Wet from Birth

Wet from Birth
Studio album by The Faint
Released	September 14, 2004
Recorded	Presto! Recording Studios, The Orifice
Length	34:24
Label	Saddle Creek
Producer	Mike Mogis, The Faint
The Faint chronology
Danse Macabre Remixes (2003) Wet from Birth (2004) Fasciinatiion (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	72/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Pitchfork Media	5.5/10
Playlouder
PopMatters	(favorable)
Stylus Magazine	B−

Wet from Birth is the fourth studio album by the American band The Faint, released on September 14, 2004.

The U.S. release uses HDCD encoding, but the package is not labeled as HDCD.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Desperate Guys"	3:06
2.	"How Could I Forget?"	3:17
3.	"I Disappear"	4:07
4.	"Southern Belles in London Sing"	3:31
5.	"Erection"	2:45
6.	"Paranoiattack"	4:16
7.	"Dropkick the Punks"	2:28
8.	"Phone Call"	4:03
9.	"Symptom Finger"	3:27
10.	"Birth"	3:17

In popular culture

• The instrumental bridge from "How Could I Forget?" is used during a chase scene in the pilot episode of the short-lived NBC drama, The Black Donnellys.
• The song "I Disappear" is featured in the video games SSX On Tour and Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
• The song "Birth" is featured in the part of Steve Berra, in the skateboarding video Skate More, by DVS.
• The violin solo at the beginning of "Desperate Guys" is the introduction to Niccolò Paganini's Caprice No. 5.
• Desperate Guys was also featured in the 2012 Rock & Republic commercial.
• The song "Dropkick the Punks" appears in EA's 2007 racing game Need for Speed: ProStreet.
• The song "Symptom Finger" appears in Billabong's 'Still Filthy' film.

External links

• The Faint official website
• Saddle Creek Records