Affliction (album)

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Affliction
Econoline-affliction.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 21, 1995
RecordedSeptember 1994
December 1994
Genre Industrial metal
Length51:04
Label EMI Music Canada
Nettwerk Records
Econoline Crush chronology
Purge (EP)
(1994)
Affliction
(1995)
The Devil You Know
(1997)
Professional ratings
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Affliction is the first official full-length album by the industrial alternative rock band Econoline Crush. It was released in Canada in 1995 by EMI, and in the United States by Nettwerk Records in 1996.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Nowhere Now"Trevor Hurst, Robbie Morfitt, Dan Yaremko4:18
2."Blunt"Hurst, Morfitt, Yaremko, Chris Bryant3:56
3."Wicked"Hurst, Morfitt, Yaremko, Tom Ferris 3:58
4."Emotional Stain"Hurst, Morfitt, Yaremko6:19
5."Close"Hurst, Morfitt, Yaremko, Bryant4:45
6."Blood in the River"Hurst, Morfitt, Yaremko4:10
7."Cruel World"Hurst, Yaremko4:11
8."Lost"Hurst, Morfitt, Yaremko, Ferris5:03
9."Slug"Hurst, Morfitt, Yaremko4:32
10."Sycophant"Hurst, Morfitt, Yaremko4:12
11."Affliction"Hurst, Bryant5:42

Personnel

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