www.pitchshifter.com
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{{Infobox album
| italic_title = no
| name = www.pitchshifter.com
| type = studio
| artist = Pitchshifter
| cover = Www.pitchshifter.com_album_cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 2 March 1998
| recorded = 1997
| venue =
| studio = PSI Studios, Protocol Studios, London and at The Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey
| genre = * Industrial metal
| length = 51:50
| label = Geffen
| producer = Machine
| prev_title = Infotainment?
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = Un-United Kingdom
| next_year = 1999
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = Pitchshifter studio album
| type = studio
| prev_title = Infotainment?
| prev_year = 1996
| title = www.pitchshifter.com
| year = 1998
| next_title = Deviant
| next_year = 2000
}} {{Singles
| name = www.pitchshifter.com
| type = studio
| single1 = Genius
| single1date = 1998
| single2 = Microwaved
| single2date = 1998
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=wwwpitchshiftercom-mw0000035391 |label=Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com > Overview |first=Stanton |last=Swihart |accessdate=27 October 2014}}
| rev2 = The Baltimore Sun
| rev3 = {{nowrap|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal}}
| rev3Score = 3/10{{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=344}}
| rev4 = Kerrang!
| rev4Score = {{nowrap|{{Rating|5|5}} {{small|(1998)}}{{Cite magazine |last=Perry |first=Neil |date=7 March 1998 |title=The Industrial Revolution {{!}} Albums |url=http://pitchshifter.com/press/kerrang07_03_98/LP_review.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021029081458/http://pitchshifter.com/press/kerrang07_03_98/LP_review.jpg |archive-date=2002-10-29 |access-date=2024-05-01 |magazine=Kerrang! |issue=688 |publisher=EMAP |via=pitchshifter.com}}}}
{{nowrap|
{{Rating|4|5}} {{small|(2011)}}{{Cite magazine |last=Lawrence |first=Alistair |date=November 2011 |title= Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com |journal=Kerrang!: 666 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die! |publisher=Bauer Media Group |page=88}}}}
| rev5 = Metal Hammer
| rev5score = 10/10{{Cite magazine |last=Black |first=Virginia |date=March 1998 |title=Pitchshifter - www.pitchshifter.com |url=http://pitchshifter.com/press/metal_hammer03_98/lp_review.jpg |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030124120908/http://pitchshifter.com/press/metal_hammer03_98/lp_review.jpg |archive-date=24 January 2003 |access-date=1 May 2024 |magazine=Metal Hammer |issue=48 |location=UK |publisher=Future plc |via=pitchshifter.com}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev7 = Rock Hard
| rev7score = 10/10{{Cite magazine |last=Mühlmann |first=Wolf-Rüdiger |date=24 February 1998 |title=www.pitchshifter.com |url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/pitchshifter-www-pitchshifter-com |access-date=2024-05-01 |magazine=Rock Hard |volume=130 |language=de-DE}}
| rev8 = Uncut
| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Knighton |first=Steve |date=August 1998 |title=Albums: Metal |magazine=Uncut |publisher=IPC |issue=15 |page=83}}
}}
{{DISPLAYTITLE:www.pitchshifter.com}}
www.pitchshifter.com is the fourth album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter. It was released in the United Kingdom by Geffen Records on 2 March 1998, and in the United States by DGC Records on 7 April 1998.{{Cite web |date= |title=DGC Records {{!}} Pitchshifter {{!}} Biography |url=http://geffen.com/pitchshifter/bio/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19980522073144/http://geffen.com/pitchshifter/bio/index.html |archive-date=1998-05-22 |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=geffen.com}} The record, which was their first released through a major label, sold just over 60,000 copies in the US alone—selling nearly twice as much as the group's proceeding album Deviant did (which sold 33,000 copies).{{Cite web |last=Blabbermouth |date=March 9, 2002 |title=Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By Soundscan |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20021018043700/http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?Mode=Archive&Date=3/9/2002 |url-status=dead |archive-url=http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?Mode=Archive&Date=3/9/2002 |archive-date=2002-10-18 |access-date=2024-05-23 |website=Blabbermouth.net}}
The album's name comes from the band's domain name–a relative novelty at the time of the release. The domain name registration was eventually lapsed; JS Clayden said "we carried the website for such a long time that it felt like a burden being lifted to let it go".{{cite web|url=https://www.portsmouth.co.uk/whats-on/gigs-and-music/pitchshifter-s-tour-to-mark-20-years-of-their-classic-www-pitchshifter-com-album-hits-the-wedgewood-rooms-southsea-1-8699889|title=Pitchshifter's tour to mark 20 years of their classic www.pitchshifter.com album hits The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea}}
Multiple songs from www.pitchshifter.com were included on the vehicular-based PlayStation games Twisted Metal 3 and Test Drive 5''.
Reception
In 2005, Rock Hard placed www.pitchshifter.com at number 263 on their list of the "500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time".{{cite book |last=Mühlmann |first=Wolf-Rüdiger |title=Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten |publisher=Rock Hard |year=2005 |isbn=3-89880-517-4 |editor-last=Rensen |editor-first=Michael |page=108 |language=de |trans-title=The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time |chapter=www.pitchshifter.com |access-date=May 8, 2024 |chapter-url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/pitchshifter-www-pitchshifter-com-2}} Also in 2005, Kerrang! ranked the album as the 45th greatest British rock album of all time.{{Cite magazine |date=19 February 2005 |editor-last=Bird |editor-first=Ashley |title=The 100 Best British Rock Albums Ever! |magazine=Kerrang! |publisher=EMAP |page=28 |issue=1044}} In 2016, Metal Hammer named it the 10th best industrial metal album.{{Cite web |last=Chillingworth |first=Alec |date=2016-07-18 |title=The 10 Best Industrial Metal Albums |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/ten-best-industrial-metal-nin-ministry-rammstein |access-date=2024-05-01 |website=louder |language=en}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| title1 = Microwaved
| length1 = 3:28
| title2 = 2nd Hand
| length2 = 3:31
| title3 = Genius
| length3 = 4:06
| title4 = Civilised
| length4 = 4:38
| title5 = Subject to Status
| length5 = 3:34
| title6 = W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.
| length6 = 3:45
| note6 = acronym for "What You See Is What You Get"
| title7 = Please Sir
| length7 = 3:47
| title8 = Disposable
| length8 = 3:38
| title9 = A Better Lie™
| length9 = 3:13
| title10 = Innit
| length10 = 2:52
| title11 = What's in It for Me?
| length11 = 2:56
| title12 = I Don't Like It
| length12 = 3:53
| title13 = ZX81
| length13 = 7:34
| title14 = Free Samples
| length14 = 1:48
}}
Personnel
;Pitchshifter
- J.S. Clayden - vocals, beats, programming
- Mark Clayden - bass, sampler
- Jim Davies - guitars
- Johnny A. Carter - guitars, programming
- D.J. Walters - live drums
;Additional musicians
- Keith York - drums, percussion samples
- Pablo Yeadon - acoustic guitar on "Disposable"
;Production
- H. Forbes, Paul Williams, Nick Philip and Unknown Graphic Services - artwork
- Johnny Carter and Neil Simmons - engineering
- Jodie Zalewski - assistant engineer
- Johnny Carter and J.S. Clayden - programming
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Ralph Barklam and Tony Woolliscroft - photography
- Machine - production
- Clinton Bradley - additional analog synthesizer manipulation
- Johnny Carter and JS Clayden - writer
See also
References
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