Chaos Is Me

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Chaos Is Me
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 21, 1999 [1]
RecordedSpring 1999
Studio God City Studios (Salem, Massachusetts)
Genre
Length18:58
Label Ebullition
Producer Kurt Ballou
Orchid chronology
Orchid / Encyclopedia Of American Traitors Split 7"
(1998)
Chaos Is Me
(1999)
Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow!
(2000)
Professional ratings
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Chaos Is Me is the debut studio album by American screamo band Orchid. It was released on June 21, 1999, through Ebullition Records. [1] [4] Chaos Is Me heralded the change of the guard for extreme music, and brought both Amherst, Massachusetts and Hampshire College to the forefront of the scene's attention. [5] The album was released on black, clear yellow, green, and red vinyl in 1999, and was also included on a 2002 compilation CD that included its follow-up Dance Tonight! Revolution Tomorrow! . It has since been reissued multiple times, on magenta vinyl in 2013, lavender vinyl in 2015, yellow vinyl in 2018, and received a 20th anniversary reissue in 2019.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Le Desordre, C'est Moi"2:05
2."Aesthetic Dialectic"1:42
3."In G and E"0:57
4."New Jersey vs. Valhalla"2:12
5."Weekend at the Fire Academy"0:56
6."Framecode"1:35
7."The Action Index"1:52
8."Death of a Modernist"0:53
9."Boy with No Arms"1:52
10."Invasion U.S.A."1:00
11."Epilogue of a Car Crash"3:54
Total length:18:58

Personnel

Orchid

Production

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