Diatribes (album)

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Diatribes
Diatribes Naplam Death.jpg
Studio album by
Released22 January 1996 (1996-01-22)
RecordedFramework Studios
Genre
Length44:16
Label Earache
Producer Colin Richardson
Napalm Death chronology
Greed Killing
(1995)
Diatribes
(1996)
In Tongues We Speak
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [4]
MetalReviews58/100 [5]

Diatribes is the sixth studio album by English grindcore band Napalm Death, originally released on 22 January 1996 on Earache Records. [4] It was released as double 10" vinyl, regular CD, special digipak CD with space for the Greed Killing EP and MC. [6] In 2010, Earache issued a re-release of Diatribes in a box set that also included the Greed Killing EP and the live album Bootlegged in Japan. [7]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Greed Killing" Shane Embury, Mitch HarrisHarris3:06
2."Glimpse into Genocide"EmburyJesse Pintado3:02
3."Ripe for the Breaking"Mark GreenwayHarris, Embury4:01
4."Cursed to Crawl"EmburyEmbury3:26
5."Cold Forgiveness"EmburyHarris, Pintado4:32
6."My Own Worst Enemy"EmburyEmbury3:36
7."Just Rewards"GreenwayHarris3:29
8."Dogma"EmburyEmbury3:30
9."Take the Strain"GreenwayEmbury4:11
10."Diatribes"GreenwayEmbury, Harris3:52
11."Placate, Sedate, Eradicate"GreenwayPintado3:24
12."Corrosive Elements"GreenwayHarris4:02

Personnel

Napalm Death

Technical personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1996)Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [8] 94
UK Albums (OCC) [9] 73

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