Black Umbrella is the fourth album by the Kalamazoo-based progressive metal band Thought Industry, released in 1997.[2][3]

Black Umbrella
Studio album by
Released1997
GenreProgressive metal, alternative metal
LabelMetal Blade
ProducerMike Roche
Thought Industry
Thought Industry chronology
Outer Space Is Just a Martini Away
(1996)
Black Umbrella
(1997)
Recruited To Do Good Deeds For The Devil
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Critical reception

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AllMusic wrote that "a wide variety of sonic textures, complex rhythms, and an eclectic musical range, from heavy metal to alternative to jazz, support what is perhaps the band's strongest set of intricate, progressive melodies yet."[1]

Track listing

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  • All words by Brent
  1. My Famous Mistake (Oberlin) 2:50
  2. Blue (Oberlin) 2:30
  3. Tragic Juliet (Oberlin) 3:33
  4. World (Enzio) 3:53
  5. Bitter (Oberlin) 3:19
  6. Consistently Yours, Pluto (Oberlin) 3:16
  7. December 10 (Ledbetter, Oberlin) 3:52
  8. Edward Smith (Oberlin) 4:34
  9. Her Rusty Nail (Oberlin) 4:26
  10. Pink Dumbo (Oberlin) 3:10
  11. Swank (Oberlin) 3:14
  12. Earwig (Oberlin) 4:41
  13. 24 Hours Ago I Could Breathe/Dec. 11 (Enzio, Bryant) 9:20

Credits

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Black Umbrella - Thought Industry | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "Thought Industry Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  3. ^ Wagner, Jeff (November 10, 2010). "Mean Deviation: Four Decades of Progressive Heavy Metal". Bazillion Points Books – via Google Books.