Failure | ||||
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Released | March 2001 | |||
Genre | Industrial music Electro Electronic Body Music | |||
Length | 58:34 | |||
Label | Gashed! Records, Metropolis Records, Accession Records | |||
Assemblage 23 chronology | ||||
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Failure is Assemblage 23's second album, released through Gashed! and, later, Metropolis Records in 2001. The album contains many energetic EBM songs led by emotionally charged lyrics. [1] Most notably from this album came the single "Disappoint," released just before Metropolis' re-release of Failure. The album peaked at #2 on the CMJ RPM Charts in the U.S., ranking #31 overall for year 2001. [2]
All songs written, performed and produced by Tom Shear
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