Hold Your Tongue

Hold Your Tongue
Studio album by Alter Natives
Released	1986
Recorded	Radio Tokyo (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Jazz fusion, punk rock
Length	35:15
Label	SST
Producer	Alter Natives
Alter Natives chronology
Hold Your Tongue (1986) Group Therapy (1988)

Professional ratings
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Allmusic	[1]

Hold Your Tongue is the debut studio album of Alter Natives, released in 1986 by SST Records.^[2]

Track listing

All music composed by Chris Bopst, Greg Ottinger, Jim Thomson and Eric Ungar.

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunset"	2:02
2.	"The Nipple Factor"	2:23
3.	"Blood on the Highway"	1:23
4.	"Sole"	2:45
5.	"Pit Rye Thumb"	0:50
6.	"Firewater/Auxilary Drain"	3:01
7.	"Over the Counter-Culture"	4:23

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"701"	1:48
2.	"Paraquot"	1:14
3.	"Circular Motion"	1:53
4.	"Chicken Box"	1:25
5.	"House of Tofu"	2:00
6.	"Jesus Goes to Straight"	1:19
7.	"Out of My Brain"	1:25
8.	"Living on Starch"	2:57
9.	"Stinky Hole"	4:27

Personnel

Adapted from the Hold Your Tongue liner notes.^[3]

Alter Natives Chris Bopst – bass guitar Greg Ottinger – guitar Jim Thomson – drums Eric Ungar – saxophone, flute

Production and additional personnel Alter Natives – production Richard Andrews – recording Eric Bopst – illustrations John Golden – mastering Ethan James – mixing, recording

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1986	SST	CS, LP	SST 075

References

1. "Alter-Natives: Hold Your Tongue > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
2. Coley, Byron (2007). "Alter Natives". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 13, 2013.
3. Hold Your Tongue (sleeve). Alter Natives. Lawndale, California: SST Records. 1986.

External links

• Hold Your Tongue at Discogs (list of releases)