If you put any of the LPs, cassettes, or CDs I've bought in my life in front of me and gave me a while to think about it, I could probably tell you exactly where and/or when I bought them.

I found Eleven's debut album during the summer of 1994 at Newbury Comics in... Quincy? Braintree? Massachusetts, I don't remember exactly. My vague memory is that it was in a new (at the time) plaza somewhere down there. I was a big fan of their eponymous 1993 album but, being pre-internet days I didn't know a blessed thing about them, so it was pretty exciting to find another Eleven album.

It's an interesting one; there's no mistaking their sound, but it's nowhere near as heavy. At the time I remember thinking it sounded a little bit cheesy; it was released in 1990 and there is definitely a pre-alternagrunge vestigial 1980s feel to it. It's grown on me quite a lot over the years.

I did not realize until years later that Natasha Shneider contributed to Soundgarden's 'Superunknown', an album I listened to endlessly that summer.

I'm pretty sure I still have the longbox for this CD somewhere in my attic 😅

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3_wRQwrLgI #eleven #nowplaying #np #tootradio #onionbelt