Sixteen Stone

Sixteen Stone
Studio album by Bush
Released	December 6, 1994
Recorded	January, 1994
Genre	Post-grunge
Length	52:38
Label	Trauma/Interscope/Atlantic
Producer	Clive Langer, Alan Winstanley & Bush
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Robert Christgau (B-) link
Bush chronology
Sixteen Stone (1994) Razorblade Suitcase (1996)

Sixteen Stone is a post-grunge album released by Bush in 1994 (see 1994 in music). On the Billboard Music Charts (North America), Sixteen Stone peaked at #4 on the Heatseekers and Billboard 200 charts. The album spawned 5 Top 40 singles. In the UK, a stone is a unit of weight that equals 14 pounds. Therefore, sixteen stone means 224 pounds or about 102 kilograms. When asked why Gavin chose the name Sixteen Stone for the name of their album, he said: "Once upon a time there was a lonely man... my friend, who called a phone number advertising a '21 year Scandinavian beauty, new in town.' When she arrived, she was forty years old and sixteen stone..." In the booklet of Sixteen Stone, there is a heart and a dedication to Rupert and Julie, two of Gavin's friends who died in a tragic boating accident along the Thames in England. The CD and case have a picture of what looks like a bush or mop head flying through the air. This is actually Gavin's dog named Winston. A Puli, a breed of dog with dreadlock like cords, that has been tossed in the air or is jumping. Beck used the same effect in 1996 with a Komondor, a nearly identical looking dog, on his album Odelay which looks like a mop jumping a hurdle.

Track listing

All tracks written by Gavin Rossdale.

1. "Everything Zen" – 4:38
2. "Swim" – 4:55
3. "Bomb" – 3:22
4. "Little Things" – 4:24
5. "Comedown" – 5:26
6. "Body" – 5:42
7. "Machinehead" – 4:16
8. "Testosterone" – 4:19
9. "Monkey" – 4:00
10. "Glycerine" – 4:26
11. "Alien" – 6:34
12. "X-Girlfriend" – 0:45

Early pressings of the album do not list "Alien" on the back cover (there is a blank space where the title should be). "Monkey" is also missing from the inside cover, but both songs have lyrics printed and appear on the album. Subsequent pressings also include an acoustic version of "Comedown" and a second CD of live tracks, "Swim," "Alien," "Bomb," and "Little Things." Rather than actually being acoustic, the bonus "comedown" track is actually Rossdale singing and playing guitar with more effects. This version is also slower paced, has violins added and has no drums or bass guitar.

Personnel

• Clive Langer – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Paul Cohen – Photography, Cover Photo
• Caroline Dale – Cello
• Robin Goodridge – Drums
• David J. Holman – Mixing
• Paul Palmer – Mixing
• Danton Supple – Assistant Engineer
• Robert Vosgien – Mastering
• Alan Winstanley – Producer, Engineer, Mixing
• Winston – Vocals
• Gavyn Wright – Violin, Viola
• Bush – Producer, Engineer
• Dave Parsons – Bass
• Vincas Bundza – Harmonica
• Jasmine Lewis – Vocals
• Nigel Pulsford – Guitar, String Arrangements
• Gavin Rossdale – Guitar, Vocals
• Alessandro Vittorio Tateo – Vocals
• Mark Lebon – Photography
• Debra Burley – Coordination
• Jackie Holland – Coordination
• Gillian Spitchuk – Paintings

Charting singles

Billboard Music Charts (North America)

• 1995 Everything Zen Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 5
• 1995 Little Things Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 6
• 1995 Comedown Modern Rock Tracks No. 1
• 1995 Everything Zen Modern Rock Tracks No. 2
• 1995 Glycerine Modern Rock Tracks No. 1
• 1995 Little Things Modern Rock Tracks No. 4
• 1995 Comedown The Billboard Hot 100 No. 30
• 1996 Glycerine The Billboard Hot 100 No. 28
• 1996 Machinehead The Billboard Hot 100 No. 43
• 1996 Glycerine Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 4
• 1996 Machinehead Mainstream Rock Tracks No. 4
• 1996 Machinehead Modern Rock Tracks No. 4
• 1996 Glycerine Top 40 Mainstream No. 28