Last Splash

Release type:What's this?
studio album
First released:
Aug 31 1993

Overview Edit

Last Splash is the second album by indie rock band The Breeders, released August 30, 1993 (see 1993 in music). Originally formed as a side project for Pixies bassist Kim Deal, The Breeders quickly became her primary recording outlet.

Last Splash peaked at #33 on Billboard's Top 200 album chart. By June, 1994, the album was certified Platinum by the RIAA for shipment in excess of one million units.

The title of the album is taken from a lyric from its lead single, "Cannonball". The video for "Cannonball" was directed by Spike Jonze and Kim Gordon, while the video for "Divine Hammer" was directed by the same two and Richard Kern.

The song "Cannonball" has been used in many movie trailers, including South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut and Dude, Where's My Car?.

A looped guitar sample of "S.O.S." was used by the English electronic music band The Prodigy in their 1996 hit single "Firestarter." A sample from "I Just Wanna Get Along" was used in another one track by The Prodigy called "World's on Fire" (Invaders Must Die album).

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This particular version Edit

Record label:
4AD
Catalog number:
9 61508-2
Release dates:
  • Aug 31 1993 in United States

Genres

Alternative, Alternative Rock, Indie. Vote on Genres

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5 stars thanks god for used record shops!
Okay, I admit it...I found this record on tape about 5 months ago at a record shop in L.A. It was 99 cents! I hadn't listened to the songs on this album, with the exception of "Cannonball" and "Divine Hammer" which were furiously played on KROQ, since the record came out in 1993. Big, big mistake. The songs on this record take you by the hand and make you feel like you are falling in love with someone, EVERYONE! "Invisible Man"...oh my god...any song with Kim's voice that uses the words "sweet c…
Written by "weegie99"
3 stars The Cannonball album: The Breeder's, But do you know?...
Does anyone really know what that's a picture of? What the hell is it? For years I subconciously believed it was a strawberry because of the three colors (Red, Green and Brown) along with the shape of what I just realized was actually something heartshaped. For years I've owned this cassette and then the CD, Still I never stared at it long enough to figure it out. Just recently I purchased the CD again after misplacing it over the years, I just looked at it long enough and it looks like a hearts…
Written by Pocha Dot

Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. design

    1. Jason Love [photography]
    2. Kevin Westenberg [photography]
    3. Vaughan Oliver [art direction]
  2. engineer

    1. Andy Taub [Assistant]
    2. Sean Leonard [Assistant]
  3. performer

    1. Carrie Bradley [vocals]
    2. Carrie Bradley [violin]
    3. Jim MacPherson [drums]
    4. Josephine Wiggs [vocals]
    5. Josephine Wiggs [bass guitar]
    6. Kelley Deal [vocals]
    7. Kelley Deal [guitar]
    8. Kim Deal [vocals]
    9. Kim Deal [guitar]
    10. Kim Deal [moog]
    11. Kim Deal [casiotone]
  1. producer

  2. writer

    1. Dom Leone [on "Drivin' On 9"]
    2. Steve Hickoff [on "Drivin' On 9"]

Other versions Edit

Last Splash 15 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Elektra / Wea
catalog number: 61508
release dates: Aug 31 1993
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Last Splash 15 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: 4AD
catalog number: 61508
release dates: Aug 31 1993
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Last Splash 15 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Elektra / Wea
catalog number: 61508
release dates: Aug 31 1993
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Trivia Edit

  • recorded at Coast Recorder, San Francisco

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