Final Expenses

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{{Infobox album|

| name = Final Expenses

| type = ep

| longtype = of remixes

| artist = Alien Faktor

| cover = Alien Faktor - Final Expenses.jpg

| venue =

| released = {{Start date|1996}}

| recorded =

| studio = The Womb Studio
{{small|(Milwaukee, WI)}}

| genre = Industrial

| length = 61:47

| label = Decibel

| producer = Tom Muschitz

| prev_title = Desolate

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Listen!

| next_year = 1996

}}

Final Expenses is a remix EP by Alien Faktor, released in 1996 by Decibel.{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000093136|pure_url=yes}}|title=Alien Faktor: Final Expenses > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=August 12, 2020}}{{cite journal|first=Ed |last=Finkler |author-link=Ed Finkler |url=https://sonic-boom.com/interview/alien.faktor.interview.html |title=Interview with Alien Faktor |journal=Sonic Boom |date=June 17, 1997 |volume=5 |issue=6 |accessdate=August 12, 2020}}

Reception

A critic for Sonic Boom gave Abduction a positive review and said "each track is suitably distinct enough from the original to hardly be remained title the same" and "any previous AF fan or someone who is into bizarrely experimental electro with just a hint accessibility will enjoy this release without failure."{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=https://sonic-boom.com/review/alien.faktor-3.html |title=Alien Faktor: Final Expenses |journal=Sonic Boom |date=October 1996 |volume=4 |accessdate=August 12, 2020}} Larry Miles of Black Monday and counted "Misanthrope" and "Dawn" as being highlights of the album.{{cite journal |first=Larry |last=Miles |url=http://lundinoir.com/mag/BMv1_4.pdf |title=Alien Faktor: Final Expenses |journal=Black Monday |date=1996 |issue=4 |pages=3 |accessdate=August 12, 2020}}

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_writing = Tom Muschitz, except "Tradition of Violence" co-written with Lars Hansen and Leif Hansen and "Dysphoria" co-written with Leif Hansen

| title1 = No One Can Make Me Do Anything I Don't Want to Do Anyway

| note1 = Skullfuckermix

| length1 = 4:24

| title2 = Ego Death

| note2 = Apparatus N.C. mix

| length2 = 3:39

| title3 = Dysphoria

| note3 = Remix

| length3 = 4:31

| title4 = Obey

| note4 = Disodium mix

| length4 = 4:25

| title5 = Ego Death

| note5 = Medicine mix

| length5 = 4:44

| title6 = Tradition of Violence

| length6 = 4:52

| title7 = Misanthrope

| note7 = Jagged Little Pill mix

| length7 = 6:06

| title8 = Ego Death

| note8 = Beaten to Death

| length8 = 4:22

| title9 = Make Me!

| length9 = 4:15

| title10 = Dirge

| note10 = Dirgedenoctic

| length10 = 6:13

| title11 = Dawn

| length11 = 14:16

}}

Personnel

Adapted from the Final Expenses liner notes.{{cite AV media notes |title=Final Expenses |title-link=Final Expenses |others=Alien Faktor |year=1996 |type=booklet |publisher=Decibel |location=Milwaukee, Wisconsin}}

Alien Faktor

Additional musicians

Production and design

  • Daniel Streng – design

Release history

class="wikitable"

! Region

! Date

! Label

! Format

! Catalog

United States

| 1996

| Decibel

| CD

| DEC010

References

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