Crawl is the title of Ulcer's third
release, their second on CD. It was released in 1995.
Track listing:
- Primal II (8:53)
- Freak (5:51)
- But I Don't Want That (4:55)
- You Don't Want Me In Your Head
(Loni, Larissa mix) (6:53)
- Control Over Me (6:07)
- Crawl (6:18)
- From Their Pedestal (5:56)
- Be Yourself (4:45)
- White Trash (5:31)
- Daddy
(this is not a dream remix) (7:10)
- Primal I (10:03)
Total run time: 72:22
This album is probably the favorite for many fans. For
a start, it plain sounds better than the previous
releases do. On top of that, it has some of their most
aggressive work to date, and more experimentation.
For aggression, "Crawl" and "White Trash"
beat us all to a pulp the
first time we ever heard them.
This version does justice
to the live shows, and they still rock my world.
"From Their Pedestal" turns Mike's fury on the hypocrisy
of holier-than-thou types, shoving their blindness
in their face. The fact that they'd never stoop to
listening to this music is irrelevant.
Two of these songs are significant, because they're the
last songs that directly show Owen's early influence on
Mike: "From Their Pedestal" and "Be Yourself" rank up
with "A Rhythm and a Hum" (from their
self-titled release) for this connection. Mike
credits Owen with helping him decide to do music in the
first place, so I feel a bit of a debt to Owen for that.
The experimental songs are the bookends of this
collection: "Primal II" and "Primal I". These songs
reflect an almost tribal trance-like feel; the only
other song of theirs that comes close is the
hidden track on their early conversion
release. The best reaction was from a friend of mine:
"that's music to fuck to!".