Even If and Especially When

1987 studio album by Screaming Trees

Studio album by

Screaming Trees

Released

March 28, 1987

Recorded

1986

Studio

Velvetone Studio, Ellensburg, WA

Genre

Grunge, neo-psychedelia

Length

36:24

Label

SST (132)^[1]

Producer

Steve Fisk, Screaming Trees^[2]

Screaming Trees chronology

Clairvoyance
(1986)

Even If and Especially When
(1987)

Beat Happening/
Screaming Trees
(1988)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
MusicHound Rock	^[2]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	6/10^[5]

Even If and Especially When is the second studio album by the Seattle band Screaming Trees, released in 1987.^[6]^[7] It was their first album released on SST.^[8]^[9]

Critical reception

The Encyclopedia of Popular Music called Even If and Especially When "the best of three strong albums for SST."^[4] Trouser Press wrote: "Dropping the baby fat (well, some of it) without compromising the trademark garagey roar, the band hit on a sound it would gradually refine on each successive release."^[10]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Transfiguration"	3:53
2.	"Straight Out to Any Place"	2:00
3.	"World Painted"	2:59
4.	"Don't Look Down"	2:53
5.	"Girl Behind the Mask"	2:33
6.	"Flying"	3:14
7.	"Cold Rain"	3:34
8.	"Other Days and Different Planets"	3:12
9.	"The Pathway"	3:25
10.	"You Know Where It's At"	2:29
11.	"Back Together"	2:08
12.	"In the Forest"	4:04

Personnel

Screaming Trees

Mark Lanegan – vocals
Gary Lee Conner – guitar, backing vocals, electric organ
Van Conner – bass, backing vocals
Mark Pickerel – percussion, drums

Additional personnel

Rod Doak – backing vocals on "Cold Rain"
Steve Fisk – producer
Diane Szukovathy – cover design

References

^ "Screaming Trees - Even If & Especially When - CD". SST Superstore.
^ ^a ^b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 989.
^ "Even If and Especially When - Screaming Trees | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
^ ^a ^b Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 317.
^ Azzerad, Michael (1995). "Screaming Trees". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 343–344. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
^ "Screaming Trees | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. December 31, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
^ Eddy, Chuck (August 10, 2011). Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822350101 – via Google Books.
^ "SCREAMING TREES biography". The Great Rock Bible.
^ "Screaming Trees". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 December 2020.