www.pitchshifter.com
www.pitchshifter.com is an album by the British industrial band Pitchshifter, released in 1998. It was their first major label album and it sold just over 60,000 copies in the US, nearly twice as much as their next album Deviant, which sold 33,000 copies.
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| Released | 7 April 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997-1998 | |||
| Studio | PSI Studios, Protocol Studios, London and at The Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Industrial rock, industrial metal, drum and bass | |||
| Length | 51:50 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Machine | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| earPollution | Favorable[2] |
| Pitchfork | (5.2/10)[3] |
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".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Microwaved" | Pitchshifter | 3:28 |
| 2. | "2nd Hand" | Pitchshifter | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Genius" | Pitchshifter | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Civilised" | Pitchshifter | 4:38 |
| 5. | "Subject to Status" | Pitchshifter | 3:34 |
| 6. | "W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G." ("What You See Is What You Get") | Pitchshifter | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Please Sir" | Pitchshifter | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Disposable" | Pitchshifter | 3:38 |
| 9. | "A Better Lie™" | Pitchshifter | 3:13 |
| 10. | "Innit" | Pitchshifter | 2:52 |
| 11. | "What's in It for Me?" | Pitchshifter | 2:56 |
| 12. | "I Don't Like It" | Pitchshifter | 3:53 |
| 13. | "ZX81" | Pitchshifter | 7:34 |
| 14. | "Free Samples" | Pitchshifter | 1:48 |
Personnel
- Pitchshifter
- J.S. Clayden - lead vocals, beats, riffs, programming
- Mark Clayden - bass, sampler
- Jim Davies - guitars
- Johnny Carter - guitars, programming
- 'D' Walters - live drums
- Additional musicians
- Keith York - recorded drums & loops, percussion
- 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 analogue synthesizer manipulation
- Johnny Carter and JS Clayden - writer
References
- Swihart, Stanton. Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- Young, Craig. "Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com". earPollution. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- "Pitchshifter's tour to mark 20 years of their classic www.pitchshifter.com album hits The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea".
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