| The War Within | ||||
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| Studio album by Pain Emission | ||||
| Released | January 2, 1994 [1] | |||
| Studio | The Single Rack (San Diego, California) | |||
| Genre | Electro-industrial | |||
| Length | 72:38 | |||
| Label | COP Int'l. | |||
| Producer | Ray Nours | |||
| Pain Emission chronology | ||||
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The War Within is the second studio album by Pain Emission, released on January 4, 1994 by COP International. [2] [3] The title track was provided to the various artists compilation Chillum Dreams Vol. 2 by TranceForce and Nova Media Distribution. [4]
Industrialnation was somewhat mixed in their review of The War Within, comparing the compositions to Public Image Ltd. and saying the album "bears little resemblance to the bend's earlier dancy, electronic work and instead has a much more generic guitar rock sound with little or nothing at all to separate it from the millions of other like-minded bands out there." [5] Industrial Reviews awarded the album three out of five stars and praised the band's ability at combining abstract noise with rock song structures as well as the atmospheric sound collage instrumentals. [6]
All lyrics are written by Shonn Bratlien; all music is composed by Thomas Smith.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Introduction" | 1:37 |
| 2. | "Faith Inc" | 5:53 |
| 3. | "Textures" | 1:12 |
| 4. | "Never Again" | 5:22 |
| 5. | "Running Away" | 0:32 |
| 6. | "Nudge" | 6:39 |
| 7. | "Speechless" | 0:21 |
| 8. | "Stripped Down" | 1:42 |
| 9. | "The First Year" | 5:42 |
| 10. | "Billy and Timmy" | 6:41 |
| 11. | "Eyes for the Blind" | 3:06 |
| 12. | "Stuck and Trapped" | 0:46 |
| 13. | "Stuck in One" | 4:56 |
| 14. | "On the Floor, Part 1" | 6:49 |
| 15. | "Expected (Of Me)" | 5:12 |
| 16. | "To Live Without (On the Floor, Part 2)" | 6:51 |
| 17. | "The War Within" | 8:21 |
| 18. | "The End (A New Beginning)" | 0:57 |
Adapted from the liner notes of The War Within. [7]
Pain Emission
Additional performers
Production and design
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Germany | 1994 | COP Int'l. | CD | COP 012 |
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