Trapdoor Fucking Exit is the third studio album by The Dead C, released in 1990 through Precious Metal.[2]

Trapdoor Fucking Exit
Studio album by
Released1990
RecordedDecember 1989 (1989-12) – January 1990 (1990-01)
StudioMy Pit P.C.
(New Zealand)
GenreNoise rock, garage punk
Length63:32
LabelPrecious Metal
The Dead C chronology
Helen Said This
(1989)
Trapdoor Fucking Exit
(1990)
Harsh 70s Reality
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]

Legacy

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In 1998, The Wire included Trapdoor Fucking Exit in their list of "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)". The staff described the album as "the sound of three newly freed New Zealanders wrestling with the implications of punk-primitive aesthetics in the wake of US/Euro free jazz ground leveling. Two broken guitars and a rapid-firing drummer, playing lead, singlehandedly redefined the concept of garage punk without any considerations of melody, rhythm or fidelity."[3]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by The Dead C

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Heaven"6:40
2."Hell Is Now Love"2:14
3."Mighty"5:37
4."Power"4:30
5."Bury"3:16
6."Bury (Refutatio Omnium Haeresium)"15:39
Side two
No.TitleLength
7."Sky"2:51
8."Bone"2:36
9."Krossed"6:29
10."Calling Slowly"2:49
11."Helen Said This"10:57
CD issue
No.TitleLength
12."Power"2:17
13."Bone"1:45
14."Mighty"1:49

Personnel

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Adapted from Trapdoor Fucking Exit liner notes.[4]

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
New Zealand 1990 Precious Metal CS PM 4
United States 1993 Siltbreeze CD SB21

References

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  1. ^ Raggett, Ned. "The Dead C: Trapdoor Fucking Exit > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved 1 March 2013.
  2. ^ Sprague, David (2007). "Dead C". Trouser Press. Retrieved 11 March 2016.
  3. ^ "100 Records That Set the World on Fire (While No One Was Listening)". The Wire. No. 175. September 1998.
  4. ^ Trapdoor Fucking Exit (booklet). The Dead C. Otago, New Zealand: Precious Metal. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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