Invisible Lantern

1988 studio album by Screaming Trees

Invisible Lantern

Studio album by

Screaming Trees

Released

May 12, 1988

Recorded

Winter 1988

Studio

Velvetone, Ellensburg, Washington

Genre

Alternative rock
psychedelic rock
grunge
garage pop^[1]

Length

40:43

Label

SST (188)^[2]

Producer

Steve Fisk, Screaming Trees^[3]

Screaming Trees chronology

Beat Happening/
Screaming Trees
(1988)

Invisible Lantern
(1988)

Buzz Factory
(1989)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[3]
Spin Alternative Record Guide	7/10^[5]

Invisible Lantern is the third studio album by alternative rock band Screaming Trees, released in 1988 on SST Records.^[6]^[7]

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "the Trees’ pop streak matures with 'Smokerings' and especially the marvelous 'Night Comes Creeping'."^[8] The Spin Alternative Record Guide called the album the band's SST peak.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Screaming Trees

*Invisible Lantern* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ivy"	3:16
2.	"Walk Through to This Side"	2:32
3.	"Lines & Circles"	3:45
4.	"She Knows"	2:15
5.	"Shadow Song"	4:15
6.	"Grey Diamond Desert"	4:22
7.	"Smokerings"	3:43
8.	"The Second I Awake"	2:59
9.	"Invisible Lantern"	3:02
10.	"Even If"	3:48
11.	"Direction of the Sun"	2:53
12.	"Night Comes Creeping"	3:53
Total length:		40:43

Personnel

Screaming Trees

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

Additional personnel

Steve Fisk – producer, piano on "Grey Diamond Desert"
Rod Doak – engineering
Daniel Herron – front cover artwork
Jenna Scott – photographs and lettering

In other media

While recording Invisible Lantern, Mark Lanegan, Mark Pickerel, and Van Conner appeared in the independent film 'Fertilichrone Cheerleader Massacre' along with producer Steve Fisk, which was shot in Ellensburg by Shawn O'Neill.^[9]^[10] The film was most recently released in 2012.^[11]

References

^ ^a ^b "Invisible Lantern - Screaming Trees". AllMusic.
^ "Screaming Trees - Invisible Lantern - CD". SST Superstore.
^ ^a ^b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 989.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 317.
^ ^a ^b 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.
^ "Screaming Trees". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 December 2020.
^ Yarm, Mark (March 2012). Everybody Loves Our Town: An Oral History of Grunge. ISBN 9780307464446.
^ "Fertilichrome 76-6-6". IMDb.
^ "The Fertilichrome Cheerleader Massacre (1989)".