Utopia Banished
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{{Infobox album
| name = Utopia Banished
| type = studio
| artist = Napalm Death
| cover = Utopia Banished (Napalm Death album) cover art.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{start date|1992|5|18|df=y}}https://www.discogs.com/release/4525141-Napalm-Death-Utopia-Banished
| recorded = 10–19 February 1992
23 February – 2 March 1992
| venue =
| studio = The Windings, Wrexham, Wales
| genre = {{hlist|Death metal|grindcore}}
| length = {{Duration|m=39|s=04}}
| label = Earache, Relativity
| producer = Colin Richardson, Napalm Death
| prev_title = Death by Manipulation
| prev_year = 1991
| next_title = Fear, Emptiness, Despair
| next_year = 1994
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=utopia-banished-mw0000086064 |label=Napalm Death: Utopia Banished > Overview |last=Birchmeier |first=Jason |access-date=14 October 2014}}
| rev2 = Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal
| rev2score = 4/10{{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 |page=305}}
| rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music
| rev3score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite book|editor-last=Larkin|editor-first=Colin|editor-link=Colin Larkin|title=Encyclopedia of Popular Music|year=2007|publisher=Omnibus Press|edition=5th concise|isbn=978-0857125958|title-link=Encyclopedia of Popular Music |pages=1015–1016}}
| rev4 = Select
| rev4score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Perry |first=Andrew|date=July 1992 |title=Napalm Death: Utopia Banished|magazine=Select |publisher=EMAP |pages=74–75}}
| rev5 = Spin Alternative Record Guide
| rev5score = 5/10{{cite book|chapter=Napalm Death|first=Chris|last=Norris|title=Spin Alternative Record Guide|title-link=Spin Alternative Record Guide|editor1-first=Eric|editor1-last=Weisbard|editor2-first=Craig|editor2-last=Marks|publisher=Vintage Books|year=1995|isbn=0-679-75574-8|pages=265–266}}
}}
Utopia Banished is the fourth studio album by the British grindcore band Napalm Death. It was released in 1992 by Earache Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.earache.com/catalogue/mosh053.php |title=Napalm Death 'Utopia Banished' |work=Earache.com |publisher=Earache |access-date=19 October 2014}} It is the first album featuring Danny Herrera on drums following the departure of Mick Harris. Metal Hammer ranked it as one of the 20 best metal albums of 1992.
Release
A limited edition of this album included a 3" bonus CD; the vinyl release included a bonus 7" containing the same material. The 2007 re-release came as part of Earache's Classic Metal series with The DVD as bonus disc.{{Discogs release |release=2888337 |name=Utopia Banished |type=album}} In 2012, Earache Records released a remastered edition on limited edition coloured vinyl and CD digipak.{{cite news |author=Sheila |date=14 May 2012 |title=Napalm Death – 'Utopia Banished' remastered edition out now! |url=http://planetmosh.com/napalm-death-utopia-banished-remastered-edition-out-now/ |newspaper=PlanetMosh |access-date=14 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141018173658/http://planetmosh.com/napalm-death-utopia-banished-remastered-edition-out-now/ |archive-date=18 October 2014 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all }}
=Single=
The EP "The World Keeps Turning" was released in July 1992 on vinyl and CD and contains two non-album tracks, "A Means to an End" and "Insanity Excursion".{{cite web |url=http://www.earache.com/catalogue/mosh065.php |title=Napalm Death 'The World Keeps Turning' |work=Earache.com |publisher=Earache |access-date=24 November 2014}}
Writing
=Samples=
Napalm Death make use of samples in some songs on Utopia Banished. The tracks "Discordance" and "Awake (To a Life of Misery)" sample snippets from 1988 science fiction film They Live while the track "Contemptuous" takes a line from 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket.{{cite web |url=http://rateyourmusic.com/list/Mindcrimewithin/_film__samples_in__metal__songs/ |title=(Film) samples in (metal) songs |work=Rate Your Music |access-date=16 November 2014}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Discordance
| length1 = 1:26
| title2 = I Abstain
| lyrics2 = Mark Greenway
| music2 = Jesse Pintado
| length2 = 3:30
| title3 = Dementia Access
| lyrics3 = Shane Embury
| music3 = Mitch Harris
| length3 = 2:27
| title4 = Christening of the Blind
| lyrics4 = Embury
| music4 = Embury
| length4 = 3:21
| title5 = The World Keeps Turning
| lyrics5 = Greenway
| music5 = Pintado
| length5 = 2:55
| title6 = Idiosyncratic
| lyrics6 = Greenway
| music6 = Embury, Pintado
| length6 = 2:35
| title7 = Aryanisms
| lyrics7 = Greenway
| music7 = Embury, Harris
| length7 = 3:08
| title8 = Cause and Effect (Part II)
| lyrics8 = Greenway
| music8 = Pintado
| length8 = 2:07
| title9 = Judicial Slime
| lyrics9 = Embury
| music9 = Embury
| length9 = 2:36
| title10 = Distorting the Medium
| lyrics10 = Greenway
| music10 = Pintado
| length10 = 1:58
| title11 = Got Time to Kill
| lyrics11 = Greenway
| music11 = Embury
| length11 = 2:28
| title12 = Upward and Uninterested
| lyrics12 = Greenway
| music12 = Pintado, Harris
| length12 = 2:07
| title13 = Exile
| lyrics13 = Embury
| music13 = Harris
| length13 = 2:00
| title14 = Awake (To a Life of Misery)
| lyrics14 = Embury
| music14 = Harris
| length14 = 2:05
| title15 = Contemptuous
| lyrics15 = Embury
| music15 = Embury, Harris, Pintado
| length15 = 4:21
| total_length = 39:04
}}
Personnel
=Napalm Death=
- Mark "Barney" Greenway – lead vocals
- Jesse Pintado – guitars
- Mitch Harris – guitars, backing vocals
- Shane Embury – bass
- Danny Herrera – drums
=Technical personnel=
- Colin Richardson – production, engineering
- Pete Coleman – co-engineering
- Matt Anker – photography
- Mid – cover art
- J. Barry – layout
Chart positions
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! Chart (1992) ! Peak position |
| {{Album chart|Germany3|60|M|title=Napalm Death - Utopia Banished|url=http://www.offiziellecharts.de/album-details-31737|work=Offizielle Deutsche Charts|location=Germany|refname=germanchart|access-date=24 September 2015}} |
| {{Album chart | Netherlands | 77 | artist=Napalm Death | album=Utopia Banished | refname=dutchcharts | access-date=19 October 2014}} |
| {{Album chart | UK | 58 | artist=Napalm Death | refname=ukcharts | access-date=11 October 2014}} |
References
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