Hypocrisy (album)

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{{Infobox album

|name = Hypocrisy

|type = Studio

|artist = Hypocrisy

|cover = Hypocrisy album.jpg

|released = 22 June 1999

|recorded = December 1998 – January 1999
The Abyss

|genre = Melodic death metal

|length = 55:24

|label = Nuclear Blast

|producer = Peter Tägtgren

|prev_title = Hypocrisy Destroys Wacken

|prev_year = 1998

|next_title = Into the Abyss

|next_year = 2000

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{AllMusic|last=Hundey|first=Jason|id=mw0000244343|accessdate=26 March 2021}}

|rev2 = Rock Hard

|rev2score = 9.5/10{{cite magazine|last=Albrecht|first=Frank|title=Rock Hard review|url=http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=10971|issue=145|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917171106/http://www.rockhard.de/megazine/reviewarchiv/review-anzeigen.html?tx_rxsearch_pi1%5Breview%5D=10971|archivedate=17 September 2017|url-status=dead}}

}}

Hypocrisy is the sixth studio album by Swedish melodic death metal band Hypocrisy, released on 22 June 1999. The digipak version of the album includes the bonus track "Self Inflicted Overload". The Japanese release of the album includes three bonus tracks: "Self Inflicted Overload", a demo version of "Elastic Inverted Visions" and "Falling Through the Ground".

Reception

In 2005, Hypocrisy was ranked number 408 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.{{cite book|title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten|year=2005|publisher=Rock Hard|language=de|isbn=3-89880-517-4|page=46}}

Track listing

{{tracklist

|all_writing = Hypocrisy

|title1 = Fractured Millennium

|length1 = 5:14

|title2 = Apocalyptic Hybrid

|length2 = 4:04

|title3 = Fusion Programmed Minds

|length3 = 4:39

|title4 = Elastic Inverted Visions

|length4 = 6:16

|title5 = Reversed Reflections

|length5 = 4:29

|title6 = Until the End

|length6 = 5:54

|title7 = Paranormal Mysteria

|length7 = 4:39

|title8 = Time Warp

|length8 = 3:51

|title9 = Disconnected Magnetic Corridors

|length9 = 5:25

|title10 = Paled Empty Sphere

|length10 = 6:15

}}

{{Tracklisting

| headline = Digipak Edition Bonus Track

|title11 = Selfinflicted Overload

|length11 = 4:38

}}

Credits

Hypocrisy

  • Peter Tägtgren − 7-string guitar, vocals, keyboards
  • Michael Hedlund − bass
  • Lars Szöke − drums

Charts

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|+ Chart performance for Hypocrisy

!scope=col|Chart (2005)

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position

{{album chart|Germany4|85|id=28372|artist=Hypocrisy|album=Hypocrisy|rowheader=true|accessdate=26 March 2021}}

References