| Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation | ||||
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| Compilation album by Various artists | ||||
| Released | 1994 | |||
| Genre | Electro-industrial | |||
| Length | 77:16 | |||
| Label | Cyberware Productions | |||
| Fifth Colvmn Records chronology | ||||
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Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation is a various artists compilation album released in 1994 by Cyberware Productions. The album was reissued on April 9, 1996, by Fifth Colvmn Records.
Reception
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | |
Aiding & Abetting called "Melt "inconsistent" and "for every decent gothic pop bit like Neuroactive's "Obsession" there's at least one song that just doesn't work."[2] AllMusic awarded the collection two and a half out of five stars and said "Melt culls releases from the Scandinavian-based label Cyberware Records, whose roster of artists runs the gamut from industrial to techno to ambient."[1] Sonic Boom noted that "the first half of the compilation consists of more popular EBM style electro with the music slowly transitioning to darkwave instrumentals of a more experimental nature as the album progresses."[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Artist | Length |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Plutonium" | Sven Andersson | Bizarre Alliance | 3:51 |
| 2. | "Burnin' Heretic" (Guitarless Edit) | Stephan Groth | Apoptygma Berzerk | 5:34 |
| 3. | "Obsession" (Plastic Mix) |
| Neuroactive | 4:19 |
| 4. | "Mindhallucination" (Brain Mix) |
| Birmingham 6 | 5:15 |
| 5. | "Cybers" |
| Anstalt | 4:06 |
| 6. | "No Rest for the Wicked" (No Vox Version) | Claus Larsen | Leæther Strip | 5:30 |
| 7. | "Gunmaster" | The Insult That Made a Man Out of Mac | 2:51 | |
| 8. | "Halfdaudur" |
| Inferno 5 | 4:42 |
| 9. | "Sometimes I Dream" |
| Malaise | 5:25 |
| 10. | "Addicts" | Remyl | Remyl | 3:12 |
| 11. | "Netspace Cowboy" |
| Chaingun Operate | 4:03 |
| 12. | "Oidipus Rex" (Video Version) | Per Aksel Lundgreen | Angst Pop | 4:16 |
| 13. | "Fifth Skin" (Close Cyberware Mix) | Jouni Havukainen | In Slaughter Natives | 5:58 |
| 14. | "Random Succession" |
| Reptilicus | 3:04 |
| 15. | "Under Ten Lies" (Club Slayer Edit) |
| Shade Factory | 5:39 |
| 16. | "Lost" |
| Cat Rapes Dog | 3:52 |
| 17. | "The Broken Glass of Shattered Dreams" | In Absentia | 5:38 |
Personnel
Adapted from the Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation liner notes.[4]
Release history
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Finland | 1994 | Cyberware Productions | CD | NET002 |
| United States | 1996 | Fifth Colvmn | 9868-63217 |
References
- 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Various Artists: Melt: Scandinavian Electro Industrial Compilation > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ↑ Worley, Jon (May 27, 1996). "Various Artists: Melt-Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation". Aiding & Abetting. No. 110. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ↑ Christian, Chris (June 1996). "Various Artists: Melt". Sonic Boom. Vol. 4, no. 5. Retrieved September 2, 2020.
- ↑ Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation (booklet). Various artists. Tampere, Finland: Cyberware Productions. 1994.
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External links
- Melt - Scandinavian Electro/Industrial Compilation at Discogs (list of releases)
