| Positraction | ||||
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| Released | March 6, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Studio | BC Studio (Brooklyn, NY) | |||
| Genre | Noise rock, post-punk | |||
| Length | 32:20 | |||
| Label | Caroline | |||
| Producer | Martin Bisi, Live Skull | |||
| Live Skull chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Positraction is the fourth studio album released by New York City noise rock band Live Skull, released on March 6, 1989, by Caroline Records. [2]
Spin wrote, "It's a festering, appropriately black-colored slab of grinding, slash 'n' drone, East Village-trash-shit noisecluster rock. Junkies and depressants need mood music too." [3]
All tracks are written by Live Skull
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Circular Saw" | 2:06 |
| 2. | "Riches House" | 3:39 |
| 3. | "Mr. Groove" | 2:02 |
| 4. | "Hit & Sink" | 2:49 |
| 5. | "Demon Rail" | 3:11 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Sunday Afternoon Whiteout" | 2:32 |
| 2. | "Disengaged" | 2:28 |
| 3. | "Amputease" | 3:33 |
| 4. | "Safe from Me" | 2:57 |
| 5. | "Caleb" | 6:58 |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Paul Reveres Bush (Tree Girl)" | 2:07 |
| 12. | "Was" | 2:22 |
| 13. | "Face" | 3:08 |
| 14. | "Chair" | 4:29 |
| 15. | "Step" | 3:08 |
| 16. | "Word" | 2:33 |
| 17. | "Straw" | 3:15 |
Adapted from the Positraction liner notes. [4]
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| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1989 | Caroline | CD, CS, LP | CAROL 1373 |
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