A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish

A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish
Studio album by My Ruin
Released	18 September 2000
Genre	Alternative metal, nu metal
Length	46:20
Label	Snapper, Spitfire
Producer	Nick Raskulinecz, Mick Murphy, Tairrie B
My Ruin chronology
Speak and Destroy (1999) A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish (2000) To Britain with Love... and Bruises (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Kerrang!	[2]
Metal Hammer	8/10 [3]
NME	6/10 [4]
Terrorizer	6.5/10 [5]

A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish is the second full-length album released by the metal band My Ruin. My Ruin covered two songs for this album - Do You Love Me? by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, and Black Flag's My War. The song "Miss Ann Thrope" contains backup vocals from Jack Off Jill singer Jessicka. The album also contains the single "Beauty Fiend".

Track listing

1. "Morning Prayer" - 0:33
2. "Beauty Fiend" - 3:41
3. "Stick It to Me" - 3:02
4. "Heartsick" - 3:01
5. "Rockstar" - 3:37
6. "Sanctuary" - 3:19
7. "Miss Ann Thrope" (feat. Jessicka of Jack Off Jill) - 3:22
8. "Hemorrhage" - 4:15
9. "Letter to the Editor" - 3:22
10. "Let It Rain" - 3:30
11. "Post Noise Revelation" - 3:46
12. "Do You Love Me" (Nick Cave and The Bad Seeds cover) - 4:19
13. "Evening Prayer" - 4:01
14. "My War" (Black Flag cover) - 2:02

Personnel

• Tairrie B – vocals, producer
• Mick Murphy – guitars, producer
• Meghan Mattex – bass guitar
• Chris Hamilton – drums
• Jessicka  – guest vocals on "Miss Ann Thrope"
• Nick Raskulinecz – producer, sound engineer, mixer

References

1. Gary Hill. "A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
2. Griffiths, Mark (9 September 2000). "Albums". Kerrang! . No. 824. EMAP. p. 46.
3. Potter, Valerie (October 2000). "Under the Hammer". Metal Hammer (79). Future plc: 75. ISSN   0955-1190.
4. "A Prayer Under Pressure… Of Violent Anguish Review". NME. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
5. Mozaque (October 2000). "Selected & Dissected". Terrorizer . No. 83. pp. 54, 56. ISSN   1350-6978.