Fasciinatiion

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{{Infobox album

| name = Fasciinatiion

| type = Studio album

| artist = The Faint

| cover = TheFaint-Fasciinatiion.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|2008|8|5}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 35:02

| label = blank.wav

| producer = The Faint

| prev_title = Wet from Birth

| prev_year = 2004

| next_title = Doom Abuse

| next_year = 2014

}}

{{Music ratings

| MC = 61/100 [http://www.metacritic.com/music/fasciinatiion/the-faint link]

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score ={{Rating|3.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r1400802|pure_url=yes}} link]

|rev2=Alternative Press|rev2Score= {{Rating|2.5|5}}

|rev3=Billboard|rev3Score= (neutral) [https://web.archive.org/web/20081206075225/http://www.billboard.com/bbcom/content_display/reviews/albums/e3i7208006e0cd8646944b4858cc8a7d4e5 link]

|rev4=Paste|rev4Score= [http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2008/08/the-faint-fasciinatiion.html link]

|rev5=Pitchfork Media|rev5Score= (6.0/10) [https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/12073-fasciinatiion/ link]|noprose=yes}}

Fasciinatiion is the fifth studio album by the American rock band The Faint. It was released in the US on August 5, 2008.

The album is their first full-length album released outside of Saddle Creek and on the new label blank.wav.{{cite web|url=http://egoeccentric.blogspot.com/2008/05/egoeccentric-talks-to-faint.html|title=egoeccentric talks to... The Faint|first=Clockwork|last=Rob|publisher=|accessdate=1 October 2016}} The album is the first in the band's ten-year history to be written, recorded, produced, art directed and released entirely on their own.

"The Geeks Were Right" is the first single from the album [http://www.filter-mag.com/index.php?id=16962&c=6 Filter-Mag.com: 'The Geeks Were Right' Streaming Song] and was officially released on iTunes at the end of June 2008.

The album was released in Australia through Inertia Music on September 20, 2008.

Track listing

{{track listing

| title1 = Get Seduced

| length1 = 4:23

| title2 = The Geeks Were Right

| length2 = 2:56

| title3 = Machine in the Ghost

| length3 = 3:20

| title4 = Fulcrum and Lever

| length4 = 3:22

| title5 = Psycho

| length5 = 2:51

| title6 = Mirror Error

| length6 = 3:43

| title7 = I Treat You Wrong

| length7 = 3:20

| title8 = Forever Growing Centipedes

| length8 = 3:54

| title9 = Fish in a Womb

| length9 = 3:16

| title10 = A Battle Hymn for Children" [http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1045428/the-faint-launching-label-with-new-al bum The Faint Launching Label With New Album]

| length10 = 3:58

| title11 = The Geeks Were Right (Does It Offend You, Yeah? remix) (Mexico Bonus Track)

| length11 = 2:55

| title12 = The Geeks Were Right (Boyz Noise vs. DIM remix) (Mexico Bonus Track)

| length12 = 5:40

| title13 = The Geeks Were Right (Toy Selectah remix) (Mexico Bonus Track)

| length13 = 4:39

| title14 = Mirror Error (Das Glow remix) (Mexico Bonus Track)

| length14 = 5:50

| title15 = Mirror Error (Kinky remix) (Mexico Bonus Track)

| length15 = 4:14

}}

Personnel

  • Todd Fink — vocals, keyboards
  • Jacob Thiele — keyboards, backing vocals
  • Dapose (Michael Dappen) — guitars
  • Joel Petersen — bass
  • Clark Baechle — drums, percussion

Notes