Hold Your Tongue

Hold Your Tongue
Studio album by Alter Natives
Released	1986
Recorded	Radio Tokyo (Los Angeles, CA)
Genre	Jazz fusion, punk rock
Length	35:15
Label	SST (075)
Producer	Alter Natives
Alter Natives chronology
Hold Your Tongue (1986) Group Therapy (1988)

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Hold Your Tongue is the debut studio album of Alter Natives, released in 1986 by SST Records.

Track listing

All music is composed by Chris Bopst, Greg Ottinger, Jim Thomson and Eric Ungar

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Sunset"	2:02
2.	"The Nipple Factor"	2:23
3.	"Blood on the Highway"	1:23
4.	"Sole"	2:45
5.	"Pit Rye Thumb"	0:50
6.	"Firewater/Auxiliary Drain"	3:01
7.	"Over the Counter-Culture"	4:23

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"701"	1:48
2.	"Paraquot"	1:14
3.	"Circular Motion"	1:53
4.	"Chicken Box"	1:25
5.	"House of Tofu"	2:00
6.	"Jesus Goes to Straight"	1:19
7.	"Out of My Brain"	1:25
8.	"Living on Starch"	2:57
9.	"Stinky Hole"	4:27

Personnel

Adapted from the Hold Your Tongue liner notes.

Alter Natives

• Chris Bopst – bass guitar
• Greg Ottinger – guitar
• Jim Thomson – drums
• Eric Ungar – saxophone, flute

Production and additional personnel

• Alter Natives – production
• Richard Andrews – recording
• Eric Bopst – illustrations
• John Golden – mastering
• Ethan James – mixing, recording

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1986	SST	CS, LP	SST 075

External links

• Hold Your Tongue at Bandcamp
• Hold Your Tongue at Discogs (list of releases)