Scenes from the Second Storey

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Scenes from the Second Storey
TheGodMachine SftSS.png
Studio album by
Released1993
Recorded1992
Genre
Length77:53
Label Fiction / Polydor
Producer The God Machine
The God Machine chronology
Scenes from the Second Storey
(1993)
One Last Laugh in a Place of Dying
(1994)

Scenes from the Second Storey is the debut album by American rock band the God Machine, released in 1993 by Fiction Records and Polydor. It peaked at number 55 on the UK Albums Chart. [1]

Contents

The album opens with a sample from the film adaptation of The Sheltering Sky (the same sample also opens Neurosis' Enemy of the Sun , an album released in the same year as Scenes from the Second Storey), while the single "Home" contains an intro consisting of the beginning of the track "Pilentze Pee" by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir from the album Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares . "Home" peaked at number 65 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1993. [2]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
NME 8/10 [4]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Rock Hard 8/10 [6]
Select 5/5 [7]
Sputnikmusic4.7/5 [8]

In 2005, Scenes from the Second Storey was ranked number 312 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [9]

Legacy

In 2010, as a homage to Scenes from the Second Storey, Morrigan Books published an anthology of horror short stories by Australian authors, written and titled in the same order as the album's track listing. [10] The authors included David Conyers, Stephen Dedman, Paul Haines, Robert Hood, Cat Sparks, Andrew J McKiernan and Kaaron Warren.

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Dream Machine"5:24
2."She Said"4:42
3."The Blind Man"5:58
4."I've Seen the Man"2:39
5."The Desert Song"5:13
6."Home"5:20
7."It's All Over"5:55
8."Temptation"5:14
9."Out"5:10
10."Ego"3:36
11."Seven"16:39
12."Purity"8:56
13."The Piano Song"3:07

Released as CD and double LP. A double CD version including the Home EP was released in the US.

Credits

Charts

Chart (1993)Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC) [1] 55

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