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| Released | January 27, 2004 | |||
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| Genre | Industrial rock | |||
| Length | 49:40 | |||
| Label | Underground Inc. | |||
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Oxidizer is the third and final studio album by Chemlab, released on January 27, 2004, by Underground Inc. [1]
Jason Novak, credited as DJ? Acucrack and a member of Acumen Nation, was responsible for the original production of Oxidizer, but according to Novak, his finished tracks were "remixed" by other producers at Louche's behest, changing the album significantly in terms of the album's sound, 'sutures' and track order by the time of its official release. [2] Novak notes that the original version of the album "reflected the proper spirit of Chemlab", and that he did not receive proper credit on the official release, despite being responsible for the majority of the music. [3]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
AllMusic awarded the Oxidizer album three out of five possible stars. [4] Matthew Moyer of Ink 19 praised the atmosphere and programming of the music. [5]
All tracks are written by F.J. DeSanto, Jamie Duffy, Jared Louche and Jason Novak, except "sutures" co-written with Anders Karlsson and Ross Tregenza.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Pinksuture" | 1:56 |
| 2. | "Monkey God" | 3:35 |
| 3. | "White Room Black Eye" | 3:46 |
| 4. | "suture" | 0:50 |
| 5. | "Black Snake Voodoo Hiss" | 4:22 |
| 6. | "Atomic Automatic" | 4:24 |
| 7. | "Force Quit" | 4:36 |
| 8. | "Sue" | 2:10 |
| 9. | "Scornocopia" | 5:01 |
| 10. | "Megahurts" | 5:12 |
| 11. | "Binary Nation" | 4:05 |
| 12. | "Queen of Despair (Ode to the Diode)" | 4:48 |
| 13. | "suture" | 4:53 |
Adapted from the Oxidizer liner notes. [6]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | United States | Underground, Inc. | CD | UIN1068 |
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