Male (Foetus album)

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Male
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Live album by
Released1992
RecordedNovember 3, 1990
Venue CBGB (New York City)
Genre Industrial
Length100:07
Label Thirsty Ear
Producer J. G. Thirlwell
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
¡Quilombo!
(1991)
Male
(1992)
Gondwanaland
(1992)
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Male is a live album by Foetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe. It records the Foetus live performance of November 3, 1990, in Manhattan's famed CBGB nightclub. A film of this performance, also titled Male, was also released.

Contents

Though there is no indication on the album itself, the discography included with the Sink reissue identifies Male as Ectopic Ents #ECT ENTS 005.

Track listing

All tracks are written by J. G. Thirlwell, except where noted.

Disc one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Free James Brown" 4:36
2."Fin" 1:56
3."Hot Horse" 5:08
4."English Faggot" 6:25
5."Faith Healer" Alex Harvey, Hugh McKenna7:20
6."Honey I'm Home" Roli Mosimann, J. G. Thirlwell 9:25
7."Butterfly Potion" 3:09
8."I'll Meet You in Poland Baby" 7:43
Disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Anything (Viva!)" 8:41
2."Death Rape 2000" 1:59
3."Puppet Dude"Jim Dunbar, Don Fleming, Elton John, Jay Spiegel, J. G. Thirlwell4:56
4."Stumbo"Roli Mosimann, J. G. Thirlwell7:55
5."Someone Drowned in My Pool" 9:25
6."Behemoth" TAD 8:05
7."Your Salvation" 14:24

Personnel

Production

Concert film

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DVD

In 1993, a year after the album hit stores, the Male performance was released as concert film on VHS by Self Immolation/Atavistic. Instead of a straight video of the concert, the Male film applies simple video effects to the raw footage. A DVD version of the film was released by Music Video Distributions in 2003.

Film track listing

  1. "Free James Brown"
  2. "Fin"
  3. "Hot Horse"
  4. "English Faggot"
  5. "Faith Healer"
  6. "Honey I'm Home"
  7. "Butterfly Potion"
  8. "I'll Meet You in Poland Baby"
  9. "Anything (Viva!)"
  10. "Death Rape 2000"
  11. "Stumbo"
  12. "Behemoth"
  13. "Your Salvation"

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Male". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
  2. "Male [Video/DVD]". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.