CD1 (album) explained

CD1
Type:studio
Artist:Throbbing Gristle
Cover:ThrobbingGristleCD1Cover.jpg
Released:1986
Recorded:18 March 1979 at Industrial Records Studio, Hackney, England
Genre:Industrial
Length:42:13
Label:Mute
Prev Title:Sacrifice
Prev Year:1986
Next Title:TG Live, Vol 1 1976-78
Next Year:1993

The untitled seventh album by English industrial band Throbbing Gristle, also referred to as CD1, was released in 1986 through record label Mute.

Background

The album is their first CD release and has a catalog number of "CD1", hence the adoption of the name. The album has been called "undoubtedly [...] in part responsible for the growing importance of the industrial scene in the late 1980s."[1] The album is a TEAC 8-track recording done on 18 March 1979 at the band's Industrial Records Studio in Hackney, London.[2]

Release

CD1 was released in 1986 through record label Mute.

Critical reception

Spin Alternative Record Guide called it "an album of meandering studio experiments".[3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: Smith, Bradley . 1997 . The Billboard Guide to Progressive Music . Billboard Books . 0823076652.
  2. CD1 . . 1986 . . 14 July 2013.
  3. Book: Weisbard . Eric . Marks . Craig . 1995 . Spin Alternative Record Guide . Vintage Books . 0679755748.