Today Is the Day (Today Is the Day album)

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Today Is the Day
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ReleasedMarch 26, 1996 (1996-03-26)
Recorded1996
StudioAustin Enterprise, Nashville, Tennessee
Genre
Length36:43
Label Amphetamine Reptile
Producer Steve Austin
Today Is the Day chronology
Willpower
(1994)
Today Is the Day
(1996)
Temple of the Morning Star
(1997)
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Today Is the Day is the third studio album by American noise rock band Today Is the Day. It was released on March 26, 1996 by Amphetamine Reptile Records. It was the band's only album to feature keyboardist Scott Wexton. [3]

Contents

In 2008, a remastered version of the album containing two bonus tracks that originated from the Amphetamine Reptile Clusterfuck '94 compilation was released through Steve Austin's SuperNova Records. A live performance DVD was released a year earlier. It was filmed during the tour for the self-titled album, titled Today Is the Day Live.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Austin.

No.TitleLength
1."Kai Piranha"1:15
2."Marked"4:48
3."Bugs Death March"5:25
4."A Man of Science"0:58
5."Realization"4:26
6."Black Iron Prison"1:57
7."Mountain People"2:15
8."Ripped Off"3:37
9."The Tragedy"2:53
10."She Is in Fear of Death"4:11
11."I Love My Woman"0:26
12."Dot Matrix"4:28
2008 remastered CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
13."Hands and Knees"2:55
14."Pipe Dream Zero"4:01
Total length:43:39

Personnel

Adapted from the Today Is the Day liner notes. [4]

Today Is the Day

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1996 Amphetamine Reptile CD, CS, LP AMREP 046
GermanyARR 71/014
United States2008 SuperNova CDSNR 015
2010 Relapse LPRR 7088

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References

  1. Kennedy, Patrick. "Today Is the Day". Allmusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  2. Bob. "Today Is The Day Reissue Review". scenepointblank.com. Scene Point Blank. Retrieved 2008-04-28.
  3. Sprague, David (2007). "Today Is the Day". Trouser Press . Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. Today Is the Day (booklet). Today Is the Day. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1996.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)