Monument (Front Line Assembly album)

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Monument
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Compilation album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1998 (1998-09-22)
RecordedVancouver Studios, Creation Studios, The Armoury Studios, The Warehouse Studio, Vancouver, B.C.
Genre Electro-industrial
Length72:44
Label Roadrunner, Metal Mind
Producer Bill Leeb, Rhys Fulber, Michael Balch
Front Line Assembly chronology
Re-Wind
(1998)
Monument
(1998)
Implode
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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ConsumableFavorable [2]
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Monument is a compilation album by Canadian industrial band Front Line Assembly, released in 1998. It was re-released on July 30, 2007 through Polish label Metal Mind. [6] [7] The track "Monument" appeared in its original version on the 1993 album Phaze Two of Bill Leebs and Rhys Fulbers side project Intermix. [8] The booklet of the 2007 re-release contains an outline of the band history. [9]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Big Money (Remix)" (Written by Bill Leeb and Michael Balch)4:20
2."Vexation (Provo Mix)" (Written by Bill Leeb and Michael Balch)6:35
3."Mental Distortion"6:50
4."Overkill (Surge Mix)"6:33
5."Virus (Cauterized Mix)"4:50
6."Resist (Dislocated Mix)"5:28
7."Mutilate"5:42
8."Transtime"6:17
9."Re-Animate"5:44
10."Laughing Pain"5:44
11."The Blade (Worldwide Mix)"6:25
12."Monument (Lost Classic Mix)" (Feat. Intermix)8:16

Personnel

Front Line Assembly

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

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