Sink (Foetus album)

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Sink
Foetus Sink.jpg
Compilation album by Foetus Inc
Released October 1989
Recorded Livingston, London;
Paradise, London;
Lavender Sound, London;
VPRO, Hilversum and
BC, Brooklyn
(Oct 1980–Mar 1989)
Genre Industrial
Length70:22
Label Self Immolation/Some Bizzare,
Producer J. G. Thirlwell
Foetus Inc chronology
Rife
(1988)		Sink
(1989)		 Butterfly Potion
(1990)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Sounds MagazineStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [2]
College Music Journal (favorable) [3]

Sink is a Foetus Inc compilation album that was first released in 1989 on Self Immolation/Some Bizzare. It compiles rare and unreleased songs from various Foetus projects from 1981–1989. Many of the rare tracks on the album have been edited shorter than their original length.

A compilation album comprises tracks, which may be previously released or unreleased, usually from several separate recordings by either one or several performers. If by one artist, then generally the tracks were not originally intended for release together as a single work, but may be collected together as a greatest hits album or box set. If from several performers, there may be a theme, topic, time period, or genre which links the tracks, or they may have been intended for release as a single work—such as a tribute album. When the tracks are by the same recording artist, the album may be referred to as a retrospective album or an anthology.

Self Immolation is a record label and publishing company run by J. G. Thirlwell. Originally an actual label for Thirlwell's self-released early Foetus EPs and albums, Self Immolation became more akin to a vanity label for Thirlwell's releases on Some Bizzare Records and Wax Trax! Records. Most Self Immolation releases are identified by a call number beginning with a Foetal-inspired "WOMB" designator.

Some Bizzare Records British record label

Some Bizzare [sic] Records was a British independent record label owned by Stevo Pearce. The label was founded in 1981, with the release of Some Bizzare Album, a compilation of unsigned bands including Depeche Mode, Soft Cell, The The, Neu Electrikk and Blancmange.

Contents

Sink is Foetus' final Some Bizzare record and it saw released in 1995 thanks to Some Bizzare Label Thirsty Ear's effort to reissue the Foetus catalogue. All versions' liner notes contain an up-to-date Foetus discography.

Liner notes

Liner notes are the writings found on the sleeves of LP record albums and in booklets which come inserted into the compact disc jewel case or the equivalent packaging for vinyl records and cassettes.

Sink is Self Immolation #WOMB INC 6.

Track listing

All songs by J. G. Thirlwell.

  1. "Bedrock" – 7:07 by The Foetus All Nude Revue
    as on Bedrock
  2. "Ramrod" – 5:49 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
    edited from Ramrod
  3. "Boxhead" – 3:40 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
    as on Ramrod
  4. "Lilith" – 4:17 by Foetus Eruptus
    previously unreleased
  5. "Shut" – 0:54 by The Foetus All Nude Revue
    as on Bedrock
  6. "Diabolus in Musica" – 7:06 by The Foetus All Nude Revue
    edited from Bedrock
  7. "Smut" – 3:44 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
    edited from Ramrod
  8. "Sick Minutes" – 2:20 by Foetus Über Frisco
    edited from Finely Honed Machine and the Hole U.S. release bonus 12"
  9. "Rattlesnake Insurance" – 1:49 by The Foetus All Nude Revue
    as on Bedrock
  10. "Himmelfahrtstransport / Primordial Industry" – 2:08 by Foetus In Your Bed
    "Himmelfahrtstransport" previously unreleased
    "Primordial Industry" edited from An Afflicted Man's Musica Box compilation
  11. "Spit on the Griddle (The Drowning of G. Walhof)" – 3:39 by Foetus Eruptus
    previously unreleased
  12. "Anxiety Attack" – 5:44, [– 5:09 CD] by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
    previously unreleased
  13. "Baphomet" – 1:05 by Foetus Interruptus
    previously unreleased
  14. "(The Only Good Christian is a) Dead Christian" – 3:21 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
    as on If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul compilation
  15. "Halo Flamin Lead" – 4:24 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel
    edited from the NME compilation cassette Mad Mix 2 (credited to You've Got Foetus on Your Breath) and the Hole U.S. release bonus 12"
  16. "OKFM" – 4:25 by Foetus Under Glass
    edited from Spite Your Face/OKFM
  17. "Catastrophe Crunch" – 4:12 by Foetus Art Terrorism
    edited from Calamity Crush
  18. "Wash (It All Off)" – 3:57 by You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
    edited from Wash/Slog and the Hole U.S. release bonus 12"
  19. "(Today I Started) Slog(ging Again)" – 4:51 by You've Got Foetus on Your Breath
    edited from Wash/Slog and the Hole U.S. release bonus 12"
  20. "Calamity Crush" – 4:12 by Foetus Art Terrorism
    edited from Calamity Crush

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References

  1. ↑ Allmusic review
  2. ↑ Sounds Magazine review link at foetus.org [ permanent dead link ]
  3. ↑ College Music Journal review link at foetus.org
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