www.pitchshifter.com
www.pitchshifter.com is the third album by the British industrial rock band Pitchshifter, released in 1998. 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.
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| Released | 7 April 1998 | |||
| Recorded | 1997-1998 | |||
| Studio | PSI Studios, Protocol Studios, London and at The Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey | |||
| Genre | Industrial rock, nu metal, drum and bass | |||
| Length | 51:50 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Machine | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| earPollution | Favorable[2] |
| Pitchfork | (5.2/10)[3] |
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".[4]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Microwaved" | Pitchshifter | 3:28 |
| 2. | "2nd Hand" | Pitchshifter | 3:31 |
| 3. | "Genius" | Pitchshifter | 4:06 |
| 4. | "Civilised" | Pitchshifter | 4:38 |
| 5. | "Subject to Status" | Pitchshifter | 3:34 |
| 6. | "W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G." ("What You See Is What You Get") | Pitchshifter | 3:45 |
| 7. | "Please Sir" | Pitchshifter | 3:47 |
| 8. | "Disposable" | Pitchshifter | 3:38 |
| 9. | "A Better Lie™" | Pitchshifter | 3:13 |
| 10. | "Innit" | Pitchshifter | 2:52 |
| 11. | "What's in It for Me?" | Pitchshifter | 2:56 |
| 12. | "I Don't Like It" | Pitchshifter | 3:53 |
| 13. | "ZX81" | Pitchshifter | 7:34 |
| 14. | "Free Samples" | Pitchshifter | 1:48 |
Personnel
- Pitchshifter
- J.S. Clayden - lead vocals, beats, programming
- Mark Clayden - bass, sampler
- Jim Davies - guitars
- Johnny Carter - guitars, programming
- Additional musicians
- Keith York - drums, percussion samples
- Pablo Yeadon - acoustic guitar on "Disposable"
- Production
- H. Forbes, Paul Williams, Nick Philip and Unknown Graphic Services - artwork
- Johnny Carter and Neil Simmons - engineering
- Jodie Zalewski - assistant engineer
- Johnny Carter and J.S. Clayden - programming
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Ralph Barklam and Tony Woolliscroft - photography
- Machine - production
- Clinton Bradley - additional analogue synthesizer manipulation
- Johnny Carter and JS Clayden - writer
References
- Swihart, Stanton. Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- Young, Craig. "Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com". earPollution. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- DiCrescenzo, Brent. "Pitchshifter: www.pitchshifter.com: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on 16 August 2000. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
- "Pitchshifter's tour to mark 20 years of their classic www.pitchshifter.com album hits The Wedgewood Rooms, Southsea".
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