To the Center

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To the Center
Studio album by
Nebula
ReleasedAugust 24, 1999 (1999-08-24)
RecordedApril 1999
StudioHanszek Audio, Seattle, Washington
Genre
Length47:51
Label
  • Sub Pop
  • Heavy Psych Sounds (2018 reissue)
Producer
Nebula chronology
Nebula/Lowrider
(1999) 		To the Center
(1999) 		Charged
(2001)

To the Center is the debut studio album by the American stoner rock band Nebula.[1][2] It was released on August 24, 1999, on Sub Pop.[3] The album was later reissued in 2018 by the band's current label, Heavy Psych Sounds Records.[4][5]

Production

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Recorded in Seattle, the album was produced with Jack Endino.[6] Guitarist Eddie Glass played a Gibson SG.[7]

Mark Arm sang on the band's cover of the Stooges' "I Need Somebody".[8]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarFile:Star empty.svg[9]
Antichrist Magazine78/100[10]
Chicago Sun-TimesStarStarStarStar[7]
Classic Rock8/10[11]
New Noise MagazineStarStarStarStarHalf star[12]

Exclaim! wrote that Glass "transformed himself into a veritable guitar god almost overnight in an era wherein the slightest six-string noodling is waved off the road, considered indulgent."[3] The Chicago Tribune thought that "acoustic guitars, sitar, [and] synthesizer give this Hendrix-like trio added texture."[13] OC Weekly decided that "the band also gets a little groovy, pulling out the aural incense to jam on the Fugazi-like 'Freedom' and synthesizer-laced, Jefferson Airplane-ish 'Synthetic Dream'."[14]

The Province determined that "this power trio seems to have blotted up its churn and burn from ancient Frisco acid rock band, Blue Cheer."[15] Tucson Weekly deemed To the Center "an album which undeniably pushes the band to the forefront of its genre, whether or not you've got a bong in front of you."[16]

Houston Press wrote: "On a song such as 'Come Down', Nebula actually does what few '90s bands have ever done, chemically enhanced or not: It achieves true heaviness. After the song's simple three-note syncopated intro doubles back on itself, Glass scratches his guitar pick down his strings before singing the hurried lyrics. And it's during those one and a half seconds, the time it takes for Glass's pick to travel a few inches, that Nebula is the heaviest band on earth. Not since Ritchie Blackmore's days with Deep Purple has the simple gesture of pick scratching been used so perfectly."[17]

AllMusic called the album a "retro-psychedelic heavy rock platter, long on stripped-down riff muscle and surprisingly technically adept guitar jams."[9]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Eddie Glass and Ruben Romano, except where noted. All music by Glass.

Standard release
No.TitleLyricsLength
1."To the Center" 6:31
2."Come Down" 2:01
3."Whatcha Lookin' For" 2:37
4."Clearlight" 4:29
5."Freedom" 7:14
6."Antigone" 2:30
7."I Need Somebody"Iggy Pop, James Williamson4:18
8."So Low" 3:45
9."Synthetic Dream" 4:28
10."Fields of Psilocybin" 2:15
11."Between Time"Randy Holden3:22
12."You Mean Nothing" 4:21
Total length:47:51

Personnel

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  • Eddie Glass – guitar, vocals, percussion, Fender Rhodes, bolbatar, drums
  • Ruben Romano – drums, vocals, percussion, sitar
  • Mark Abshire – bass, vocals, audio generator

Additional personnel

  • Mark Arm – vocals on "I Need Somebody"
  • Jon Wright – Fender Rhodes on "To the Center" and "So Low"

References

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