Abduction (album)

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Abduction
Alien Faktor - Abduction.jpg
Studio album by
Released1994 (1994)
Genre Industrial
Length73:42
Label Decibel
Alien Faktor chronology
Abduction
(1994)
Desolate
(1995)

Abduction is the debut studio album of Alien Faktor, released in 1994 by Decibel. [1] [2]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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John Bush of Allmusic awarded Abduction three out of five possible stars, saying "Thomas Muschitz blends soundtrack-inspired music with electronic dance on this Decibel release." [3] Sonic Boom praised the use of musical cacophony and diversity of the album. [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tom Muschitz

No.TitleLength
1."Murder"5:15
2."Cranium"4:57
3."Somewhere in the Dark"3:51
4."Afterlife"5:06
5."Guilt"6:00
6."Project Pain"5:41
7."1970"4:14
8."Carrier"6:35
9."Blackice"4:10
10."Transexpress"4:07
11."Cranium" (Core – Sample mix)4:37
12."Blood"2:37
13."BLIP"3:10
14."Kill Me"3:51
15."The Killing Floor"9:29

Personnel

Adapted from the Abduction liner notes. [5]

Alien Faktor

Additional musicians

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1994 Decibel CDDEC001

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References

  1. "Alien Faktor: Abduction". Option . Sonic Options Network. 60–65: 16. 1995.
  2. Finkler, Ed (June 17, 1997). "Interview with Alien Faktor". Sonic Boom. 5 (6). Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  3. 1 2 Bush, John. "Alien Faktor: Abduction > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  4. Christian, Chris (September 1995). "Alien Faktor: Abduction". Sonic Boom. 3 (6). Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  5. Abduction (booklet). Alien Faktor. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Decibel. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)