Gravity Kills (album)

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Gravity Kills
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Studio album by
ReleasedUS March 5, 1996 [1]
Europe March 12, 1996 [2]
Recorded1995 - 1996
StudioMr. Blood, St. Louis, MO and at Battery Studios, NYC
Genre Industrial rock
Length39:13
Label TVT
Producer John Fryer, Gravity Kills
Gravity Kills chronology
Gravity Kills
(1996)
Manipulated
(1997)
Singles from Gravity Kills
  1. "Guilty"
    Released: February 13, 1996
  2. "Enough"
    Released: 1996
  3. "Blame"
    Released: 1996
  4. "Down"
    Released: 1997
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Gravity Kills is the debut studio album by industrial rock band Gravity Kills. It was released in 1996 on TVT Records. The album sold roughly 500,000 copies.

Contents

The first song was titled "Take" on the promo version of the album. It was renamed "Forward" just before the album was released.[ citation needed ]

The song "Blame" uses a sample from the song "Illusion", composed by the Japanese group Geinoh Yamashirogumi for the highly influential 1988 anime movie Akira.[ citation needed ]

Album cover

The picture in the centre on the front cover is called "Picturing The Bomb". The image is owned by Rachel Fermi and Esther Samra.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gravity Kills

No.TitleLength
1."Forward"1:31
2."Guilty"4:02
3."Blame"4:35
4."Down"4:10
5."Here"4:21
6."Enough"4:17
7."Inside"2:53
8."Goodbye"3:12
9."Never"3:10
10."Last"3:14
11."Hold"3:53
"Picturing The Bomb" Image or drawing of a destroyed industry or building The Bomb.png
"Picturing The Bomb" Image or drawing of a destroyed industry or building

Games appearances

YearSongGames
1996Blame Test Drive Off-Road
Guilty
Enough
2000Guilty Vampire: Redemption

Videos

In other media

Personnel

Gravity Kills
Production

Charts

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