Island (PolyGram) signed the trio amid a major label bidding war in mid-1992, and in December 1992 the trio travelled to Cannon Falls, Minnesota , in the United States to record the follow-up to Dry with producer Steve Albini . Prior to recording with Albini, the band recorded a second session with John Peel on 22 September and recorded a version of Bob Dylan ‘s ” Highway 61 Revisited “, and two new songs “Me Jane” and “Ecstasy”. The recording sessions with Albini took place at Pachyderm Recording Studio and resulted in the band’s major label debut Rid of Me in May 1993. Rolling Stone wrote that it “is charged with aggressive eroticism and rock fury. It careens from blues to goth to grunge , often in the space of a single song.” The album was promoted by two singles, ” 50ft Queenie ” and “Man-Size”, as well as tours of the United Kingdom in May and of the United States in June, continuing there during the summer.
Signed with Island Records
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