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Faith / Void Split

{{Infobox album

| name = Faith/Void Split LP

| type = Album

| artist = the Faith / Void

| cover = Faith-Void.jpg

| alt =

| released = September 1982

| recorded = Inner Ear Studios
1982

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Hardcore punk

| length = 28:00

| label = Dischord

| producer = Ian MacKaye, Don Zientara

| chronology = Void

| prev_title = Condensed Flesh

| prev_year = 1982

| next_title = Potion for Bad Dreams
(Unreleased)

| next_year =

| misc = {{Extra chronology

| artist = The Faith

| type = studio

| prev_title =

| prev_year =

| title = Faith/Void Split LP

| year = 1982

| next_title = Subject to Change

| next_year = 1983

}}

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = Allmusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r320707|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

}}

The Faith/Void Split LP is a split album by Washington D.C. hardcore groups Void and the Faith, released on Dischord Records in 1982. Void was one of the earliest examples of hardcore/metal crossover with their chaotic musical approach cited as particularly influential.{{Cite web|url=http://www.stereogum.com/1179562/13-essential-dc-hardcore-albums/franchises/list/attachment/faithvoid/|title=Stereogum}} Kurt Cobain listed the album in his top fifty albums of all time.{{cite web|title=Top 50 by Nirvana [MIXTAPE] |url=http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/top-50-by-nirvana/ |accessdate=8 May 2013 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018034220/http://www.joyfulnoiserecordings.com/journal/top-50-by-nirvana/ |archivedate=18 October 2014 }}{{cite book |title=Nirvana: The Complete Illustrated History |last=Cross, Gaar, Gendron, Martens, Yarm |year= 2013 |isbn= 978-0-7603-4521-4 |page= 100}}

Background and influence

The Faith and Void were hardcore bands from Washington D.C., both with few releases (this is Void's only release throughout the band's existence),{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/artist/189740-Void-12|title=Void (12)|website=Discogs}} but the record built a relatively large underground following among punk and hardcore punk fans.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/27/faith-void-dischord-washington-hardcore-punk|title=The Faith and Void: The glorious Dischord of 1980s harDCore punk|website=TheGuardian.com|date=27 October 2011}} Both bands were connected to Dischord Records, the punk label run by Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson of Minor Threat and were considered pioneers of DC Hardcore.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/43787/Faith-Void-Split/|title = - (Album review ) | Sputnikmusic}}

Writing for the Guardian, Craig Finn of the Hold Steady referred to the split as “one of the most vital hardcore records ever released” and continued: “It's a reminder of hardcore at its finest: angry and dangerous without being cartoonish”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2011/oct/27/faith-void-dischord-washington-hardcore-punk|title=The Faith and Void: The glorious Dischord of 1980s harDCore punk|website=TheGuardian.com|date=27 October 2011}} This sentiment is popular among fans, with other publications calling the split: one of the greatest hardcore records ever put to wax,{{Cite web|url=https://www.sorrystaterecords.com/products/faith-void-split-12|title = Faith / Void: Split 12}} or the Void side of the split: “probably the most influential on the punk-thrash scene of the 90's”.{{Cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/review/3331/the-faith-void-faith-void-faith|title = The Faith / Void - Faith/Void/Faith| date=October 2004 }}

Distribution

The record was number 8 in the Dischord catalog, indicating it was the label's 8th release. Originally, the record was available in a test pressing with a handmade sleeve, followed by a regular pressing in cardboard sleeve with two lyrics inserts, one per band, both made in 1982. Dischord has since remastered the album and re-released it twice - in 2008 in clear purple vinyl, and in 2011, in black vinyl.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/The-Faith-Void-The-Faith-Void/master/154179|title = The Faith* / Void (12) - the Faith / Void|website = Discogs| year=1982 }}

Packaging

The sleeve art for the LP (which dedicates one side to each of the bands on the original vinyl) is also rather iconic.{{Citation needed|date=May 2011}}

Track listing

=The Faith=

  1. "It's Time"
  2. "Face to Face"
  3. "Trapped"
  4. "In Control"
  5. "Another Victim"
  6. "What's Wrong with Me?"
  7. "What You Think"
  8. "Confusion"
  9. "You're X'd"
  10. "Nightmare"
  11. "Don't Tell Me"
  12. "In the Black"

=Void=

  1. "Who Are You?"
  2. "Time to Die"
  3. "Condensed Flesh"
  4. "Ignorant People"
  5. "Change Places"
  6. "Ask Them Why"
  7. "Organized Sports"
  8. "My Rules"
  9. "Self Defense"
  10. "War Hero"
  11. "Think"
  12. "Explode"

Re-issue

Dischord re-issued the album on compact disc in November 1993, with the following extra tracks (from the Faith's Subject to Change EP). The disc was remastered at Silver Sonya in 2002 and subsequently re-released.

  1. Aware
  2. Say No More
  3. Limitations
  4. No Choice
  5. Untitled
  6. Subject to Change
  7. More of the Shame
  8. Slowdown

Personnel

Faith/Void personnel as listed in the album liner notes.

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; Void

  • John Weiffenbach – vocals
  • Jon "Bubba" Dupree – guitars, cover [Void]
  • Chris Stover – bass
  • Sean Finnegan – drums

; Faith

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; Production

  • Void – production [Void], artwork [Void]
  • Faith – production [Faith], mixing [Faith]
  • Ian MacKaye – production (all tracks), mixing [Faith], backing vocals [Faith]
  • Jeff Nelson – production (all tracks), mixing [Faith], backing vocals [Faith]
  • Bert Queiroz – production [Void]
  • Don Zientara – production (all tracks), mixing [Faith], sound engineer
  • Malcom Riviera – photography [Faith cover]
  • Tiffany Pruitt – photography [Faith poster photos]

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References

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Category:1982 albums

Category:Void (band) albums

Category:The Faith (American band) albums

Category:Split albums