Prove You Wrong
1991 studio album by Prong
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Prove You Wrong is the third studio album by American heavy metal band Prong, released in 1991.[4][5] It is their only album with Troy Gregory on bass guitar.[6] The album includes a cover of "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)", originally by the Stranglers.[7]
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| Released | September 24, 1991 | |||
| Recorded | 1990–1991 | |||
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| Length | 45:07 | |||
| Label | Epic[2] | |||
| Producer | Mark Dodson[3] | |||
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Prove You Wrong continued the experimentation with groove metal that began on Prong's previous album Beg to Differ, toning down much of the hardcore punk elements from their 1980s output in favor of a more experimental sound that was influenced by alternative, thrash metal, funk, progressive, and industrial music.[1][8] Lead singer Tommy Victor said it had taken him a year to write the lyrics, which contained an accumulation of 16 years of experiences and anxieties, "looking through a rat's eyes at the whole New York experience."[9]
Critical reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [10] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10[11] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [12] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A−[13] |
| MusicHound Rock | [2] |
| The Rolling Stone Album Guide |  [14] |
Entertainment Weekly wrote that Prong "combines postindustrial noise, a rebellious punk mentality, and heavy-metal flourishes and, with a minimalist approach that is anything but simplistic, strips them all down to a brutal essence."[13] Trouser Press wrote: "While the trio’s devotion to precisely lurching rhythms keeps the songs choppy—a clenched fist twitching spasmodically as it prepares to deliver a haymaker—this dull record makes that attribute part of a tentative shift toward industrial anti-musicality."[6]
Track listing
- "Irrelevant Thoughts" – 2:37 (Victor, Parsons)
- "Unconditional" – 4:45 (Victor, Troy Gregory)
- "Positively Blind" – 2:43 (Victor)
- "Prove You Wrong" – 3:31 (Victor, Gregory)
- "Hell If I Could" – 4:00 (Victor, Gregory)
- "Pointless" – 3:07 (Victor, Gregory, Parsons)
- "Contradictions" – 4:10 (Victor)
- "Torn Between" – 3:11 (Victor, Gregory)
- "Brainwave" – 3:01 (Victor)
- "Territorial Rites" – 3:31 (Victor, Gregory, Parsons)
- "(Get A) Grip (On Yourself)" – 3:05 (Hugh Cornwell) (The Stranglers cover)
- "Shouldn't Have Bothered" – 2:39 (Victor)
- "No Way to Deny It" – 4:41 (Victor)
Personnel
Prong
- Tommy Victor – lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars
- Troy Gregory – bass guitar, backing vocals
- Ted Parsons – drums, percussion, backing vocals
Production
- Prong – arrangers
- Mark Dodson – arranger, producer, engineer, mixing, additional vocals
- Brooke Hendricks – engineer, assistant engineer
- Brian Stover – assistant engineer
- Greg Calbi – mastering
- Roger Lomas – mastering