Plague (The Watchmen album)

Plague is the second studio album by The Watchmen, released in 1992 by Prescient Thought.[1][2]

Plague
Studio album by
Released1992 (1992)
RecordedAugust 1991 (1991-08) – February 1992 (1992-02)
StudioPrescient Thought
(Los Alamos, New Mexico)
GenreElectro-industrial
Length55:06
LabelPrescient Thought
The Watchmen chronology
Is God in Showbusiness Too?
(1991)
Plague
(1992)
Entropy.Lingua
(1996)

Reception

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Westword called the music of Plague "slick and well mastered" and said "keyboards, samples, distorted vocals and titles such as "Fear" prepare you for Skinny Puppy-style aggression; instead, much of the material is caught in the netherworld between modern dance music and accessible industrial beats."[3]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."...End" Mansfield1:21
2."Less Than Zero (Gift)"MansfieldFernandez, Mansfield, Secore3:48
3."Fear"FernandezFernandez4:31
4."Free Man"MansfieldMansfield3:46
5."Merciful Release" (Dying Breath Mix)MansfieldMansfield, Secore4:48
6."Rot"Fernandez, MansfieldFernandez, Mansfield3:28
7."In Sickness & In Health" Fernandez0:51
8."Plague I"Fernandez, MansfieldFernandez, Mansfield4:05
Side two
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Neurotransit" Fernandez3:11
2."Vision (Signal Ac42)"MansfieldFernandez3:39
3."Cyber – Generation" Fernandez, Mansfield2:48
4."Internal Bleeding (Shame)"MansfieldFernandez, Mansfield5:30
5."Party Girl"MansfieldMansfield3:45
6."To Have & To Hold" Mansfield2:56
7."Plague II (Drowning Man)"MansfieldFernandez, Mansfield6:49

Personnel

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Adapted from the Plague liner notes.[4]

The Watchmen

  • Boom Fernandez (as Boom Christopher) – production, recording, engineering, backing vocals (A2, A3, A6, A8, B2, B7), keyboards (A3, A7, B1, B3, B4, B5), guitar (A4, A5, A8, B5, B7), lead vocals (A3, A5, B2, B7), noises (A3), phone (B3)
  • Dave Mansfield (as Dave Creadeau) – keyboards, production, recording, engineering, lead vocals (A2, A4, A5, A6, A7, B4, B5, B6), sampler (A1, A7, B1, B3, B6), backing vocals (A7, B2, B8), Walkie-talkie (B6)

Additional performers

  • Michael Sauter – backing vocals (B5, B7)
  • David Secore (as !x! Blaze) – keyboards (A4), synthesizer (B7)

Production and design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1992 Prescient Thought CS PRTH003
DL

References

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  1. ^ Mayo, James (November 13, 1997). "Burn, Baby, Burn". Westword. Scott Tobias. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. ^ "Society Burning". Option (66–71). Sonic Options Network: 118. 1996. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  3. ^ "The Watchmen: Plague". Westword. Scott Tobias. October 23, 1992. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. ^ Plague (booklet). The Watchmen. Los Alamos, New Mexico: Prescient Thought. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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