| Exploiting Dysfunction | ||||
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| Released | April 18, 2000 | |||
| Recorded | Festival Studios, Kenner, Louisiana | |||
| Genre | Deathgrind, avant-garde metal | |||
| Length | 74:02 | |||
| Label | Relapse | |||
| Cephalic Carnage chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| CMJ | favorable [1] |
| Exclaim! | favorable [2] |
Exploiting Dysfunction is Cephalic Carnage's second full-length album. It was released on April 18, 2000, by Relapse Records.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Hybrid" | 4:17 |
| 2. | "Driven to Insanity" | 1:06 |
| 3. | "Rehab" | 5:50 |
| 4. | "Observer to the Obliteration of Planet Earth" | 3:12 |
| 5. | "On Six" | 0:06 |
| 6. | "Gracias" | 5:02 |
| 7. | "Cryptosporidium" | 4:27 |
| 8. | "The Ballad of Moon" | 1:50 |
| 9. | "9' of Smoke" | 3:13 |
| 10. | "Warm Hand on a Cold Night (A Tale of Onesomes)" | 0:11 |
| 11. | "Invertus Indica (The Marijuana Convictions)" | 4:44 |
| 12. | "Molestandos Plantas Muertos!" | 1:11 |
| 13. | "Eradicate Authority" | 5:52 |
| 14. | "Paralyzed by Fear" | 1:39 |
| 15. | "Exploiting Dysfunction" | 15:26 |
| 16. | Untitled | 0:11 |
| 17. | Untitled | 0:13 |
| 18. | Untitled | 0:16 |
| 19. | Untitled | 0:13 |
| 20. | Untitled | 0:14 |
| 21. | Untitled | 0:17 |
| 22. | Untitled | 0:13 |
| 23. | "The Apothecary (An Ode to Tom Forcade)" | 1:19 |
| 24. | Untitled | 0:14 |
| 25. | Untitled | 0:12 |
| 26. | Untitled | 0:07 |
| 27. | Untitled | 0:07 |
| 28. | Untitled | 0:11 |
| 29. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 30. | Untitled | 0:08 |
| 31. | Untitled | 0:18 |
| 32. | Untitled | 0:21 |
| 33. | Untitled | 0:19 |
| 34. | Untitled | 0:22 |
| 35. | Untitled | 0:13 |
| 36. | Untitled | 0:14 |
| 37. | Untitled | 0:14 |
| 38. | Untitled | 0:16 |
| 39. | Untitled | 0:15 |
| 40. | Untitled | 0:14 |
| 41. | Untitled | 0:15 |
| 42. | Untitled | 0:14 |
| 43. | Untitled | 0:15 |
| 44. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 45. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 46. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 47. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 48. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 49. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 50. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 51. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 52. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 53. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 54. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 55. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 56. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 57. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 58. | Untitled | 0:09 |
| 59. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 60. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 61. | Untitled | 0:12 |
| 62. | Untitled | 0:10 |
| 63. | Untitled | 0:19 |
| 64. | Untitled | 0:27 |
| 65. | Untitled | 0:30 |
| 66. | Untitled | 3:35 |
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