Industrial (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Industrial
| type = studio
| artist = Pitch Shifter
| cover = Pitch_Shifter Industrial.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 January 1991
| recorded = September 1990 at Lion Studios, Leeds
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Industrial metal
| length = 38:47
| label = Peaceville
| producer =
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| next_title = Submit
| next_year = 1992
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Pitch Shifter studio album
| type = studio
| prev_title =
| prev_year =
| title = Industrial
| year = 1991
| next_title = Desensitized
| next_year = 1993
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|1.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=industrial-mw0000104402 |label=Pitchshifter: Industrial > Overview |first=Dean |last=Carlson |accessdate=27 October 2014}}
}}
Industrial is the debut album by the British industrial metal band Pitch Shifter. It was released in 1991 on Peaceville Records. It is the only Pitchshifter album featuring Mark Clayden on lead vocals. After Industrial was released, the band released a single "Death Industrial" with two new tracks that would later be released on Submit.
Background
According to bassist and singer Mark Clayden the band "made the first album for £500 in a week in a shithole studio in Leeds."{{cite interview |last=Clayden |first=Mark |interviewer=Sergio Pereira |title=Pitchshifter Interview |url=http://www.musicreview.co.za/2010/01/10/pitchshifter-interview/ |work=MusicReview |location=Johannesburg |date=10 January 2010 |accessdate=27 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141028000923/http://www.musicreview.co.za/2010/01/10/pitchshifter-interview/ |archive-date=28 October 2014}} The album cover is a shot of Frank Booth's death in the film Blue Velvet. The deluxe edition of the album The Industrialist by American industrial metal band Fear Factory contains a cover of "Landfill".
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Landfill
| writer1 = Mark Clayden, Jonathan Alan Carter
| length1 = 3:50
| title2 = Brutal Cancroid
| writer2 = Carter, Clayden, Stuart E. Toolin
| length2 = 5:09
| title3 = Gravid Rage
| writer3 = Clayden, Carter
| length3 = 3:25
| title4 = New Flesh
| writer4 = Clayden, Carter
| length4 = 4:34
| title5 = Catharsis
| writer5 = Val
| length5 = 5:39
| title6 = Skin Grip
| writer6 = Clayden, Carter
| length6 = 5:19
| title7 = Inflammator
| writer7 = Clayden, Carter
| length7 = 4:10
| title8 = Eye
| writer8 = Clayden, Carter
| length8 = 6:44
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 1998 re-release bonus track
| title9 = Gravid Rage (live)
| writer9 = Clayden, Carter
| length9 = 3:28
}}
Personnel
=Pitchshifter=
- Mark Clayden – vocals, bass
- Stuart E. Toolin – rhythm guitar
- Johnny A. Carter – lead guitar
- J.S. Clayden – backing vocals
=Technical personnel=
- Paul Sludgefeast – artwork
- Mick A. – artwork
- Guy Hatton – engineering
- Nimbus – mastering
- Cath – Photography
References
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Category:Peaceville Records albums
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