Sixteen Stone is the debut studio album by the English band Bush, released on December 6, 1994 on Trauma and Interscope Records. It became the band’s most popular album, peaking at number four on the US Billboard 200 and spawning numerous hit singles. Comedown and Glycerine remain two of Bush‘s biggest hits to date, each reaching number one on the US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart.
Comedown, Machinehead and Glycerine were all three songs from the album entered the US Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number thirty, number forty-three, and number twenty-eight, respectively. The album was certified 6× Platinum in the United States by the RIAA on April 16, 1997.
Sixteen Stone was recorded in January 1994 at Westway Records in London, and produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley. Rossdale initially wanted Steve Albini, who produced the follow-up to 1996’s Razorblade Suitcase, to work on Sixteen Stone. David Carson designed the album art and packaging. Sixteen Stone was delivered to Trauma Records in early April 1994, and was released on December 6 of that year through the label. To mark its twentieth anniversary, a remastered edition of the album was released on 14 October 2014. Guitarist Nigel Pulsford‘s father and Gavin Rossdale‘s stepfather died around the time the album was recorded. Sixteen Stone is dedicated to both.
Tracklist:
- Everything Zen
- Swim
- Bomb
- Little Things
- Comedown
- Body
- Machinehead
- Testosterone
- Monkey
- Glycerine
- Alien
- X-Girlfriend
Bush
Gavin Rossdale: lead vocals, rhythm guitar
Nigel Pulsford: lead guitar, backing vocals
Dave Parsons: bass
Robin Goodridge: drums
Additional musicians
Caroline Dale: cello
Gavyn Wright: violin, viola
Vincas Bundza: harmonica
Jasmine Lewis: backing vocals
Alessandro Vittorio Tateo: backing vocals
Winston: backing vocals
Technical personnel
Bush: producer, engineer
Clive Langer: producer, engineer, mixing
David J. Holman: mixing
Paul Palmer: mixing
Danton Supple: assistant engineer
Robert Vosgien: mastering
Alan Winstanley: producer, engineer, mixing
Debra Burley: co-ordination
Jackie Holland: co-ordination
Paul Cohen: photography, cover photo
Mark Lebon: photography
Gillian Spitchuk: paintings
Mixed at Cactus Studio Hollywood
