Album
VIVIsectVI
VIVIsectVI, pronounced "vivisect six", is the fourth studio album by Canadian electro-industrial band Skinny Puppy. It came out in September 1988 on Nettwerk, following Cleanse Fold and Manipulate the year before and preceding Rabies in 1989. Its subject matter was grim, taking in animal rights, chemical warfare and environmental waste, yet it was well received.
The record refines the band's harsh, mechanical, sample-heavy sound, and several critics have called it their finest work. It produced two singles: "Censor", which appears on the album as "Dogshit", and "Testure", the only Skinny Puppy song to reach Billboard's Dance Club Songs chart. A theatrical tour followed, with Nine Inch Nails as the opening act. Over time the album has come to be regarded as a landmark of industrial and electronic music.
VIVIsectVI: tracklist and credits
13 tracks · 1:01:03Tracklist
- 1DogshitGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre3:55
- 2VX Gas AttackCrompton, Goettel, Ogilvie, Ogre5:36
- 3Harsh Stone WhiteGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre4:29
- 4Human Disease (S.K.U.M.M.)Crompton, Goettel, Ogre6:19
- 5Who’s Laughing Now?Goettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre5:29
- 6TestureGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre5:07
- 7State AidGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre3:55
- 8Hospital WasteGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre4:38
- 9Fritter (Stella’s Home)Goettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre3:31
- 10Yes He RanGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre6:28
- 11Punk in Park Zoo’sGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre2:31
- 12The Second OpinionGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre4:59
- 13FungussGoettel, Key, Ogilvie, Ogre4:06
- Produced by
- cEvin Key, Dave Ogilvie
- Recorded at
- Mushroom Studios in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
- Recorded
- Mid-1988
- Engineered by
- cEvin Key, Dave Ogilvie
- Label
- Nettwerk
- Length
- 1:01:03
Line-up
- Skinny Puppy · guest
Singles
- “Censor” · 1988
- “Testure” · 1989
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1987
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1989
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1988-09-12 vs 1988-10-12 (musicbrainz)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 12 October 1988 | ignored lone early release dated 1988-04-28 |
| Wikipedia infobox | 12 September 1988 | |
| Wikidata | 1988 | |
| US release | 12 October 1988 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1988 | earliest UK or European date |
8 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | US | Capitol Records | 762185157626 | other |
| 1988 | CA | Nettwerk | 067003002127 | other |
| 1988 | US | Capitol Records | 077779104017 | other |
| 1988 | XE | Nettwerk Europe | 5413356202120 | other |
| 28 April 1988 | CA | Nettwerk | original | |
| 12 October 1988 | US | Capitol Records | 077779104024 | other |
| 19 June 2001 | US | Nettwerk America | 067003020428 | other |
| 13 December 2011 | XW | Nettwerk Productions | other |
Cover art sources
fanarttv · upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| fanarttv ✓ | 1000×1000 | upscaled: major: best source 1000x1000, upscaled to 1500 (x1.50) |
| coverartarchive | 500×500 | upscaled |