www.pitchshifter.com | ||||
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Released | 2 March 1998 | |||
Recorded | 1997 | |||
Studio | PSI Studios, Protocol Studios, London and at The Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey | |||
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Length | 51:50 | |||
Label | Geffen | |||
Producer | Machine | |||
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Singles from www.pitchshifter.com | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Baltimore Sun | [3] |
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 3/10 [4] |
Kerrang! | (1998) [5] (2011) [6] |
Metal Hammer | 10/10 [7] |
Pitchfork | 5.2/10 [8] |
Rock Hard | 10/10 [9] |
Uncut | [10] |
www.pitchshifter.com is the fourth album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter. It was released in the United Kingdom by Geffen Records on 2 March 1998,and in the United States by DGC Records on 7 April 1998. [11] The record,which was their first released through a major label,sold just over 60,000 copies in the US alone—selling nearly twice as much as the group's proceeding album Deviant did (which sold 33,000 copies).
The album's name comes from the band's domain name–a relative novelty at the time of the release. The domain name registration was eventually lapsed;JS Clayden said "we carried the website for such a long time that it felt like a burden being lifted to let it go". [12]
Multiple songs from www.pitchshifter.com were included on the vehicular-based PlayStation games Twisted Metal 3 and Test Drive 5 .
In 2005, Rock Hard placed www.pitchsifter.com at number 263 on their list of the "500 Greatest Rock &Metal Albums of All Time". [13] Also in 2005, Kerrang! ranked the album as the 45th greatest British rock album of all time. [14] In 2016, Metal Hammer named it the 10th best industrial metal album. [1]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Microwaved" | 3:28 |
2. | "2nd Hand" | 3:31 |
3. | "Genius" | 4:06 |
4. | "Civilised" | 4:38 |
5. | "Subject to Status" | 3:34 |
6. | "W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G." (acronym for "What You See Is What You Get") | 3:45 |
7. | "Please Sir" | 3:47 |
8. | "Disposable" | 3:38 |
9. | "A Better Lie™" | 3:13 |
10. | "Innit" | 2:52 |
11. | "What's in It for Me?" | 2:56 |
12. | "I Don't Like It" | 3:53 |
13. | "ZX81" | 7:34 |
14. | "Free Samples" | 1:48 |
Pitchshifter are an English industrial rock band from Nottingham, formed in 1989. The band was started by lead guitarist and programmer Johnny A. Carter, and bassist and vocalist Mark Clayden. The band's early material was characterized for its gritty industrial metal sound with downtuned guitars and the use of drum machines, and has been cited as one of the originators of the genre along with Godflesh. With later albums the group's music became increasingly more melodic and strongly influenced by nu metal and drum and bass; particularly evident of their 1998 release www.pitchshifter.com, which has been compared with groups like The Prodigy.
Deviant is the fifth album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter, released in 2000. It was a follow-up to the commercially successful album www.pitchshifter.com, but was seen by the record label as a disappointment. Promotional videos by DOSE Productions were made for the tracks "Hidden Agenda" and "Dead Battery". The track "Everything's Fucked" was originally released as "Everything Sucks". Jello Biafra makes an appearance on the track "As Seen on TV". By March 2002, the album had sold 33,000 copies in the U.S., just over half the amount www.pitchshifter.com had sold at the same time.
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