The Problem with Me

The Problem with Me
The Problem with Me
Studio album by Seam
Released	September 21, 1993
Recorded	1993
Studio	Idful, Chicago, Illinois
Genre	Indie rock, slowcore, emo
Length	36:57
Label	Touch and Go
Producer	Brad Wood
Seam chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[3]
Chicago Tribune	^[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[5]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[6]

The Problem with Me is the second album by American indie rock band Seam.^[7]^[8] It was released in 1993 through Touch and Go Records.^[9]

Critical reception

Magnet wrote: "Nine blissfully hypnotic songs circled [Sooyoung] Park's sadness and anger, building up tension and releasing it in a crash of restrained guitars and half-shouted vocals."^[10] Spin called the album "completely enveloping—a soft swirl of mood music with echoes of loneliness and confusion."^[11]

Legacy

Andrew Earles, in Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996, wrote that the album "would be hugely influential on the first wave of '90s emo bands and related practitioners of semi-popular indie rock" throughout the rest of the decade.^[2]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Seam.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Rafael"	2:23
2.	"Bunch"	3:26
3.	"Road to Madrid"	5:59
4.	"Stage 2000"	3:28
5.	"Sweet Pea"	3:33
6.	"Dust and Turpentine"	4:09
7.	"Something's Burning"	4:07
8.	"The Wild Cat"	5:24
9.	"Autopilot"	4:28

Personnel

Seam

Lexi Mitchell – bass guitar
Sooyoung Park – vocals, guitar
Bob Rising – drums
Craig White – guitar

Production and additional personnel

Bundy K. Brown – EBow on "Road to Madrid" and "Sweet Pea"
John McEntire – drums on "Road to Madrid"
Brad Wood – recording

References

^ "The Problem With Me | Seam | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.
^ ^a ^b Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.
^ Raggett, Ned. "The Problem with Me – Seam". AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
^ Rothschild, David (November 21, 1993). "The City That Rocks". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 4, 2020.
^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 323.
^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 991.
^ "Seam | Biography & History". AllMusic.
^ Buckley, Peter (January 1, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.
^ Sheppard, Denise (2007). "Seam". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
^ "Lost Classics: Seam "The Problem With Me"". March 20, 2009.
^ "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. November 1, 1993 – via Google Books.

External links

The Problem with Me at Discogs (list of releases)

[1] "The Problem With Me | Seam | Touch and Go / Quarterstick Records". www.touchandgorecords.com.

[auto-2] Earles, Andrew (September 15, 2014). Gimme Indie Rock: 500 Essential American Underground Rock Albums 1981–1996. Voyageur Press. ISBN 9780760346488 – via Google Books.

[allmusic-3] Raggett, Ned. "The Problem with Me – Seam". AllMusic. Retrieved July 4, 2020.

[4] Rothschild, David (November 21, 1993). "The City That Rocks". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved July 4, 2020.

[CL-5] Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 323.

[MH-6] MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 991.

[7] "Seam | Biography & History". AllMusic.

[8] Buckley, Peter (January 1, 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.

[trouserpress-9] Sheppard, Denise (2007). "Seam". Trouser Press. Retrieved March 23, 2013.

[10] "Lost Classics: Seam "The Problem With Me"". March 20, 2009.

[11] "Heavy Rotation". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. November 1, 1993 – via Google Books.

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