Even If and Especially When

Even If and Especially When
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

1. "Screaming Trees - Even If & Especially When - CD". SST Superstore.
2. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 989.
3. "Even If and Especially When - Screaming Trees | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
4. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 317.
5. 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.
6. "Screaming Trees | Biography & History". AllMusic.
7. The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. December 31, 2003. ISBN 9781858284576 – via Google Books.
8. 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.
9. "SCREAMING TREES biography". The Great Rock Bible.
10. "Screaming Trees". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 December 2020.