Manic Compression

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{{Infobox album

| name = Manic Compression

| type = Album

| artist = Quicksand

| cover = Quicksand Manic Compression.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1995|2|24}}

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio = *Sorcerer Sound (New York City, New York)

• Don Fury’s Studio (New York City, New York)

| genre = *Post-hardcore{{cite web|last=Pell|first=Nicholas|date=July 3, 2012|title=Top Five Best Post-Hardcore Records|url=https://www.laweekly.com/top-five-best-post-hardcore-records/|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=LA Weekly}}

• emo{{cite web|date=October 10, 2013|title=Top 20 Emo Albums in History: Complete List|url=https://www.laweekly.com/top-20-emo-albums-in-history-complete-list/|access-date=December 26, 2021|website=LA Weekly}}
• alternative metal

| length = 38:26
45:04 (Japan)

| label = Island

| producer = {{flatlist|

• Wharton Tiers
• Don Fury

|}}

| prev_title = Slip

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = Interiors

| next_year = 2017

| misc = {{Singles

| name =

| type = studio

| single1 = Divorce

| single1date = 1994

| single2 = Landmine Spring

| single2date = 1995

| single3 = Thorn In My Side

| single3date = 1995

| single4 = Delusional

| single4date = 1995

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Manic Compression - Quicksand {{!}} Songs, Reviews, Credits|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/manic-compression-mw0000125271|access-date=December 26, 2021|publisher=AllMusic}}

| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal

| rev2score = 6/10{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=Collector's Guide Publishing |year=2007 |location=Burlington, Ontario, Canada |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |pages=357}}

| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

| rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last=Larkin |first=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=6 |page=715}}

| rev4 = Kerrang!

| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Brannigan |first=Paul |date=April 15, 1995 |title=Albumz |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |issue=541|page=47}}

}}

Manic Compression is the second studio album by American post-hardcore band Quicksand. It was first released on February 24, 1995 on vinyl through Revelation Records, before being given a widespread CD release through Island Records on February 28, 1995.{{Cite web |last=Rowe |first=Chris |date=December 7, 2000 |title=Manic Compression |url=http://quicksand.net/discography/manic.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010305200142/http://quicksand.net/discography/manic.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2001 |access-date=February 4, 2023 |website=quicksand.net}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3rK7CwAAQBAJ&pg=PA244|title=New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB|first=Steven|last=Blush|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=St. Martin's Publishing Group|isbn=978-1-25008-362-3|via=Google Books}}{{cite web |last=Prato |first=Greg |title=Quicksand Biography, Songs, & Albums |url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/quicksand-mn0000859509/biography |access-date=December 26, 2020 |publisher=AllMusic}}{{cite web |last=Modell |first=Josh |date=September 24, 2013 |title=Quicksand made two near-perfect records, then disappeared |url=https://www.avclub.com/quicksand-made-two-near-perfect-records-then-disappear-1798240890 |access-date=December 26, 2020 |website=The A.V. Club}} The album influenced many post-hardcore and alternative metal bands.{{cite web|last=Harris|first=Chris|date=February 28, 2020|title=Quicksand's "Manic Compression" Turns 25: Geoff Rickly and More Reflect on Album's Influence|url=https://www.spin.com/2020/02/quicksands-manic-compression-turns-25-musicians-hail-influence-of-landmark-hardcore-lp/|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=Spin}} It peaked at number 135 on the Billboard 200.{{cite web|date=January 16, 2013|title=QUICKSAND's 'Manic Compression' To Be Made Available On Colored Vinyl|url=https://blabbermouth.herokuapp.com/news/quicksand-s-manic-compression-to-be-made-available-on-colored-vinyl/|access-date=December 26, 2020|publisher=Blabbermouth.net}}

It was Quicksand's last studio album before their initial breakup, leading to a 22-year gap in output until the release of Interiors, in 2017.{{cite web|last=Maine|first=Samantha|date=August 22, 2017|title=Quicksand announce new album – their first in 22 years|url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/quicksand-new-album-2127510|access-date=December 26, 2020|website=NME}} In the meantime, a follow-up album was conceptualized during their brief 1997–1999 reunion, but it never materialized.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uIIf03bGyAAC&pg=PA247|title=New Wave of American Heavy Metal|first=Garry|last=Sharpe-Young|date=December 26, 2005|publisher=Zonda Books Limited|isbn=978-0-95826-840-0|via=Google Books}}

A vinyl version of the album was released in early 2013 by Shop Radio Cast. It incorrectly lists "Landmine Spring" as the first song on the B-side on the cover, when the song is the last song pressed on the A-side.