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Death by Manipulation
Death by Manipulation is a compilation of EPs by the British band Napalm Death, released by Relativity Records in 1991. It gathers material from the group's grindcore and death metal side in one place.
It arrived between the studio albums Harmony Corruption and Utopia Banished, so it works as a stopgap and a handy way to hear the band's shorter-form output.
Death by Manipulation: tracklist and credits
13 tracks · 35:46Tracklist
- 1Mass Appeal MadnessEmbury, Harris, Greenway3:29
- 2Pride AssassinEmbury, Harris, Pintado, Greenway2:05
- 3Unchallenged HateMick Harris2:06
- 4Social SterilityMick Harris and Lee Dorrian1:11
- 5Suffer the ChildrenMick Harris and Barney Greenway4:20
- 6Siege of PowerBroadrick, Embury, Bullen3:33
- 7Harmony CorruptionEmbury, Harris, Greenway3:31
- 8Rise AboveShane Embury and Lee Dorrian2:39
- 9The Missing LinkBill Steer and Lee Dorrian2:15
- 10Mentally MurderedEmbury, Harris, Dorrian2:09
- 11Walls of ConfinementMick Harris and Lee Dorrian2:56
- 12Cause and EffectShane Embury1:25
- 13No Mental EffortMick Harris and Lee Dorrian4:07
- Produced by
- Shane Embury, Barney Greenway, Mick Harris, Mitch Harris, Jesse Pintado, Scott Burns, Lee Dorrian, Digby Pearson, Bill Steer, Napalm Death
- Engineered by
- Dan Sprigg, Colin Richardson
- Labels
- Relativity Records, Relativity/Earache
- Length
- 35:46
Line-up
- Shane Embury · bass guitar
- Mick Harris · drums (drum set), background vocals
- Mitch Harris · guitar
- Jesse Pintado · guitar
- Barney Greenway · lead vocals
- Lee Dorrian · lead vocals
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How we know the release date sources disagree on the year (1991, 1992)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | March 1992 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 19 August 1991 | |
| Wikidata | 1991 |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | US | Relativity Records | 088561107222 | other |
| March 1992 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615105121 | original |
| 7 March 1995 | US | Earache Records | 745316005126 | other |
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|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 953×953 | upscaled |