Field Studies (album)

Field Studies is an album by the American indie band Quasi. It was released by Up Records on September 7, 1999.

Field Studies
Studio album by
Quasi
ReleasedSeptember 7, 1999
RecordedJackpot!, Portland, OR; Robert Lang, Seattle, WA; Old Church, Portland, OR
GenreIndie rock
Length49:05
LabelUp Records (U.S.)
Domino (UK)
ProducerLarry Crane, Phil Ek & Quasi
Quasi chronology
Featuring "Birds"
(1998)		 Field Studies
(1999)		 The Sword of God
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
The Austin Chronicle[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide[3]
The New Rolling Stone Album Guide[4]
NME8/10[5]
Pitchfork6.3/10[6]
Rolling Stone[7]
Spin8/10[8]
The Times8/10[9]

Track listing

All tracks by Sam Coomes except "Two By Two" by Janet Weiss

  1. "All the Same" – 4:05
  2. "The Golden Egg" – 5:16
  3. "The Skeleton" – 1:41
  4. "The Star You Left Behind" – 4:35
  5. "Empty Words" – 3:53
  6. "Birds" – 2:32
  7. "A Fable with No Moral" – 7:31
  8. "Under a Cloud" – 2:32
  9. "Me and My Head" – 3:30
  10. "Two by Two" – 2:04
  11. "It Don't Mean Nothing" – 1:48
  12. "Bon Voyage" – 4:01
  13. "Smile" – 3:29
  14. "Let's Just Go" – 2:10

Personnel
  • Sam Coomes – vocals, guitars, Roxichord, keyboards
  • Janet Weiss – vocals, drums
  • Elliott Smith – bass on "All the Same", "Empty Words", and "Under a Cloud"
  • Strings on "All the Same" and "Smile" by:
    • Brent Arnold – cello, string arrangements
    • Jen Charowhas – violin
    • Frances Woods – viola
    • Greg Campbell – French horn on "Smile"
  • Chip Butters – production assistant
  • Larry Crane – production
  • Phil Ek – production
  • Quasi – production
  • Tony Lash – mastering

References
  1. Gendron, Bob. "Field Studies". AllMusic. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  2. Mellen, Kim (1999-09-10). "Quasi: Field Studies". The Austin Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  3. Christgau, Robert (2000-10-15). "Quasi: Field Studies". Christgau's Consumer Guide: Albums of the '90s. Macmillan Publishing. ISBN 9780312245603.
  4. Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian David (2004). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. Simon and Schuster. p. 667. ISBN 9780743201698.
  5. "Field Studies". NME.
  6. Schneyer, Jeremy (1999-09-07). "Quasi: Field Studies Album Review". Pitchfork. Retrieved 2018-03-10.
  7. Eliscu, Jenny (1999-10-14). "Quasi: Field Studies". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 2006-05-09. Retrieved 2018-03-22.
  8. Wolk, Douglas (November 1999). "Quasi: Field Studies". Spin. SPIN Media LLC. pp. 190–1.
  9. Chick, Stevie (1999-09-18). "New album releases". The Times.



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