The Eyes of Stanley Pain
1996 studio album by Download
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The Eyes of Stanley Pain is an album by Download.
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| Released | May 28, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1995–1996 (Subconscious Studios, Vancouver) | |||
| Genre | Industrial | |||
| Length | 71:09 | |||
| Label | Nettwerk/Subconscious Communications | |||
| Producer | cEvin Key & Ken Marshall | |||
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Track listing
- "Suni C" – 5:29
- "Possession" – 4:07
- "The Turin Cloud" – 4:31
- "Glassblower" – 3:01
- "H Sien Influence" – 4:45
- "Base Metal" – 5:00
- "Collision" – 10:37
- "Sidewinder" – 4:18
- "Outafter" – 4:56
- "Killfly" – 4:04
- "Separate" – 5:53
- "Seven Plagues" – 4:48
- "Fire This Ground (Puppy Gristle, Pt. 1)" – 5:06 (see "Notes")
- "The Eyes of Stanley Pain" – 4:47
Personnel
- cEvin Key
- Dwayne Goettel
- Mark Spybey - vocals, lyrics, and various other sounds
Guests
- Genesis P. Orridge (vocals - 5, 11; gristlebox - 13)
- Anthony Valcic (keys - 4)
- Larry Thrasher (drums - 13)
- Philth (keys - 7)
Design
- Dave McKean - design and illustration
- Lorne Bridgman - "Download" photo
Notes
- The track "Outafter" is dedicated to Brandon Lee. It was originally to be used as a Skinny Puppy song for the movie The Crow, though plans fell through. Lee was also a Puppy fan.
- "Fire This Ground" is subtitled as "Puppy Gristle, Pt. 1", referring to the 1994 jam between Skinny Puppy and members of Psychic TV/Throbbing Gristle, which was later released as the Skinny Puppy album Puppy Gristle.
- The inside cover contains a quote from French poet Charles Baudelaire:
- "that which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal: from which it follows that irregularity - that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are an essential part and characteristic of beauty"
- The track "Collision" contains a notably contrasting part which is more harmonic and rhythmically concise than the rest of the track. The initiating rhythmic loop of this "embedded" part begins exactly 7 minutes and 7 seconds into the track. "Collision" being track 7 arguably indicates a deliberate choice of timing.
- The track "Glassblower" was nominated for the award for "Best Alternative Video" at the 1997 MuchMusic Video Awards.[2].