Mr. Machinery Operator is the fifth and final studio album by the American alternative rock band Firehose. It is also their second album to be released on the major label, Columbia Records.

Reception

Entertainment Weekly gave the album a B- and called it "agreeably sedate." Robert Christgau called the album a dud.

Mr. Machinery Operator

Track listing

"Formal Introduction" (Raymond Pettibon/Mike Watt) "Blaze" (Ed Crawford) "Herded into Pools" (Watt) "Witness" (George Hurley/Crawford) "Number Seven" (Kira Roessler) "Powerful Hankerin'" (Pettibon/Watt) "Rocket Sled/Fuel Tank" (Watt) "Quicksand" (Chip and Tony Kinman) "Disciples of the 3-Way" (Watt) "More Famous Quotes" (Watt) "Sincerely" (Roessler/Watt) "Hell-Hole" (Hurley/Crawford) "4. 29. 92" (Watt) "The Cliffs Thrown Down" (Watt)

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Personnel

fIREHOSE

Mike Watt: bass guitar and vocals

Ed Crawford: guitar and vocals

George Hurley: drums, bongos, percussion

guests

J. Mascis: additional guitars and bass guitars

Joe Baiza, Nels Cline, Mac McCaughan: additional guitars

Freda Rentie: additional vocals

David Kahne: Hammond organ

References

1993 albums

Firehose (band) albums

Columbia Records albums

Mr. Machinery Operator