Stain (album)

Stain
Studio album by Living Colour
Released	March 3, 1993
Recorded	1992 at Bearsville Studios and Long View Farm
Genre	Funk metal, alternative metal, experimental rock
Length	44:56
Label	Epic
Producer	Ron Saint Germain Living Colour
Living Colour chronology
Biscuits (1991) Stain (1993) Pride (1995)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Rolling Stone	[2]
Robert Christgau	A−[3]
Entertainment Weekly	C−[4]

Stain is the third album by Living Colour. It was released on March 2, 1993, by Epic Records. It is the first album to feature bassist Doug Wimbish. Stain features a much heavier and aggressive Living Colour, containing elements of thrash metal and industrial music. It reached No. 26 on the Billboard 200. The band split up in January 1995 following a tour with Bad Brains.

The cover art shows a woman wearing a brank.

From the mid-1990s through the early 2010s, the album was out of print due to rights issues after a lawsuit from Jon Stainbrook of the band The Stain forced Sony to cease production of the album.^[5] In November 2013, the album was reissued by Music On CD and is also available as an MP3 download.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Go Away"	Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish	4:03
2.	"Ignorance Is Bliss"	Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish	3:17
3.	"Leave It Alone"	Glover, Reid, Wimbish	3:29
4.	"Bi"	Calhoun, Reid	4:46
5.	"Mind Your Own Business"	Reid	3:17
6.	"Ausländer"	Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish	2:38
7.	"Never Satisfied"	Glover, Reid	4:06
8.	"Nothingness"	Calhoun	3:30
9.	"Postman"	Reid	3:31
10.	"WTFF" (stands for What-The-Fuck Factor)	Betts, Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish	2:15
11.	"This Little Pig"	Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish	3:04
12.	"Hemp"	Reid, Fairley	1:36
13.	"Wall"	Calhoun, Glover, Reid, Wimbish	5:23

European CD Bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
14.	"T.V. News"	4:20
15.	"Love Rears Its Ugly Head" (Live)	4:18

Chart performance

Chart	Peak position
UK Albums Chart[6]	19
US Billboard 200[7]	26

Singles

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1993	"Nothingness"	Modern Rock Tracks	17
	"Leave It Alone"	Modern Rock Tracks	4
		Mainstream Rock Tracks	14

Personnel

• Corey Glover – vocals
• Vernon Reid – guitar, guitar synthesizer
• Doug Wimbish – bass, ambiance
• Will Calhoun – drums
• Ron Saint Germain - production, recording, mixing
• Andre Betts - additional production
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Andrew Fairley - vocals on "Hemp"
• Bernard Fowler - backing vocals
• Carol Chen - art direction
• Amy Guip - photography
• Mouri Mbonika - cover model

References

1. "Stain Review". Almusic.com. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
2. Stain Review. Rolling Stone. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
3. "Living Colour Review". Robert Christgau. Retrieved 28 April 2011.
4. "Stain Review". EW.com. 5 March 1993. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
5. "STAIND Settles Court Case With THE STAIN".
6. "UK charts page for Living Colour". Archived from the original on 23 July 2012. Retrieved 23 April 2011.
7. "Living Colour album charts [albums]". Billboard. Retrieved 23 April 2011.