Wasted Sky

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Wasted Sky
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Studio album by
ReleasedJune 15, 1994 (1994-06-15)
RecordedJune – July 1994 (1994-07)
Studio
Various
Genre Electro-industrial
Length52:08
Label KK
Producer
  • Don Gordon
  • Conan Hunter
  • Ken Marshall
Numb chronology
Death on the Installment Plan
(1993)
Wasted Sky
(1994)
Koro
(1996)

Wasted Sky is the fourth studio album by Numb, released on June 15, 1994 by KK Records. [1] The band changed musical direction by dampening processing and effects with the intention of exploring a different emotional intensity with their music. [2] [3] The album was reissued by Metropolis Records in July 1995. [4]

Contents

Reception

A critic at Sonic Boom called Wasted Sky an impressive album that "intelligently uses guitars to accentuate the music." [5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Don Gordon and Conan Hunter, except "Keyak" by Ken Marshall.

No.TitleLength
1."Wasted Sky"5:13
2."Blood"7:14
3."Driven"4:57
4."Keyak"4:22
5."Ophelia"5:37
6."Ratblast"5:03
7."Smile"6:01
8."Effigy"6:22
9."Seven Types of Ambiguity"7:18

Personnel

Adapted from the Wasted Sky liner notes. [6]

Numb

Production and design

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
Belgium1994KK CD, CS KK 126
United States1995 Metropolis CDMET 010
2017 LP

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References

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  3. Christian, Chris (March 23, 1996). "Interview with Don Gordon of Numb by Kevin Congdon at La Luna, Portland, OR". Sonic Boom. 4 (6). Retrieved July 23, 2020.
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  6. Wasted Sky (booklet). Numb. Zwijndrecht, Belgium: KK Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)