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Surviving You, Always is the second album and first LP by post-hardcore band Saccharine Trust, released in 1984 through SST. Guitarist Joe Baiza was exploring Jazz at the time at the influence was reflected on the album. Much of the lyrical content contains biblical imagery. The album features a cover of "Peace Frog" by The Doors a song repeated on Saccharine Trust's live compilation Past Lives.
The cover is based on the photo by photography student Robert Wiles of Evelyn McHale, who committed suicide by jumping from the 86th floor Observation Deck of the Empire State Building on May 1, 1947.
Track listing
Side one
Title |
Writer(s) |
1. |
"The Giver Takes" |
Baiza, Brewer and Cicero |
1:59 |
2. |
"Lot's Seed" |
Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Hodson |
1:52 |
3. |
"Sunk" |
Baiza and Brewer |
1:35 |
4. |
"Speak" |
Baiza, Brewer and Cicero |
3:27 |
5. |
"The House, The System, The Concrete" |
Baiza, Brewer, Cicero and Hodson |
2:15 |
6. |
"Remnants" |
Baiza and Brewer |
3:42 |
7. |
"The Cat.Cracker" |
Baiza, Brewer and Cicero |
4:55 |
Side two
Title |
Writer(s) |
1. |
"Our Discovery" |
|
6:00 |
2. |
"A Good Night's Bleeding" |
|
1:46 |
3. |
"Craving the Center" |
|
1:04 |
4. |
"Yhwh on Acid" |
|
6:04 |
5. |
"Peace Frog" |
Krieger and Morrison
|
5:03 |
Personnel
- Saccharine Trust
- Additional musicians and production