Violent Machine

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{{Infobox album

| name = Violent Machine

| type = studio

| artist = Tony MacAlpine

| cover = Tony MacAlpine - 1996 - Violent Machine (original).jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1996}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20100521085730/http://www.tonymacalpine.com/discography/discography_solo.html "Solo Discography"]. tonymacalpine.com. Archived from [http://www.tonymacalpine.com/discography/discnotes_chromaticity.html the original] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110126130215/http://www.tonymacalpine.com/discography/discnotes_chromaticity.html |date=2011-01-26 }} on 2010-05-21. Retrieved 2013-08-07.

| recorded = July 1996

| venue =

| studio = Shime Sound Studio (Los Angeles)

| genre = Instrumental rock

| length = {{Duration|m=40|s=35}}

| label = Metropolis

| producer = Tony MacAlpine

| prev_title = Evolution

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Live Insanity

| next_year = 1997

| misc = {{Extra album cover

| header = Alternative cover

| type = studio

| cover = Tony MacAlpine - 1996 - Violent Machine (reissue).jpg

| border =

| alt =

| caption = 2002 reissue

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}Prato, Greg. [http://www.allmusic.com/album/violent-machine-mw0000457984 "Violent Machine - Tony MacAlpine"]. AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2013-08-07.

}}

Violent Machine is the seventh studio album by guitarist Tony MacAlpine, released in 1996 through Metropolis Records (North America) and in 1997 through Victor Entertainment (Japan); it was reissued on May 7, 2002 through Lion Music, with the latter featuring different cover art and having apparently been released without the authorization of MacAlpine or Metropolis.

Track listing

{{Track listing

| all_music = Tony MacAlpine, except where noted

| title1 = Violent Machine

| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Unfortunate Lazarus

| length2 = 3:58

| title3 = Circus du Soleil

| length3 = 4:41

| title4 = Sophisticated Domination

| length4 = 5:02

| title5 = Chopin Etude #12 Opus 10

| note5 = Frédéric Chopin

| length5 = 2:42

| title6 = Shoe Shine Cyber Boy

| length6 = 3:27

| title7 = Carolina Blue

| length7 = 4:32

| title8 = Mr. Destructive

| length8 = 5:19

| title9 = ARS Nova

| length9 = 3:08

| title10 = Space Ritual

| length10 = 4:04

| total_length = 40:35

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese edition

| title1 = Violent Machine

| length1 = 3:42

| title2 = Unfortunate Lazarus

| length2 = 3:58

| title3 = Hatred to Love

| length3 = 4:04

| note3 = same song as "Space Ritual" but with vocals

| title4 = Circus du Soleil

| length4 = 4:41

| title5 = Sophisticated Domination

| length5 = 5:02

| title6 = Chopin Etude #12 Opus 10

| note6 = Frédéric Chopin

| length6 = 2:42

| title7 = Shoe Shine Cyber Boy

| length7 = 3:27

| title8 = Carolina Blue

| length8 = 4:32

| title9 = Little Gem

| length9 = 5:12

| title10 = ARS Nova

| length10 = 3:08

| title11 = Out of Touch

| length11 = 4:43

}}

Personnel

Note: Although the back of the CD tray inlay for the 1996 Metropolis edition shows/lists Ricky Ricardo on bass, the liner notes in the cover booklet state: "All Bass Tracks Performed by Kevin Chown." The 2002 Lion edition correctly lists and shows Kevin Chown on bass, as does the back of the CD tray inlay.

References

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