Fidget (album)

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Fidget
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Studio album by
Pain Emission
ReleasedAugust 12, 1993 (1993-08-12) [1]
StudioThe Single Rack
(San Diego, California)
Genre Electro-industrial
Length45:15
Label COP Int'l.
Producer Thomas Smith
Pain Emission chronology
Fidget
(1993)		 The War Within
(1994)

Fidget is the debut studio album of Pain Emission, released in August 12, 1993 by COP International. [2] [3]

Music

Prior to the release of Fidget, the band contributed the songs "Bimbo" and "Selfish" to the If It Moves... compilations The Cyberflesh Conspiracy in 1992 [4] and Rivet Head Culture in 1993. [5] The band continued to release songs from the album on various artist compilations and in 1994 the songs "Crack Corner", "Colonel Flag" and "Backstab" were provided to Cyber Core Compilation , [6] Body Rapture Vol. 4 and Moonraker respectively.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Shonn Bratlien; all music is composed by Thomas Smith.

No.TitleLength
1."Backstab"3:55
2."Crack Corner"3:58
3."J.T.D"5:03
4."Selfish"4:41
5."Royal Russian Burial"5:06
6."Colonel Flag"4:04
7."This Boy"5:02
8."Bimbo"3:32
9."Fidget"9:54

Personnel

Adapted from the Fidget liner notes. [7]

Pain Emission

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Germany1993 COP Int'l. CD COP 004

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References

  1. ↑ Barnhart, Becky (2000). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum . Stereophile, Incorporated. 9 (2): 199. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Pain Emission: Fidget > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Pain Emission". Option . Sonic Options Network. 60-63 (65): 134. 1997.
  4. ↑ Christian, Chris (October 1995). "Various Artists: The Cyberflesh Conspiracy". Sonic Boom. 3 (8). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  5. ↑ Christian, Chris (October 1995). "Various Artists: Rivet Head Culture". Sonic Boom. 3 (8). Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  6. ↑ "Various Artists: Cyber Core Compilation > Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  7. ↑ Fidget (booklet). Pain Emission. Oakland, California: COP International. 1993.CS1 maint: others (link)
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