Abducting the Unicorn
Abducting the Unicorn is the debut album by the band The Pineapple Thief, released in 1999. Originally titled "Abducted at Birth", it was later renamed due to the original record label requesting the title to suggest a connection to Bruce Soord's previous band, Vulgar Unicorn. On 25 February 2014, it was announced via the band's Facebook page that the upcoming reissue, slated for release in early 2015, would return to the originally intended title. Being that the album was loosely written about how we are all in some way indoctrinated from birth, the title "Abducting the Unicorn" was regarded as nonsensical, therefore the current record label Kscope subsequently agreed to the original title being used.
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| Released | 1999 | |||
| Recorded | 1999 | |||
| Genre | Progressive rock | |||
| Length | 68:46 | |||
| Label | Cyclops Records; Kscope (2017 Reissue) | |||
| Producer | Bruce Soord | |||
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The reissued 'Abducted at Birth' was released on Kscope Records on 7 November 2017. It was remixed by Bruce Soord and remastered by Steve Kitch at Audiomaster.
Track listing
- "Private Paradise" (11:10)
- "Drain" (6:38)
- "Whatever You Do, Do Nothing" (6:21)
- "No One Leaves This Earth" (5:58)
- "Punish Yourself" (4:29) (Written-By – Mark Bowyer)
- "Everyone Must Perish" (4:39)
- "Judge the Girl" (6:12)
- "Parted Forever" (18:10)
- (Mysterious Extra Track) (4:27)
The song "No One Leaves This Earth" uses sound samples from the 1997 American film Eve's Bayou, from which the "Pineapple Thief" moniker is also taken.