Dirtdish

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Dirtdish
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Studio album by
Wiseblood
Released1986
RecordedMay 1985 (1985-05)–September 1986 (1986-09)
StudioWave Studios, London, England
Genre Industrial
Length39:07
Label K.422
Producer Wiseblood
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
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(1985)		Dirtdish
(1986)		 Bedrock
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Dirtdish is the sole studio album by English-based industrial act Wiseblood. [2] [3] [4] It was released in 1986 by K.422/Some Bizzare. [5] It was re-released on CD in 1995 by Thirsty Ear. The CD release of Dirtdish is Some Bizzare #WISE 3CD.

Contents

Fear Factory covered "O-O (Where Evil Dwells)" on their album Obsolete .

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "if the album lacks a full load of explosive Foetus audio dynamite, it still packs enough ugliness and venom to corrupt a monastery." [5] Spin wrote that the album "allows Foetus the space to fully unfurl the thick, viscous wordchains he uses for lyrics." [6] Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, called the album "disappointing" and "not the full frontal assault one would hope to find." [7] CMJ New Music Report wrote that "the songs all build on heavy, intense tribal percussion overlayed with bits of whiney distorted guitar." [8]

Track listing

All songs by Clint Ruin & Roli Mosimann unless noted. [9]

1. "Prime Gonzola" – 5:35
2. "0-0 (Where Evil Dwells)" – 5:20
3. "Stumbo" – 7:40
4. "Someone Drowned In My Pool" (Ruin) – 7:37
5. "Godbrain" – 6:57
6. "The Fudge Punch" – 6:34

Extended CD track list

7. "Motorslug" – 9:37
8. "Stumbo (12" Version)" – 6:34
9. "Death Rape 2000" – 7:29
10. "Someone Drowned In My Pool (12" Version)" – 7:42 Thirsty Ear CD only

Personnel

Wiseblood - performance, production
Technical

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References

  1. ↑ Ball, Jonathan. "Dirtdish". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. ↑ Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN   9780857125958 – via Google Books.
  3. ↑ Eddy, Chuck (10 August 2011). Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. Duke University Press. ISBN   978-0822350101 – via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Wiseblood | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  5. 1 2 "Foetus". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  6. 1 2 "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 10 June 1987 – via Google Books.
  7. ↑ Thompson, Dave (2002). Alternative Rock . San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman. p.  372. ISBN   0-87930-607-6. LCCN   00-58249. OCLC   1193377576 – via the Internet Archive.
  8. ↑ "CMJ review of DIRTDISH". foetus.org.
  9. ↑ Buckley, Peter (10 September 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN   9781843531050 – via Google Books.
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