| Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses | ||||
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| Released | September 1992 [1] | |||
| Studio | Baby Monster Studios, New York City | |||
| Genre | Grindcore | |||
| Length | 45:04 | |||
| Label | Relativity/Earache | |||
| Producer | Colin Richardson | |||
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Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses is the debut full-length album by American grindcore band Brutal Truth, released in September 1992 via Earache Records. [1]
Music videos were made for "Collateral Damage" (which once held the Guinness World Record for the shortest music video) [2] and "Ill Neglect".
In 2010, Earache issued a limited edition redux version on CD, containing the original album along with 11 bonus tracks from the single Ill Neglect and the Perpetual Conversion EP as well as S.O.B. cover songs and music videos. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Exclaim! | Favourable [5] |
In March 2009, Terrorizer named the album the number one American grindcore release. [6]
All tracks are written by Brutal Truth
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "P.S.P.I." | 0:35 |
| 2. | "Birth of Ignorance" | 3:29 |
| 3. | "Stench of Profit" | 1:22 |
| 4. | "Ill-Neglect" | 2:24 |
| 5. | "Denial of Existence" | 4:25 |
| 6. | "Regression/Progression" | 2:34 |
| 7. | "Collateral Damage" | 0:04 |
| 8. | "Time" | 5:58 |
| 9. | "Walking Corpse" | 1:40 |
| 10. | "Monetary Gain" | 3:26 |
| 11. | "Wilt" | 2:54 |
| 12. | "H.O.P.E." | 2:03 |
| 13. | "Blockhead" | 0:07 |
| 14. | "Anti-Homophobe" | 3:10 |
| 15. | "Unjust Compromise" ("Unjust Compromise" consists of the track itself until 5:42 and a hidden track (a short jam of "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd) that starts at 10:42.) | 10:52 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Perpetual Conversion" | |
| 2. | "Lord of this World" (Black Sabbath cover) | |
| 3. | "Bed Sheet" | |
| 4. | "Repeat at Length" (S.O.B. cover) | |
| 5. | "Let's Go Summer Beach" (S.O.B. cover) | |
| 6. | "Not Me" (S.O.B. cover) | |
| 7. | "Spare Change" (S.O.B. cover) | |
| 8. | "The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave" (Butthole Surfers cover) | |
| 9. | "Hear Nothing for You" (S.O.B. cover) | |
| 10. | "Pre-Natal Homeland (Funky Budda Dub)" | |
| 11. | "AC/BT" |
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