www.pitchshifter.com
www.pitchshifter.com is the fourth album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter, released on 2 March 1998. It followed Infotainment? from 1996 and was the band's first record on a major label, with Geffen handling the UK release and DGC the American one. The title came from the band's own domain name, which was still a novelty in those days. Years later the registration was allowed to lapse, and JS Clayden said that carrying the site for so long had made letting it go feel like a burden lifted.
It's a record that mixes industrial metal with electronic and breakbeat leanings, touching on digital hardcore too. It found a bigger audience in the US, selling just over 60,000 copies there. Several of its songs also turned up in the vehicle-based PlayStation games Twisted Metal III and Test Drive 5, which is a fitting home for music this driving.
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www.pitchshifter.com: tracklist and credits
14 tracks · 52:50Tracklist
- 1MicrowavedCarter, Clayden, Clayden3:28
- 22nd Hand3:32
- 3GeniusPitchshifter4:06
- 4Civilised4:39
- 5Subject to Status3:34
- 6W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G.3:46
- 7Please Sir3:47
- 8Disposable3:38
- 9A Better Lie™3:14
- 10Innit2:52
- 11What’s in It for Me?2:56
- 12I Don’t Like It3:54
- 13ZX817:34
- 14Free Samples1:49
- Produced by
- Machine
- Recorded at
- PSI Studios, Protocol Studios, London and at The Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey
- Recorded
- 1997
- Label
- Geffen
- Length
- 52:50
Singles
- “Genius” · 1998
- “Microwaved” · 1998
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How we know the release date wikipedia 1998-03-02; musicbrainz + wikidata 1998-04-07 (36 days apart, likely another territory)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 7 April 1998 | ignored lone early release dated 1998-03-09 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 2 March 1998 | |
| Wikidata | 7 April 1998 | |
| US release | 7 April 1998 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 9 March 1998 | earliest UK or European date |
4 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | GB | Geffen | other | |
| 9 March 1998 | GB | Geffen | 720642516324 | original |
| 7 April 1998 | US | DGC Records | 720642516324 | other |
| November 2021 | GB | Geffen | 5060626463776 | deluxe |
Cover art sources
deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 575×562 | upscaled |