Back and Forth Series Two

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Back and Forth Series Two
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Compilation album by
Released13 October 1992
Recorded1983-1984
Genre Industrial
Length71:20
Label Nettwerk
Producer cEvin Key
Skinny Puppy chronology
Twelve Inch Anthology
(1990)
Back and Forth Series Two
(1992)
Brap: Back and Forth Series 3 & 4
(1996)

Back and Forth Series Two is a compilation album by industrial band Skinny Puppy. It consists of the entire Back and Forth release remixed from the original four-track tapes, including raw live recordings and studio rarities.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Intro" (Live in Winnipeg)2:06
2."Sleeping Beast"5:57
3."K-9"3:40
4."Monster Radio Man"2:22
5."Quiet Solitude"4:44
6."The Pit"5:18
7."Sore in a Masterpiece / Dead of Winter"13:44
8."Unovis on a Stick"2:40
9."To a Baser Nature"2:51
10."A.M. / Meat Flavour"1:47
11."My Voice Sounds Like Shit"2:28
12."Smothered Hope" (Demo)7:21
13."Explode the P.A." (Live Brap)10:06
14."Assimilate" (Original Inst. Demo)3:04
15."Edge of Insanity"4:48

There is an untitled improvisational piece that appears before "Smothered Hope (demo)", and lasts just over two minutes long.

Personnel

cEvin Key - keyboard, drumbox, tape, effekt, voice. Nivek Ogre - voice, lyrik. Guitar on K-9 by Greg Monk (uncredited).

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