Formaldehyde (album)

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Formaldehyde
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Studio album by
Released3 May 1993
RecordedJune, 1992 at The Chapel
Genre Alternative rock, hard rock
Length45:48
Label EMI
Producer Pat Grogan, Terrorvision
Terrorvision chronology
Formaldehyde
(1993)
How to Make Friends and Influence People
(1994)
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Formaldehyde is the first album by the rock band Terrorvision. [3] Produced by Pat Grogan and the band, the album was recorded at The Chapel[ where? ] in June 1992. They were assisted by Fulton Dingley; Grogan and the band mixed all of the recordings, except for "New Policy One", "My House", and "Human Being", which were mixed by Gil Norton. All songs written and arranged by Terrorvision. [4] The original Total Vegas Recordings version was released in December 1992; [5] the EMI version appeared on 3 May 1993.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Terrorvision. [4]

  1. "Problem Solved" – 3:41
  2. "Ships That Sink" – 3:27
  3. "American TV" – 4:32
  4. "New Policy One" – 3:29
  5. "Jason" – 4:02
  6. "Killing Time" – 3:22
  7. "Urban Space Crime" – 3:44
  8. "Hole for a Soul" – 4:01
  9. "Don't Shoot My Dog" – 5:27
  10. "Desolation Town" – 2:56
  11. "My House" – 3:06
  12. "Human Being" – 4:00

Alternate track listing

Prior to the EMI version of this album, the band released a version on their own Total Vegas label. Only 1000 CD copies and 500 vinyl copies were produced. It included two extra tracks that were not present on the later EMI release.

  1. Problem Solved – 3:41
  2. Ships That Sink – 3:27
  3. American TV – 4:33
  4. New Policy One – 3:29
  5. Jason – 4:02
  6. Killing Time – 3:22
  7. Urban Space Crime – 3:44
  8. Hole for a Soul – 4:01
  9. Don't Shoot My Dog – 5:27
  10. Desolation Town – 2:56
  11. My House – 3:06
  12. Human Being – 3:57
  13. Pain Reliever – 2:44
  14. Tea Dance – 2:05

Personnel

Personnel per booklet. [4]

Expanded Edition

In 2013, an expanded 2 CD edition was released by Cherry Red Records. Disc one retains the original EMI track listing. Disc two includes the two additional tracks from the original Total Vegas release, plus subsequent b-sides from Terrorvision single releases, and live tracks. [6]

  1. Blackbird
  2. Pain Reliever
  3. Coming Up
  4. Tea Dance
  5. Corpse Fly
  6. Sailing Home
  7. Don't Shoot My Dog Again
  8. Psycho Killer
  9. Pain Reliever (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  10. Ships That Sink (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  11. Problem Solved (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  12. American TV (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  13. New Policy One (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  14. Still the Rhythm (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  15. Psycho Killer (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  16. Tea Dance (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  17. My House (Live at Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, 6 June 1993)
  18. My House (Machete Mix)
  19. Psycho Killer (Extended Mix)
  20. My House (Attic Mix)

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References

  1. Formaldehyde at AllMusic
  2. Larkin, Colin (2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press.
  3. The Rough Guide to Rock (3rd ed.). Rough Guides. 2003. p. 1066.
  4. 1 2 3 Formaldehyde (booklet). Terrorvision. Total Vegas Recordings. 1993. VEGASCD 1/0777 7 81246 2 7.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  5. Formaldehyde (booklet). Terrorvision. Cherry Red Recordings. 2013. CDBRED 550.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. "Cherry Red Records - Formaldehyde, 2CD, TERRORVISION, pop rock, brit rock, cherry red records". Archived from the original on 1 July 2016. Retrieved 11 October 2015.