LetDownCrush

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LetDownCrush
Letdowncrush album cover.jpg
Studio album by
16volt
ReleasedAugust 7, 1996 (1996-08-07) [1] [2]
Recorded1996 (1996)
Studio
Various
Genre
Length40:17
Label Cargo/Re-Constriction
Producer
16volt chronology
Skin
(1994)		LetDownCrush
(1996)		 The Remix Wars: Strike 3
(1997)
Singles from LetDownCrush
  1. "The Dreams That Rot in Your Heart"
    Released: July 23, 1996

LetDownCrush is the third studio album by 16volt, released on August 7, 1996, by Cargo and Re-Constriction Records. [3] [4] [5]

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [6]
Alternative Press Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]

AllMusic awarded LetDownCrush three out of five possible stars. [6] Aiding & Abetting gave the album a mixed review as well, calling LetDownCrush "diverse, and while obviously not a live-to-tape session, more immediate-sounding" and praised the songs for being "tight and vicious." [8] Alternative Press gave the album a positive review, saying "Hard beats dominate, and beefy guitar plays right into them, maximizing their power to make you wig." [7] Black Monday noted the band's artistic progression in combining the song structure of Skin with the electronics of Wisdom but criticized the metal influences. [9] Sonic Boom lauded Eric Powell's musical maturation and said "the best musical elements from all of his previous work appear like a trail of footprints down well trod path which ends at the edge of a precipice." [10]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Swarm" Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell 3:23
2."The Dreams That Rot in Your Heart"Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell3:28
3."A Cloth Like Gauze"Eric Powell4:03
4."Something Left"Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell4:00
5."The Cut Collector"Eric Powell3:52
6."Crush"Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell4:47
7."Breed"Eric Powell3:15
8."Two Wires Thin"Eric Powell4:00
9."Shameface"Eric Powell3:09
10."Carla's Tarantulas"Eric Powell5:59
2012 Remastered CD
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
11."We Ain't Goin' Out Like That" (Cypress Hill cover) Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud, Richard Todd Ray 4:15

Accolades

YearPublicationCountryAccoladeRank
1995 CMJ New Music Monthly United States "Dance"16 [11]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Adapted from the LetDownCrush liner notes. [12]

16volt

Addition performers

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1996 Cargo CD 72324 84506 27
Re-Constriction CS REC-022
2012 Metropolis CD, DL MET 774

References

  1. ↑ "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly . 36. CMJ Network, Inc.: 55 December 1996. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  2. ↑ Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum . Winter 1996-1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 14. ISBN   9781575980386 . Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  3. ↑ Bush, John. "16 Volt > Biography". AllMusic . Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  4. ↑ "16 Volt: LetDownCrush". Option (72–76). Sonic Options Network: 71. 1997. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  5. ↑ Christian, Chris (February 27, 1997). "Interview with Eric Powell of 16 Volt, La Luna, Portland". Sonic Boom. 5 (3). Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  6. 1 2 "16 Volt: LetDownCrush > Overview". AllMusic . Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  7. 1 2 columnist (February 1997). "16 Volt: LetDownCrush". Alternative Press : 69.
  8. ↑ "16 Volt: Letdowncrush". Aiding & Abetting (68). January 15, 1995. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  9. ↑ Gair (1997). "16 Volt: LetdownCrush" (PDF). Black Monday (4): 2. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 18, 2023. Retrieved August 12, 2020.
  10. ↑ Christian, Chris (October 1996). "16 Volt: LetDownCrush". Sonic Boom. 4 (7). Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  11. ↑ "Dance Top 25". CMJ New Music Monthly . 40 (7–12). CMJ Network, Inc.: 52 December 1996. Retrieved July 13, 2020.
  12. ↑ LetDownCrush (booklet). 16volt. San Diego, California: Cargo/Re-Constriction. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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