Mr. Machinery Operator

Firehose | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 23, 1993)
• Original Release Date: February 23, 1993
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Sony
• ASIN: B0000028VW
• Also Available in: Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #70,780 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Formal Introduction

2. Blaze

3. Herded Into Pools

4. Witness

5. Number Seven

6. Powerful Hankerin'

7. Rocket Sled/Fuel Tank

8. Quicksand

9. Disciples Of The 3-Way

10. More Famous Quotes

11. Sincerely

12. Hell-Hole

13. 4. 29. 92

14. The Cliffs Thrown Down

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars End of something wonderful, January 8, 2004

By 

Stanton Woods (Spanish Fork, Utah USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Machinery Operator (Audio CD)

Mr. Machinery Operator shouldn't have been fIREHOSE's last album. I love fIREHOSE to death, and in my opinion, they can do no wrong, this album's problem was the producer... J Mascis, of Dinosaur Jr. fame. He turned wonderful songs into his own sheperd's pie. J threw in his own fuzz and feedback. There are some great high points, Blaze, Witness, and any song that Ed Crawford sings. Mike Watt should have left most of the singing duty to Ed on this disc. In all honesty, Ed was the catylst that made all fIREHOSE songs beautiful. Mike and George gave the backbone. Out of all the fIREHOSE albums, this one is my least favorite, but still is leaps and bounds ahead of all the post punk garbage out there.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Mr. Machinery Operator, July 20, 2010

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Cody Lester (Springdale, Arkansas, United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Mr. Machinery Operator (Audio CD)

I am urging everyone to ignore the reviews that decry this album. It's a bittersweet goodbye for a band that by all means should still be together today (fIREHOSE reunion please!). Great standouts include Formal Introduction, Blaze, Witness, Disciples of the 3-way, More Famous Quotes, Sincerely, and perhaps the best song of the album, the Cliffs Thrown Down. Excellent as with any and all fIREHOSE material. Give this album a chance; you will not be disappointed.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Why was this album panned?, August 30, 2010

By 

kbean63 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Mr. Machinery Operator (Audio CD)

I don't have any idea why this album was panned. Everything that I've heard off of it has been great. This was the only fIREHOSE album that I never bought - the reviews scared me off and I didn't want to remember this band on a bad note - but I will have to rectify that situation ASAP. Thanks, fIREHOSE, for many years of great, great music.