Disrepair (album)

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Disrepair
LUXT - Disrepair.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 18, 1997 (1997-03-18) [1]
StudioChalkhead Digital
(Yuba City, CA)
Genre Industrial metal
Length67:11
Label 21st Circuitry
Producer
LUXT chronology
Jezebel Thirteen Three
(1996)
Disrepair
(1997)
Razing Eden
(1998)

Disrepair is the second studio album by LUXT, released on March 18, 1997 by 21st Circuitry. [2] [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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AllMusic awarded Disrepair three out of five possible stars. [6] Aiding & Abetting gave the album a more mixed review, praising the production but criticizing the songwriting and musicianship. [7] Black Monday credited the album with being as good as Jezebel Thirteen Three and called the music "well produced and executed, maintaining a tarnished membrane while shining all the brighter." [8] Last Sigh Magazine called the band provocative and emotional, saying "their blend of hard-synth and dark elektro-gothik style is worth hearing over and over again when you feel in the mood for spine tingling aural sensations." [9] Sonic Boom called the album an improvement over its predecessor and said "the engineering and mixing quality is superb and as such all the electronics, guitars, and vocals all flow smoothly together." [10]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Erie Loch, except "Winter Kills" by Alison Moyet; all music is composed by Anna Christine and Erie Loch, except "Winter Kills" by Alison Moyet

No.TitleLength
1."This Ugly"3:16
2."Megaplex"4:59
3."World of Hurt"4:49
4."Hate Song"5:13
5."Not of My Kind"4:56
6."Devil's Advocate"4:16
7."Intent"5:27
8."Turbulence"3:35
9."Death"3:28
10."Noxxul"3:22
11."Darker Times"4:43
12."Locust"6:01
13."Troll"3:31
14."Winter Kills" (Yazoo cover)4:16
15."Devil's Advocate" (Lo-Corps Mix)5:20

Personnel

Adapted from the Disrepair liner notes. [11]

LUXT

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1997 21st Circuitry CD 21C.22

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