Throbbing Gristle - Greatest Hits - Entertainment Through Pain '1981/2019
Artist | Throbbing Gristle Related artists |
Album name | Greatest Hits - Entertainment Through Pain |
Country | |
Date | 1981/2019 |
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Play time | 1:30:46 |
Format / Bitrate | Stereo 1420 Kbps
/ 44.1 kHz MP3 320 Kbps |
Media | CD |
Size | 220 mb / 543 mb |
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 Genesis P-Orridge was the Frank Zappa of experimental electronic music, exploring virtually every notion and idea of performance that he could possibly muster. And his period with Throbbing Gristle resulted in some of the most dense and difficult music to ever see the light of day, a staggering thought even decades after the bands demise. Turning the idea of rock music on its head and injecting it with a lethal dose of electronica, Gristle were light years ahead of their time and suffered endless persecution from the British government because of their wild ideas. On this ironically titled collection, the band offers 11 tracks that plant the seeds for a number of genres. Synth pop is here in the primal, awkward guise of Adrenalin, while Hot on the Heels of Love may be one of the very first techno songs ever. Subhuman would set the standard for the type of ranting industrial rock that Skinny Puppy and Ministry would actually have to water down, and Six Six Sixties is the sort of guitar-driven noise narrative that would later find brief popularity with the New York City art rock scene. Elsewhere, punk rises from the dead as a shambling zombie (Blood on the Floor); Kraftwerk is reshaped into disco death jazz (20 Jazz Funk Greats); United paves the way for P-Orridges own descent into pop; and the spine-chilling What a Day is the closest they could ever come to having a rave-up. Beyond these tracks, everything else sounds like it was recorded on a distant planet hundreds of years ago, blending the primal sludge of early Residents with the demented sonic experiments of Faust and Can. The results range from the eerie and ugly (Tiab Guls) to the sublimely beautiful (AB/7A). This beauty is the primary reason why Throbbing Gristle were as good as they were; it was so hard to dismiss the band because these weird hooks and chunks of pop found their way into the harshest noise experiments. Standing heads and tails above the rest of their contemporaries, this is the best place to first discover Throbbing Gristles difficult but rewarding body of work. Anyone with even a passing interest in unusual and experimental music would do themselves a big favor by checking this out. :: TRACKLIST :: Disc: 1 1. Hamburger Lady 2. Hot OnThe Heels Of Love 3. Subhuman 4. AB/7A 5. Six Six Sixties 6. Blood On The Floor 7. 20 Jazz Funk Greats 8. Tiab Guls 9. United 10. What A Day 11. Adrenalin Disc: 2 1. The Old Man Smiled (Alternative Mix) Previously Unreleased 2. Zyklon B Zombie - 7 Single 3. Dead On Arrival 4. We Hate You (Little Girls) 5. Five Knuckle Shuffle - 7 Single 6. Discipline (Berlin - Edit) -12 Single 7. Persuasion 8. AB7A (AB7B Mix) Previously Unreleased 9. Distant Dreams (Part Two) - 7 Single
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