Fixation on a Co-Worker

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Fixation on a Co-Worker
Fixation On A Coworker.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 20, 1995
RecordedMarch 1995
StudioTrax East
(South River, New Jersey)
Genre Metalcore, mathcore, noise rock
Length30:14
Label Victory
Producer Steve Evetts, Deadguy
Deadguy chronology
Work Ethic
(1994)
Fixation on a Co-Worker
(1995)
Screamin' with the Deadguy Quintet
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chronicles of Chaos 6/10 [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [3]

Fixation on a Co-Worker is the only studio album by the American metalcore band Deadguy, released on November 20, 1995 through Victory Records. The album is now considered to have played an important role in the development of the metalcore fusion genre [4] and was included in Decibel Magazine's "Hall of Fame" list in 2006. [5] Terrorizer listed the album as one of the "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". [6] It is the last recording by the group to feature vocalist Tim Singer and guitarist Keith Huckins. [7]

Contents

Release

The album was originally released on compact disc, vinyl, and cassette formats. The LP edition was pressed on grey and black vinyl. 300 LP copies were packaged in special covers, this edition is known as the "Death To False Metal" pressing. In 2013, Victory Records repressed the album on vinyl format, 1048 copies total pressed: 100 clear, 409 pink, 377 red, and 162 yellow.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Doom Patrol"2:48
2."Pins And Needles"2:07
3."Die With Your Mask On"3:15
4."Baby Arm"2:30
5."Makeshift Atomsmasher"2:38
6."The Extremist"3:10
7."Nine Stitches"2:16
8."Riot Stairs"3:43
9."Apparatus"2:06
10."Crazy Eddie"5:44
Total length:30:14

Personnel

Deadguy

Production

References

  1. Percorelli, Johnny (May 1996). "Deadguy: Fixation on a Coworker". Alternative Press . Vol. 10, no. 94. p. 73.
  2. Bromley, Andrew (1996-03-14). "Deadguy - Fixation On A Co-Worker". chroniclesofchaos.com. Retrieved 2017-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  3. Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 104. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
  4. n/a (2011-08-21). "From The Archive: Deadguy - Fixation On A Co-Worker". heavyblogisheavy.com. Heavy Blog Is Heavy. Archived from the original on 2015-04-20. Retrieved 2017-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. n/a (2006-07-01) (July 2006). "Deadguy - Fixation On A Coworker". decibelmagazine.com. Decibel. Retrieved 2017-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. Glasper, Ian (February 2000). "The 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Terrorizer . No. 75. Scantec Publishing Ltd. pp. 39–40. ISSN   1350-6978.
  7. Dowey, Ryan (2015-01-20). "30 albums we can't believe turn 20 this year". altpress.com. Alternative Press. Retrieved 2017-03-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)