Cop and Speeder

Cop and Speeder is the second studio album by American alternative rock band Heatmiser, released in 1994 by record label Frontier.^[3][4]

Cop and Speeder
Studio album by Heatmiser
Released	20 September 1994
Recorded	MusicCraft; City Lights; Whitehorse Studios
Genre	Alternative rock, indie rock
Length	43:38
Label	Frontier^[1]
Producer	Heatmiser Thee Slayer Hippy^[2]
Heatmiser chronology
Yellow No. 5 (1994) Cop and Speeder (1994) Mic City Sons (1996)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	^[7]

Like its predecessor, Cop and Speeder received generally mixed reviews from critics.

Trouser Press wrote, "Heatmiser attains a powerful sense of mood on Cop and Speeder [...] Thanks to improved songwriting, the album finds the band beginning to emerge from its flat monochrome tones."^[8]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Disappearing Ink"	Neil Gust	2:25
2.	"Bastard John"	Elliott Smith	2:56
3.	"Flame!"	Smith	2:47
4.	"Temper"	Smith	3:32
5.	"Why Did I Decide to Stay?"	Gust	3:01
6.	"Collect to NYC"	Smith	2:54
7.	"Hitting on the Waiter"	Gust	1:54
8.	"Busted Lip"	Smith	3:50
9.	"Antonio Carlos Jobim"	Smith	3:10
10.	"It's Not a Prop"	Gust	3:36
11.	"Something to Lose"	Smith	4:10
12.	"Sleeping Pill"	Gust	3:07
13.	"Trap Door"	Gust	3:21
14.	"Nightcap"	Smith, Garrick Duckler	2:55

Personnel

Heatmiser

• Neil Gust – vocals, guitar, production, packaging, sleeve photography
• Tony Lash – drums, production, engineering, mixing, mastering
• Brandt Peterson – bass guitar
• Elliott Smith – vocals, guitar, production, sleeve photography

Technical

• Bob Stark – additional engineering
• Peter Gries – additional engineering
• Kevin Nettleingham – additional engineering
• Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford – co-production
• John Golden – mastering
• J.J. Gonson – sleeve photography
• Kelly O'Mara – sleeve photography
• Peter Hawkinson – technical assistance

References

1. "Cop & Speeder, by Heatmiser". Heatmiser.
2. "R.I.P. Poison Idea's Steve "Thee Slayer Hippy" Hanford". exclaim.ca.
3. "Heatmiser | Biography & History". AllMusic.
4. Nugent, Benjamin (27 April 2009). Elliott Smith and the Big Nothing. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780786738106.
5. Abebe, Nitsuh. "Cop and Speeder – Heatmiser | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 March 2015.
6. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 4. MUZE. p. 215.
7. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1037.
8. "Heatmiser".