Pain Agency

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Pain Agency
Pain Agency Album Art.jpg
Studio album by
Released Flag of the United Kingdom.svg 4 May 2009
RecordedThe Lair, Ayr, Scotland
Length48:23
Label Maybe Records
MAYBE003
Producer Sucioperro, Chris Sheldon
Sucioperro chronology
Random Acts Of Intimacy
(2008)
Pain Agency
(2009)
The Heart String & How To Pull It
(2011)
Singles from Pain Agency
  1. "Mums' Bad Punk Music"
    Released: 17 November 2008
  2. "Don't Change (What You Can't Understand)"
    Released: 27 April 2009
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Pain Agency is the second album by Scottish rock band Sucioperro, released on 4 May 2009 by Maybe Records.

Contents

Overview

Pain Agency was recorded in the band's studio in Ayr between June and October 2007. A video entitled 'The Making of Pain Agency' was created and posted on the band's YouTube page.

'Dragon's Pain Agency' [ permanent dead link ], a diary of events between the 10 June 12 July written by the lead singer, was made available online from 16 July 2007 and includes information about recording developments, song titles, eating habits and progress through the computer game 'Black'.

The artwork for the Pain Agency era was designed by bassist Stewart Chown and Gordon Burniston. The style was carried across to the official Sucioperro website, which was also designed by Chown, until the site was updated for the release of the band's third album, The Heart String & How To Pull It.

Although the official release date was 4 May, the album became available to purchase at gigs from 27 April to coincide with the start of a substantial UK tour. A promotional copy of the album appeared on eBay on 13 April but was withdrawn by the seller later that day, apparently at the request of the record label.

A deluxe digital download, which contains extensive bonus material related to the Pain Agency era, was made available from the band's online shop in 2010.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Liquids"4:42
2."The Dissident Code"3:51
3."Mums' Bad Punk Music"3:56
4."Are You Convinced?"4:36
5."Don't Change (What You Can't Understand)"3:49
6."Hate Filters"7:22
7."You Can't Lose (What You Don't Have)"3:54
8."Conception Territory"4:18
9."No. 273"5:28
10."I Have Reached My Limit"6:25
Bonus tracks on Deluxe Digital Reissue (2010)
No.TitleLength
11."Ghosts And Shadows (Previously Unreleased)"4:20
12."Animals And Other Silent Types (Previously Unreleased)"4:37
13."We Are The Mirrors In The Mirrors Of Each Other"3:12
14."Crush-ed"1:51
15."Pain Agency"2:53
16."Lizard Tongue"1:47
17."+ve/-ve"3:12
18."Riverside Method"4:15
19."Blonde Parade"2:50
20."Dirty Dirty Sick Sick"3:16

Editions

Personnel

References

  1. NME review
  2. McGill, Amy (June 2009). "Sucioperro – Pain Agency." Rock Sound (123): 90.