release date: Mar. 9, 1992
format: digital
[album rate: 3,5 / 5] [3,40]
producer: Paul Berry, Dante DeSole, Guy Fixsen
label: 4AD Records - nationality: USA
Tracklist: 1. "Do You Love Me Now?" - 2. "Don't Call Home" - 3. "Safari" - 4. "So Sad About Us" (live)
Ep release by The Breeders following the debut album Pod (May 1990). The debut appears as a 'one-off' album, which basically was a made-up band to the occasion of realising Kim Deal's own songs, and after that the band members returned to their original bands, and Tanya Donelly was in the making of forming the Belly, while Kim would bring in her twin sister Kelley as a substitute to Tanya. Safari is the only album with both Tania and Kelley performing.
Stylistically, this appears both as the continued style from Pod; but moreover, looking at the composer and instrument credits it seems apparent that The Breeders is still more of a Kim Deal-project than the Deal / Donelly-project critics would like it to be, which also explains Donelly's wish to form a band of her own. Three tracks here are by Kim (either alone or with someone else than Tania), and the end-track is a cover by Pete Townshend. The first track also appears on Last Splash (1993) in a new recording and this is credited the two Deal sisters.
Safari appears as a step up in terms of solid material, and it showcases Kim Deal's capabilities as a songwriter.
