LetDownCrush
1996 studio album by 16volt
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LetDownCrush is the third studio album by 16volt, released on August 7, 1996, by Cargo and Re-Constriction Records.[3][4][5]
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| Released | August 7, 1996[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | 1996 | |||
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| Length | 40:17 | |||
| Label | Cargo/Re-Constriction | |||
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Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| Alternative Press | [7] |
AllMusic awarded LetDownCrush three out of five possible stars.[6] Aiding & Abetting gave the album a mixed review as well, calling LetDownCrush "diverse, and while obviously not a live-to-tape session, more immediate-sounding" and praised the songs for being "tight and vicious."[8] Alternative Press gave the album a positive review, saying "Hard beats dominate, and beefy guitar plays right into them, maximizing their power to make you wig."[7] Black Monday noted the band's artistic progression in combining the song structure of Skin with the electronics of Wisdom but criticized the metal influences.[9] Sonic Boom lauded Eric Powell's musical maturation and said "the best musical elements from all of his previous work appear like a trail of footprints down well trod path which ends at the edge of a precipice."[10]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Swarm" | Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell | 3:23 |
| 2. | "The Dreams That Rot in Your Heart" | Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell | 3:28 |
| 3. | "A Cloth Like Gauze" | Eric Powell | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Something Left" | Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell | 4:00 |
| 5. | "The Cut Collector" | Eric Powell | 3:52 |
| 6. | "Crush" | Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell | 4:47 |
| 7. | "Breed" | Eric Powell | 3:15 |
| 8. | "Two Wires Thin" | Eric Powell | 4:00 |
| 9. | "Shameface" | Eric Powell | 3:09 |
| 10. | "Carla's Tarantulas" | Eric Powell | 5:59 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 11. | "We Ain't Goin' Out Like That" (Cypress Hill cover) | Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud, Richard Todd Ray | 4:15 |
Accolades
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
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| 1995 | CMJ New Music Monthly | United States | "Dance" | 16 | [11] |
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Personnel
Adapted from the LetDownCrush liner notes.[12]
16volt
- Marc LaCorte – guitar, programming
- Eric Powell – lead vocals, programming, guitar, production, engineering, editing, recording (3, 7, 9), mixing (4)
Addition performers
- Bryan Barton – loops (8)
- Stella Katsoudas – vocals (1)
- Dan Pred – live drums (3)
- Ed Tinley (10)
- William Tucker – additional guitar (10), lead guitar (5)
Production and design
- Dave Friedlander – engineering, mixing (7, 9)
- Bill Garcelon – engineering
- Matt Gibson – engineering
- Zlatko Hukic – engineering
- Jon Irish – engineering, recording (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), mixing (4)
- Rick McMillen – mastering
- Esther Nevarez – engineering
- Jeff "Critter" Newell – production, engineering, mixing (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), recording (3, 7, 9)
- Jordan Nogood – design
- Ed Tinley – engineering
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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| United States | 1996 | Cargo | CD | 72324 84506 27 |
| Re-Constriction | CS | REC-022 | ||
| 2012 | Metropolis | CD, DL | MET 774 |