Last Splash is the second album by the rock band the Breeders, released on August 30, 1993. Originally formed as a side project for Pixies bassist Kim Deal, the Breeders quickly became her primary recording outlet. Last Splash peaked at number 33 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, and by June 1994, the album had been certified platinum by the (RIAA) for shipments 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, and the video for the album’s second single “Divine Hammer” was directed by Jonze, Gordon and Richard Kern.
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 track by the Prodigy called World’s on Fire from the Invaders Must Die album.
Last Splash has been seen as one of alternative rock’s “most enduring masterpieces”, as well as indie rock, noise pop and “effervescent” pop rock. It is also considered “wildly”, “willingly” experimental, sporting art rock textures, “pure”, “twisted” pop, and Hawaiian surf music. The latter genre is seen in the “tiki bar twang” of No Aloha and the “gonzo” surf rock of instrumental Flipside. I Just Wanna Get Along takes on “spiky” pop-punk, while cover Drivin’ on 9 pulls in acoustic and country sounds. On May 13, 2013, 4AD released LSXX, a deluxe 20th anniversary version of the album.
Tracklist:
- New Year
- Cannonball
- Invisible Man
- No Aloha
- Roi
- Do You Love Me Now?
- Flipside
- I Just Wanna Get Along
- Mad Lucas
- Divine Hammer
- S.O.S.
- Hag
- Saints
- Drivin’ on 9
- Roi (Reprise)
The Breeders
Kim Deal: lead vocals, guitar, Moog, Casiotone
Kelley Deal: guitar, Kenmore 12-stitch, lap steel, mandolin, vocals, lead vocals on “I Just Wanna Get Along”
Jim MacPherson: drums, bass on “Roi”
Josephine Wiggs: bass guitar, double bass, vocals, cello, drums on “Roi”
Tanya Donelly: vocals and guitar on Safari EP tracks
Artwork
Jason Love: photography
Paul MoMenamin: design assistant
Vaughan Oliver: art direction, design
Kevin Westenberg: portraits
Additional musicians
Carrie Bradley: violin, additional vocals
Production
Kim Deal: producer
Mark Freegard: production, engineering
Sean Leonard: assistant engineering
Daniel Presley: engineering on “Divine Hammer”
Andy Taub: assistant engineering
