Album
Utopia Banished
Utopia Banished is the fourth studio album by Napalm Death, the British grindcore band. It came out in May 1992 on Earache Records, following Harmony Corruption from 1990. It was the first record to feature Danny Herrera on drums, after Mick Harris left the band.
The album sits at the point where Napalm Death's grindcore roots meet a heavier, death metal-leaning approach, which is reflected in the genres it's tagged with: grindcore, death metal and deathgrind. It's worth hearing as the start of the Herrera era, and as a snapshot of the band at the start of the 1990s. Metal Hammer placed it among the 20 best metal albums of 1992, a good sign that it held its own in a crowded year for heavy music.
Utopia Banished: tracklist and credits
15 tracks · 39:03Tracklist
- 1DiscordanceShane Embury and Barney Greenway1:25
- 2I AbstainJesse Pintado and Barney Greenway3:30
- 3Dementia AccessMitch Harris and Shane Embury2:28
- 4Christening of the BlindShane Embury3:21
- 5The World Keeps TurningJesse Pintado and Barney Greenway2:55
- 6IdiosyncraticEmbury, Pintado, Greenway2:35
- 7AryanismsEmbury, Harris, Greenway3:08
- 8Cause and Effect, Part IIJesse Pintado and Barney Greenway2:07
- 9Judicial SlimeShane Embury2:36
- 10Distorting the MediumJesse Pintado and Barney Greenway1:58
- 11Got Time to KillShane Embury and Barney Greenway2:27
- 12Upward and UninterestedHarris, Pintado, Greenway2:07
- 13ExileMitch Harris and Shane Embury2:00
- 14Awake (to a Life of Misery)Mitch Harris and Shane Embury2:05
- 15ContemptuousEmbury, Harris, Pintado4:21
- Produced by
- Shane Embury, Barney Greenway, Mitch Harris, Danny Herrera, Jesse Pintado, Colin Richardson, Napalm Death
- Recorded at
- The Windings (Wrexham, Wales)
- Recorded
- February 1992 – March 1992
- Mixed at
- The Windings
- Engineered by
- Pete Coleman, Colin Richardson
- Labels
- Earache Records, Earache, Relativity
- Length
- 39:03
Line-up
- Shane Embury · bass guitar
- Mitch Harris · guitar
- Danny Herrera · drums (drum set)
- Jesse Pintado · guitar
- Barney Greenway · lead vocals
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1992-05-18 vs 1992-06-21 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 21 June 1992 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 18 May 1992 (GB) | |
| Wikidata | 1992 | |
| Wikipedia (other date) | 23 June 1992 (US) | |
| US release | 23 June 1992 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 18 May 1992 | earliest UK or European date |
11 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1992 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615105312 | other |
| 1992 | US | Earache Records | 088561112721 | other |
| May 1992 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615105312 | original |
| May 1992 | GB | Earache Records | 5018615105398 | original |
| 21 June 1992 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | 4988061885834 | other |
| 12 March 1996 | US | Earache Records | 745316005324 | other |
| 2006 | US | Earache Records | 745316530123 | other |
| 25 March 2008 | US | Earache Records | 745316053127 | other |
| 2012 | GB | Earache Records | 5055006505313 | other |
| 16 February 2018 | GB | Earache Records | 817195020658 | other |
| 2022 | XE | Earache Records | 5055006505344 | other |
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| coverartarchive ✓ | 1411×1412 | upscaled: minor: best source 1411x1412, upscaled to 1500 (x1.06) |
| deezer | 1200×1200 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |