 – *Last Splash''''' :The first disc contains the original release track listing.

Personnel

Kenmore]] sewing machine from Kelley Deal's unusual performance credit (on "S.O.S."). On display at the [[Rock and Roll Hall of Fame]].

The Breeders

  • Kim Deal – lead vocals, guitar, Moog, Casiotone
  • Kelley Deal – guitar, Kenmore 12-stitch, lap steel, mandolin, vocals, lead vocals on "I Just Wanna Get Along"
  • Jim MacPherson – drums, bass on "Roi"
  • Josephine Wiggs – bass guitar, double bass, vocals, cello, drums on "Roi"

Artwork

  • Jason Love – photography
  • Paul MoMenamin – design assistant
  • Vaughan Oliver – art direction, design
  • Kevin Westenberg – portraits

Additional musicians

  • Carrie Bradley – violin, additional vocals

Production

  • Kim Deal – producer
  • Mark Freegard – production, engineering
  • Sean Leonard – assistant engineering
  • Daniel Presley – engineering on "Divine Hammer"
  • Andy Taub – assistant engineering

Chart positions

Chart (1993)Peak
positionAustralian ARIA Albums ChartCanadian Albums ChartDutch Top 100German Albums ChartSwedish Albums ChartUK Albums ChartUS Billboard 200Chart (1994)Peak
positionNew Zealand RIANZ Albums ChartChart (2025)Peak
positionCroatian International Albums (HDU)
22
44
41
68
43
5
33
11
15

Singles

YearSinglePeak positionsUS Main
US Main Rock
US Mod Rock
AUS
FR
NLD
UK
19931994
"Cannonball"443225883540
"Divine Hammer"——28———59
"Saints"——12————
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Certifications

References

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