Stimulation Festival is a studio album by American band Pain Teens, released in 1992 by Trance Syndicate.[2][3] "Wild World" is a cover of the Birthday Party song.[4]

Stimulation Festival
Studio album by
Released1992
GenreNoise rock[1]
Length55:16
LabelTrance Syndicate
ProducerScott Ayers
Pain Teens chronology
Born in Blood
(1990)
Stimulation Festival
(1992)
Destroy Me, Lover
(1993)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [5]
Chicago Tribune    [6]

The Chicago Tribune deemed the album "a 14-track dread- and chaos-permeated industrial slugfest, built around singer Bliss Blood's drained, spoken-word ramblings and Scott Ayers' guitar hash and mechanistic studio manipulations."[6] The Dallas Morning News praised the "inventive guitar and samples [and] Ms. Blood's sassy singing."[7]

Jason Anderson of AllMusic called the album "a fine first purchase for new fans, as it is nothing if not representative of Pain Teens' sonic assault."[5]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Bliss Blood; all music is composed by Pain Teens, except "Wild World" by Nick Cave and Mick Harvey

No.TitleLength
1."Shallow Hole"4:25
2."The Dead Cannot"5:15
3."God Told Me"3:32
4."The Poured Out Blood"4:35
5."Drowning"2:36
6."Living Hell"3:16
7."Indiscreet Jewels"3:56
8."Wild World" (Birthday Party cover)5:54
9."Daughter of Chaos"3:41
10."Evil Dirt"3:30
11."Bruised"2:59
12."Dog Spirits"4:04
13."Hangman's Rope"4:00
14."Apartment #213"3:28

Personnel

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Adapted from the Stimulation Festival liner notes.[8]

Pain Teens

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1992 Trance Syndicate CD, CS, LP TR-10

References

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  1. ^ Earles, Andrew (March 31, 2015). "The Revival of Cherubs". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 16, 2017.
  2. ^ "Stimulation Festival by Pain Teens". Melody Maker. 68 (27): 31. Jul 4, 1992.
  3. ^ "SXSW Schedule". Onward. Austin American-Statesman. 18 Mar 1993. p. 13.
  4. ^ Sprague, David (2007). "Pain Teens". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  5. ^ a b Anderson, Jason. "Pain Teens: Stimulation Festival > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  6. ^ a b Rothschild, David (17 Sep 1992). "Rave recordings". Chicago Tribune. Tempo. p. 7.
  7. ^ Gubbins, Teresa (February 25, 1993). "A declaration of independents". The Dallas Morning News. p. 5C.
  8. ^ Stimulation Festival (booklet). Pain Teens. Austin, Texas: Trance Syndicate. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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