The Truth Hurts 1985-2000

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The Truth Hurts 1985-2000
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Compilation album by
ReleasedJuly 28, 2009 (2009-07-28)
Genre Industrial rock
Length74:32
Label WTII
Producer
Dessau chronology
Dessau
(1995)
The Truth Hurts 1985-2000
(2009)

The Truth Hurts 1985-2000 is a compilation album by Dessau, released on July 28, 2009, by Mausoleum. [1] The album packages tracks from band's first two EPs, four previously unreleased songs produced by Paul Barker, alternate mixes and two live covers of Joy Division and New Order. [2] [3]

Contents

Reception

Connexion Bizarre criticized The Truth Hurts 1985-2000 for being a poorly assembled collection and said "it's perfectly passable industrial of a kind that is all but history now, but the thing is, others did it better." [4] Fabryka Music Magazine awarded the collection a perfect rating of four out of four stars. [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by John Elliott, except "Isolation" by Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook and Stephen Morris.

No.TitleWriter(s)Album (date)Length
1."On the Banks of the Wabash, Far Away" (Indiana University Marching Hundred cover) Paul Dresser World War Underground (1996)3:38
2."Revenge" (Ministry cover) Al Jourgensen Another Prick in the Wall - A Tribute to Ministry - Volume 2 (1999)4:28
3."The Sun"
Details Sketchy (1995)5:36
4."Chalkline" Details Sketchy (1995)5:07
5."Trevethan"
  • Barker
  • J. Elliott
 3:18
6."Blackball"
  • Barker
  • Clay Brocker
  • Mike Orr
 4:08
7."Rest My Eyes"
  • Barker
  • Barry Nelson
  • Orr
 4:15
8."Seldom Traveled"
  • Barker
  • J. Elliott
 4:20
9."Suffer"
  • J. Elliott
  • Nelson
  • Orr
Dessau (1995)3:25
10."Beijing"
  • J. Elliott
  • Nelson
  • Orr
Exercise in Tension (1989)5:44
11."Unshakeable"J. Elliott Happy Mood (1985)3:20
12."Europe Light"J. Elliott Happy Mood (1985)3:30
13."Imperial Hotel"J. Elliott Happy Mood (1985)4:34
14."Crutch of Utitlity"
  • J. Elliott
  • Kim Ervin Elliott
Red Languages (1985)4:31
15."Red Languages"
  • J. Elliott
  • K. Elliott
Red Languages (1985)4:47
16."Isolation" (live) (Joy Division cover) 5:06
17."Ceremony" (live) (New Order cover)
  • Curtis
  • Hook
  • Morris
  • Sumner
 4:45

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of The Truth Hurts 1985-2000. [6]

Dessau

Additional performers

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States2009 WTII CD WTII053

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References

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