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| Released | September 12, 1995 [1] [2] | |||
| Studio | Mirror Image (Gainesville, Florida) | |||
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| Length | 52:46 | |||
| Label | Cleopatra | |||
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The Enemy Within is the debut studio album by Sphere Lazza, released on September 12, 1995 by Cleopatra Records. [3] [4] The intended to follow their debut with a second album, tentatively titled Paradigm Shift, but the band's insterests were diverted elsewhere and the project never came to fruition. [5] [6]
The track "Morphius" had previously been released on the 1994 various artists compilation The Art of Brutality by Arts Industria. [7]
Aiding & Abetting praised the gothic composition of The Enemy Within and said "Sphere Lazza write catchy songs with just the right amount of bouncy bass to keep things moving along." [8] Industrialnation commended the band's new melodic musical direction and claimed the album "finally sees the realization of the sound Sphere Lazza had obviously been striving for in the past: a perfect balance between electronic aggression, and tuneful hooks. [9]
All tracks are written by Tony Spaz and David Trousdale.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Iconoclast" | 4:02 |
| 2. | "Inside Your Universe" | 5:07 |
| 3. | "Saturated * Guitar parts written by Alexander LaFrantz" | 5:43 |
| 4. | "Friend or Foe" | 4:08 |
| 5. | "Inner Sanctum" | 3:50 |
| 6. | "Petrified" | 4:24 |
| 7. | "Arizona Nuclear Test 1965" | 4:32 |
| 8. | "Morpheus" | 4:16 |
| 9. | "The Camera Eye" | 4:41 |
| 10. | "Run the Gauntlet" | 4:27 |
| 11. | "Blueface * Guitar intro provided by Alexander LaFrantz" | 4:25 |
| 12. | "Where Do We Go From Here?" | 3:11 |
Adapted from the liner notes of The Enemy Within'. [10]
Sphere Lazza
Additional performers
Production and design
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1995 | Cleopatra | CD | CLEO 9569 |
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