Album
Harmony Corruption
Harmony Corruption is the third studio album by Napalm Death, released in July 1990 on Earache Records. It follows Scum and From Enslavement to Obliteration, and it is the first record the Birmingham band made as a five-piece. That change in line-up marks a turning point in their story, and the album sits at the point where their grindcore began to lean further towards death metal.
For anyone who knows the band only for their shortest, sharpest blasts, this is a useful place to hear them in a different mould. The genres attached to it, death metal, grindcore and deathgrind, say plenty about the crossover on offer. In the US it came out through Combat Records in December 1990, and it remains a key stop before Utopia Banished in 1992.
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Harmony Corruption: tracklist and credits
11 tracks · 41:00Tracklist
- 1Vision ConquestShane Embury2:42
- 2If the Truth Be KnownShane Embury and Barney Greenway4:12
- 3Inner IncinerationJesse Pintado and Shane Embury2:57
- 4Malicious IntentShane Embury3:26
- 5Unfit EarthMick Harris and Barney Greenway5:03
- 6Circle of HypocrisyMick Harris and Barney Greenway3:15
- 7The Chains That Bind UsHarris, Embury, Greenway4:08
- 8Mind SnareMitch Harris and Barney Greenway3:41
- 9Extremity RetainedMick Harris and Barney Greenway2:02
- 10Suffer the ChildrenMick Harris and Barney Greenway4:21
- 11Hiding BehindMick Harris and Barney Greenway5:13
- Produced by
- Scott Burns, Shane Embury, Barney Greenway, Mick Harris, Mitch Harris, Jesse Pintado, Napalm Death
- Recorded at
- Morrisound, Tampa, Florida, US
- Recorded
- April–May 1990
- Labels
- Earache Records, Earache, Combat (US)
- Length
- 41:00
Line-up
- Barney Greenway · lead vocals
- Glen Benton · background vocals · guest
- John Tardy · background vocals · guest
Singles
- “Suffer the Children” · 13 August 1990
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1990-07-30 vs 1990-11-21 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 21 November 1990 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 30 July 1990 (GB) | |
| Wikidata | 1990 | |
| Wikipedia (other date) | 7 December 1990 (US) | |
| US release | 7 December 1990 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 30 July 1990 | earliest UK or European date |
12 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615101925 | other |
| 1990 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615101901 | other |
| 1990 | GB | Earache Records | other | |
| 1990 | XC | Globus International | other | |
| 1990 | US | Combat | 8856120202 | other |
| August 1990 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615101925 | original |
| 21 November 1990 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | 4988061885155 | other |
| 21 June 1994 | US | Earache Records | 745316001920 | other |
| 23 April 2012 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006501926 | other |
| 19 January 2018 | GB | Earache Records | 817195020641 | other |
| 2024 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006501964 | other |
| 18 April 2026 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006501988 | other |
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|---|---|---|
| coverartarchive ✓ | 2818×2818 | native: native 2818x2818 |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |