Red House Painters (also known as Bridge or Red House Painters II to distinguish it from the first eponymous album, also known as Rollercoaster or Red House Painters I) is the third album by the group Red House Painters, released on October 18, 1993 by 4AD. The album is made up of songs from the same recording sessions for Rollercoaster.

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Red House Painters
Studio album by Red House Painters
Released	October 18, 1993
Recorded	Summer 1992 – spring 1993
Studio	Undisclosed recording studio on Divisadero Street, San Francisco[1]
Genre	Folk rock, slowcore
Length	45:01
Language	English
Label	4AD
Producer	Mark Kozelek
Red House Painters chronology
Red House Painters (1993) Red House Painters (1993) Shock Me EP (1994)

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Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rolling Stone	[3]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[4]

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At the beginning of the album opener "Evil," the faint laughter of Mark Kozelek and the barely audible voice of a woman playfully saying "No" can be heard. Both “Evil” and “Uncle Joe” were re-recorded versions of early demos, originally recorded sometime between 1989 and 1992. The album also includes two covers: a sunny version of "I Am a Rock" by Simon and Garfunkel, and Francis Scott Key's "The Star-Spangled Banner", which displays an off-beat dark humor. An acoustic version of the song "New Jersey" was on Red House Painters I. In the US, 4AD added the Shock Me EP as bonus tracks to the CD when the RHP catalog was reissued in 1999, to bring the total number of tracks to 12.

• Images by Simon Larbalestier.

Although no commercial singles were ever released from the album, a promotional-only CD single was issued for "I Am a Rock" in October 1993. In the US, a one-track promo featuring the radio edit was released; similarly, in the UK, a double A-side promo single, backed with "New Jersey" (Electric Version), was issued.^[5]

Warner Bros./4AD, PRO-CD-5498:

1. "I Am a Rock" (Edit) – 4:44

4AD, RHP 1 CD (UK):

1. "I Am a Rock" (Edit) – 4:44
2. "New Jersey" (Electric Version) – 4:24

- On track 6, Uncle Joe, the lines:

"And I am not very well read

And did you say that I will lose my house

And can you spare me of my pain

And can you spare me of my tears"

form a lyrical joke referencing the name of the band. Reading the last word of each line results in "Red House Pain Tears", effectively the name Red House Painters. ^[6]