Burnt Beyond Recognition

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Burnt Beyond Recognition
Mentallo & The Fixer - Burnt Beyond Recognition.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 10, 1997 (1997-06-10) [1]
StudioThe Slum (Austin, Texas)
Genre Electro-industrial
Length73:44
Label Metropolis
Producer
Mentallo & The Fixer chronology
...There's No Air to Breathe
(1997)
Burnt Beyond Recognition
(1997)
False Prophets
(1997)
Alternative cover
Mentallo & The Fixer - Burnt Beyond Recognition (Off Beat issue).jpg
Alternate cover

Burnt Beyond Recognition is the fourth studio album by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on June 10, 1997, by Metropolis Records. [2] [3] [4]

Contents

Music

For Burnt Beyond Recognition, the Mentallo & The Fixer changed direction from the aggressive electro-industrial represented on previous albums to composing complex and melodic instrumental pieces. [5] [6] It has been posited that the album's concept is about the evolution of man. [7]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Culture Shock6/7 [8]
Sonic BoomFavorable [5]

The Burnt Beyond Recognition has been considered a dividing point for critics and the band's audiences. [9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dwayne Dassing and Gary Dassing

No.TitleLength
1."Tachyon"5:23
2."Crypto-Anarchist"3:35
3."Mother of Harlots"9:02
4."Goliath"7:13
5."Radiant"9:36
6."Crypto-Anarchist" (The Second Death)8:35
7."The Enlightenment"1:38
8."Lightyear"7:30
9."False Prophets"6:03
10."Other World Technology"5:12
11."Abandon All Hope"9:57

Personnel

Adapted from the Burnt Beyond Recognition liner notes. [10]

Mentallo & The Fixer

Additional musician

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1997 Metropolis CDMET 044
Germany Off Beat O-87, SPV 085-43582

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