Songs From the Hydrogen Bar: A Tribute to Chemlab

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Songs From the Hydrogen Bar: A Tribute to Chemlab
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Studio album of cover songs by
Various artists
ReleasedSeptember 27, 2007 (2007-09-27)
Genre Industrial rock
Length76:44
Label MOMT

Songs From the Hydrogen Bar: A Tribute to Chemlab (or Stapled and Sutured) is a tribute album and various artists compilation album released on September 27, 2013 released by MOMT. [1] The album was named after Chemlab's website and 1993 debut album Burn Out at the Hydrogen Bar , released by Fifth Colvmn Records. [2]

Contents

Reception

Robert Ryttman at Zero Magazine credited Songs From the Hydrogen Bar: A Tribute to Chemlab with being partially successful but noted he would prefer to listen directly to the source. [3]

Track listing

No.TitleArtistLength
1."Chemical Halo" (Bruised Regeneration Suture) Flesh Field 3:18
2."Suicide Jag" Cyanotic 5:04
3."21st Century" (Head Like a Whore Mix)UCNX5:38
4."Neurozone" 16volt 5:26
5."Exile on Mainline"Hindu Pez4:31
6."Chemical Halo"Infocollapse4:31
7."Derailer"Fetish Project4:50
8."Codeine, Glue & You" (White Line Fever Mix)K-Nitrate4:46
9."Jesus Christ Porno Star" Insight 23 6:49
10."Neurozone"Typozorg5:52
11."Codeine, Glue & You"Cross Contamination4:22
12."Megahurts"Upon Eventual Collapse5:15
13."Pyromance"Amorphite3:40
14."Blunt Force Trauma"Idiot Stare4:20
15."Pink"The Vinegar Works7:10
16."Suture"D.Gray1:12

Personnel

Adapted from the Songs From the Hydrogen Bar: A Tribute to Chemlab liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2007MOMT CD, DL MOMTCD010

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References

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  4. Songs From the Hydrogen Bar: A Tribute to Chemlab (booklet). Various artists. Bayside, California: MOMT. 1997.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)