Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation

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Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation
Various Artists - Shut Up Kitty.jpg
Compilation album by
Various artists
ReleasedNovember 5, 1993 (1993-11-05) [1]
Genre Industrial rock, electro-industrial
Length68:07
Label Re-Constriction
Re-Constriction Records V/A chronology
Ripped Up and So Sedated
(1993)		Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation
(1993)		 Scavengers in the Matrix
(1994)

Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation is a various artists compilation album released on November 5, 1993, by Re-Constriction Records. [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Aiding & Abetting gave Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation a somewhat positive review, saying "a lot of this is pretty cool, especially when songs are just completely deconstructed" while criticizing some lackluster material. [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Mysterious Ways" (U2 cover) Bono, Adam Clayton, The Edge, Larry Mullen Jr. KMFDM 3:09
2."Coldsweat" (Sugarcubes cover) Sigtryggur Baldursson, Einar Örn Benediktsson, Þór Eldon, Björk Guðmundsdóttir, Bragi Ólafsson Diatribe 3:49
3."Sympathy for the Devil" (Rolling Stones cover) Mick Jagger, Keith Richards Skrew 4:31
4."White Rabbit" (Jefferson Airplane cover) Grace Slick Death Method3:14
5."Obsession" (Animotion cover) Michael Des Barres, Holly Knight Blue Eyed Christ3:54
6."Smells Like Teen Spirit" (Nirvana cover) Kurt Cobain, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic Xorcist 5:02
7."Paranoid" (Black Sabbath cover) Geezer Butler, Tony Iommi, Ozzy Osbourne, Bill Ward The Clay People 3:36
8."Vogue" (Madonna cover) Madonna, Shep Pettibone D.D.T. 4:51
9."Freedom of Choice" (Devo cover) Mark Mothersbaugh, Gerald Casale 16Volt 3:23
10."She Watch Channel Zero?!" (Public Enemy cover) William Drayton, Richard Griffin, Carlton Ridenhour, Eric Sadler, Hank Shocklee Apolitiq 3:38
11."Boy" (Book of Love cover)Ted Ottaviano, Lauren Roselli Non-Aggression Pact 4:51
12."Burning Up" (Madonna cover)Madonna Babyland 3:35
13."Stand and Deliver" (Adam and the Ants cover) Adam Ant, Marco Pirroni Society Burning 5:03
14."Good Vibrations" (Beach Boys cover) Mike Love, Brian Wilson Fleshhouse5:00
15."In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida" (Iron Butterfly cover) Doug Ingle Martyr Colony3:24
16."Order of Death" (Public Image Ltd cover) Martin Atkins, Keith Levene, John Lydon Virus 235:17
17."[untitled]"  1:50

Personnel

Adapted from the Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation liner notes. [5]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1993 Re-Constriction CD REC-009

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References

  1. ↑ Barnhart, Becky (2000). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Stereophile, Incorporated. 9 (2): 350. ISBN   9781575980782 . Retrieved July 20, 2020.
  2. ↑ "Various Artists: Shut up Kitty > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  3. ↑ Baumann, Tina; Baumann, Travis (2002). "Compilations". Virtual Night Angel. Retrieved August 24, 2020.
  4. ↑ Worley, Jon (October 31, 1993). "Shut Up Kitty". Aiding & Abetting (42). Retrieved October 27, 2016.
  5. ↑ Shut Up Kitty: A Cyber-Based Covers Compilation (booklet). Various artists. San Diego, California: Re-Constriction Records. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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