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
External links
- [http://www.thefaint.com The Faint website]
- [https://www.myspace.com/thefaint The Faint official MySpace]
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