Bringing Home the Bait

Bringing Home the Bait
Studio album by Live Skull
Released	1985 (1985)
Recorded	1984 (1984)
Studio	Evergreen Studio (New York City, NY)
Genre	Noise rock, post-punk
Length	39:19
Label	Homestead
Producer	Live Skull
Live Skull chronology
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Bringing Home the Bait is the debut studio album of New York City noise rock band Live Skull, released in 1985 by Homestead Records.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Live Skull. 

Side 1
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sparky"	3:51
2.	"Brains Big Enough"	5:24
3.	"Glee Product"	1:47
4.	"Ha Ha Ditch"	3:13
5.	"Four"	2:47
6.	"Houseboy"	3:05

Side 2
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Wisdom & Gravy"	3:50
2.	"Common Cruelty"	3:54
3.	"Skin Job"	3:10
4.	"Jerking the Light"	4:25
5.	"Goodbye to the Uninvited Guests"	0:38
6.	"Flake Out"	3:15

CD issue bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
13.	"Pulverized By Gratitude"	0:38
14.	"Ha Ha Ditch" (live)	4:03
15.	"Glee Product" (live)	1:57
16.	"Houseboy" (live)	2:41
17.	"Flake Out" (live)	3:15
18.	"Brains Big Enough" (live)	5:38
19.	"Bad Hospital"	2:31

Personnel

Adapted from the Bringing Home the Bait liner notes.

Live Skull

• Mark C. – guitar, vocals, photography
• Marnie Greenholz – bass guitar, vocals
• James Lo – drums
• Tom Paine – guitar, vocals

Production and additional personnel

• Martin Bisi – mixing
• Live Skull – production, mixing
• Hahn Rowe – engineering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1985	Homestead	LP	HMS 022
France	2013	Desire	CD, LP	dsr057

References

External links

• Bringing Home the Bait at Discogs (list of releases)
• Bringing Home the Bait at Bandcamp