| Stimulation Festival | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Noise rock [1] | |||
| Length | 55:16 | |||
| Label | Trance Syndicate | |||
| Producer | Scott Ayers | |||
| Pain Teens chronology | ||||
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Stimulation Festival is a studio album by American band Pain Teens, released in 1992 by Trance Syndicate. [2] [3] "Wild World" is a cover of the Birthday Party song. [4]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [5] |
| Chicago Tribune | [6] |
The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a 14-track dread- and chaos-permeated industrial slugfest, built around singer Bliss Blood's drained, spoken-word ramblings and Scott Ayers' guitar hash and mechanistic studio manipulations." [6] The Dallas Morning News praised the "inventive guitar and samples [and] Ms. Blood's sassy singing." [7]
Jason Anderson of AllMusic called the album "a fine first purchase for new fans, as it is nothing if not representative of Pain Teens' sonic assault." [5]
All lyrics are written by Bliss Blood; all music is composed by Pain Teens, except "Wild World" by Nick Cave and Mick Harvey.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Shallow Hole" | 4:25 |
| 2. | "The Dead Cannot" | 5:15 |
| 3. | "God Told Me" | 3:32 |
| 4. | "The Poured Out Blood" | 4:35 |
| 5. | "Drowning" | 2:36 |
| 6. | "Living Hell" | 3:16 |
| 7. | "Indiscreet Jewels" | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Wild World" (Birthday Party cover) | 5:54 |
| 9. | "Daughter of Chaos" | 3:41 |
| 10. | "Evil Dirt" | 3:30 |
| 11. | "Bruised" | 2:59 |
| 12. | "Dog Spirits" | 4:04 |
| 13. | "Hangman's Rope" | 4:00 |
| 14. | "Apartment #213" | 3:28 |
Adapted from the Stimulation Festival liner notes. [8]
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1992 | Trance Syndicate | CD, CS, LP | TR-10 |
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