Troublegum

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Troublegum
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Studio album by
Released7 February 1994
Recordedearly to mid-1993
StudioBlack Barn (Surrey); Livingstone, RAK, and The Church (London); Chipping Norton (Oxford)
Genre
Length45:37 (UK)
70:17 (JPN)
67:04 (US)
Label A&M
Producer Chris Sheldon
Therapy? chronology
Hats Off to the Insane
(1993)
Troublegum
(1994)
Infernal Love
(1995)
Singles from Troublegum
  1. "Nowhere"
    Released: 17 January 1994
  2. "Trigger Inside"
    Released: 28 February 1994
  3. "Die Laughing"
    Released: 30 May 1994
  4. "Isolation"
    Released: September 1994 (Germany)
  5. "Femtex"
    Released: 1994 (US)

Troublegum is the second major label album by the Northern Irish rock band Therapy? [4] It was released on 7 February 1994 via A&M Records. The album features a more punk-oriented style compared to the likes of Stiff Little Fingers and the Undertones rather the band's previous noise rock-influenced works. [5]

Contents

Background

The album was recorded in 1993 at Chipping Norton Recording Studios in Oxfordshire, as well as RAK Studios and Church Studios, both in London. [6] It has a melodically dark, metal-like sound. The album contains a cover of "Isolation" by Joy Division, which also became a single. The Therapy? version also incorporates many musical elements from "Atrocity Exhibition". Troublegum is generally considered to be Therapy? at their musical and commercial peak and has since sold over one million copies worldwide. The album reached number 5 in the UK Albums Chart and was certified gold in the UK in September 1994. It was also nominated as album of the year by the Mercury Prize of 1994. [7] [8]

Releases

The album was released on 12-inch vinyl, CD and cassette. In the UK, the album was released on limited edition green 12-inch vinyl. There was also a green cassette, and the original CD copies had a green tray. A remastered CD version of the album was included in The Gemil Box , released in 2013. To celebrate the 20th anniversary of its original release, a three-disc deluxe edition version of Troublegum was released by Universal on 31 March 2014. [9]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly B [10]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [11]
NME 8/10 [12]

The album was rated the top album of 1994 in the 1,000th issue of Kerrang! in 2004. The album was number 31 in Kerrang!'s 100 best British rock albums of all time. [13] The album was shortlisted for the 1994 Mercury Music Prize.

Track listing

Troublegum track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Knives"Cairns1:55
2."Screamager"Cairns, McKeegan, Ewing2:36
3."Hellbelly"Cairns3:21
4."Stop It You're Killing Me"Cairns3:50
5."Nowhere"Cairns2:26
6."Die Laughing"Cairns, McKeegan, Ewing2:48
7."Unbeliever"Cairns3:28
8."Trigger Inside"Cairns3:56
9."Lunacy Booth"Cairns3:55
10."Isolation" (Joy Division cover) Ian Curtis, Bernard Sumner, Peter Hook, Stephen Morris 3:10
11."Turn"Cairns, McKeegan, Ewing3:49
12."Femtex"Cairns3:14
13."Unrequited"Cairns3:03
14."Brainsaw"Cairns3:58
Total length:45:37
US edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Brainsaw" (features hidden track "You Are My Sunshine" (Jimmie Davis, Charles Mitchell))Cairns25:23
Total length:67:04
Japanese release bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
15."Pantopon Rose"Cairns, McKeegan2:19
16."You Are My Sunshine"Davis, Mitchell22:22
Total length:70:17
Deluxe edition disc 2
No.TitleLength
1."Pantopon Rose" (Nowhere single)2:17
2."Breaking the Law" (Nowhere single)3:27
3."CC Rider" (Nowhere single)2:30
4."Nowhere (Sabres of Paradise Mix)" (Nowhere single)7:46
5."Nowhere (Therapeutic Distortion Mix)" (Nowhere single)5:50
6."Lunacy Booth (String Version)" (Isolation single)4:58
7."Isolation (Consolidated Mix)" (Isolation single)4:32
8."Isolation (Consolidated Synth Mix)" (Stories single)4:41
9."Stop It You're Killing Me (Live at the Town & Country, Leeds 1994)" (Die Laughing single)3:40
10."Trigger Inside (Live at the Town & Country, Leeds 1994)" (Die Laughing single)4:05
11."Evil Elvis (The Lost Demo)" (Die Laughing single)2:24
12."Die Laughing (David Holmes Mix 1)" (Die Laughing 12-inch single)6:00
13."Die Laughing (David Holmes Mix 2)" (Die Laughing 12-inch single)6:00
14."Nice 'N' Sleazy" (Trigger Inside single)2:51
15."Reuters" (Trigger Inside single)4:06
16."Tatty Seaside Town" (Trigger Inside single)2:35
Total length:68:00
Deluxe edition disc 3
No.TitleLength
1."Trigger Inside (Psycho Amigo Instrumental)" (Trigger Inside 12-inch single)5:08
2."Trigger Inside (Psycho Amigo Mix)" (Trigger Inside 12-inch single)5:08
3."Knives (Kiddie Version)" (Knives US promo single)1:56
4."Auto Surgery" (ShortSharpShock EP)2:19
5."Totally Random Man" (ShortSharpShock EP)2:21
6."Accelerator (New Version)" (ShortSharpShock EP)2:16
7."Speedball" (Face the Strange EP)2:31
8."Bloody Blue" (Face the Strange EP)1:12
9."Neck Freak (New Version)" (Face the Strange EP)4:57
10."Opal Mantra" (Opal Mantra EP)2:27
11."Opal Mantra (Live at the Forum, London 1993)" (Opal Mantra 7-inch EP)2:22
12."Innocent X (Live at Columbus Uni, New York 1993)" (Opal Mantra EP)3:36
13."Potato Junkie (Live at CBGB's, New York 1993)" (Opal Mantra EP)3:46
14."Nausea (Live at CBGB's, New York 1993)" (Opal Mantra EP)3:29
15."Totally Random Man (Demo Version)" (previously unreleased)2:36
16."Turn (Demo Version)" (previously unreleased)3:15
17."Knives (Demo Version)" (previously unreleased)2:03
18."Unbeliever (Demo Version)" (previously unreleased)3:54
Total length:55:00

Notes

Personnel

Therapy?

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Technical

Singles

Promo videos

Charts

Chart (1994)Peak
position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria) [15] 21
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders) [16] 154
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia) [17] 117
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [18] 19
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [19] 20
Ireland Albums (IRMA) [20] 5
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [21] 44
Scottish Albums (OCC) [22] 29
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan) [23] 5
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade) [24] 36
UK Albums (OCC) [25] 5

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