Album
Enemy of the Music Business
Enemy of the Music Business is the ninth studio album by Napalm Death, the British grindcore band, and it came out on 25 September 2000 through Dream Catcher. It follows Words From the Exit Wound and sits between the band's late-1990s run and Order of the Leech in 2002. The record blends grindcore with death metal and deathgrind.
It is also the last Napalm Death release to feature Jesse Pintado actually performing, which gives it a place in the band's history. Like its predecessor, it appeared only on CD until 2013. Secret Records later reissued it on CD, with the covers EP Leaders Not Followers added as bonus tracks, and on 180g vinyl. Kerrang placed it at number 19 on its list of the best 50 albums of 2000, a good reason to revisit it.
Enemy of the Music Business: tracklist and credits
14 tracks · 48:35Tracklist
- 1Taste the PoisonShane Embury and Barney Greenway1:50
- 2Next on the ListShane Embury and Barney Greenway3:36
- 3Constitutional HellJesse Pintado and Barney Greenway2:37
- 4VerminMitch Harris and Barney Greenway2:17
- 5Volume of NeglectMitch Harris3:20
- 6Thanks for NothingShane Embury and Mitch Harris2:45
- 7Can’t Play, Won’t PayShane Embury and Barney Greenway3:26
- 8Blunt Against the Cutting EdgeMitch Harris and Barney Greenway3:03
- 9Cure for the Common ComplaintEmbury, Pintado, Greenway2:44
- 10Necessary EvilShane Embury and Mitch Harris2:56
- 11C.S. (Conservative Shithead), Part 2Shane Embury and Barney Greenway2:18
- 12Mechanics of DeceitShane Embury3:21
- 13(The Public Get) What the Public Doesn’t WantShane Embury and Jesse Pintado3:15
- 14Fracture in the Equation / [untitled]Jesse Pintado and Barney Greenway11:08
- Produced by
- Simon Efemey, Russ Russell
- Recorded at
- Parkgate Studios
- Recorded
- –, Parkgate Studios, England
- Engineered by
- Sasha Jankovic
- Mastered by
- Kevin Metcalfe
- Labels
- Dream Catcher, Spitfire
- Length
- 48:35
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 25 September 2000 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 25 September 2000 | |
| Wikidata | 2000 | |
| UK / Europe release | 25 September 2000 | earliest UK or European date |
3 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25 September 2000 | GB | Dream Catcher | 5036436005529 | original |
| 25 September 2000 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | 4988061872322 | original |
| 2013 | GB | Secret Records | 5036436037421 | other |
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|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |