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Pleasure Ground is a studio album by American harsh noise and power electronics artist Prurient, first self-released as a double cassette and subsequently re-released by Load Records on November 14, 2006 on compact disc.

Though in consistent aesthetically in certain respects with prior releases, Pleasure Ground is regarded as a turning point in Prurient's oeuvre. The album is both the first of Prurient's digital recordings and distinct from prior releases in the album's heavy use of synthesizers.

Music and lyrics

The lyrics of Pleasure Ground are oriented around themes of mortality, sexuality, and death.^[1] In a departure from prior Prurient releases, the album's lyrics are simplistic and are described by Pitchfork's Marc Masters as Haiku-like.^[2] Fernow regards Pleasure Ground as exploring the duality and ambiguity of roles in sadomasochism, which he sees as exemplifying the conflictual nature of paradox and hypocrisy.^[3]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Pitchfork	^[2]
AllMusic	^[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Military Road"	10:48
2.	"Earthworks / Buried In Secret"	11:23
3.	"Outdoorsman / Indestructible"	11:02
4.	"Apple Tree Victim"	11:14
Total length:		44:27

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes as represented on the album's Discogs page.^[4]

Dominick Fernow - performer

Release history

Release formats for *Pleasure Ground*
Region	Release date	Label	Format	Cat. no.	Ref.
United States	2006	Self-Released	Casette	N/A	^[4]
United States	November 14, 2006	Load Records	CD	Load 101	^[1]^[4]
United States	January 2007	Load Records	Vinyl	Load 101	^[5]^[4]
United States United Kingdom	September 27, 2016	Hospital Productions	Vinyl	HOS-467	^[4]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Raggett, Neal. "AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ ^a ^b Masters, Marc (December 6, 2006). "Prurient – Pleasure Ground". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 3, 2021.
^ Fernow, Dominick. "Prurient". Impose (Interview). Interviewed by Christen Thomas and Gabe Spierer. Los Angeles, CA: Answer Media. Retrieved May 10, 2021.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Pleasure Ground at Discogs
^ "Pleasure Ground by Prurient". Bandcamp. Retrieved May 10, 2021.

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External links

Pleasure Ground at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Raggett, Neal. "AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett". AllMusic. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[pitchfork-2] Masters, Marc (December 6, 2006). "Prurient – Pleasure Ground". Pitchfork. Retrieved May 3, 2021.

[impose-3] Fernow, Dominick. "Prurient". Impose (Interview). Interviewed by Christen Thomas and Gabe Spierer. Los Angeles, CA: Answer Media. Retrieved May 10, 2021.

[discogs-4] Pleasure Ground at Discogs

[bandcamp-5] "Pleasure Ground by Prurient". Bandcamp. Retrieved May 10, 2021.

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