Dirtdish Explained

Dirtdish
Type:Album
Artist:Wiseblood
Cover:Wiseblood Dirtdish.jpg
Released:1986
Recorded:
Studio:Wave Studios, London, England
Genre:Industrial
Length:39:07
Label:K.422
Producer:Wiseblood
Chronology:J. G. Thirlwell
Prev Title:Nail
Prev Year:1985
Next Title:Bedrock
Next Year:1987

Dirtdish is the sole studio album by English-based industrial act Wiseblood.[1] [2] [3] It was released in 1986 by K.422/Some Bizzare. It was re-released on CD in 1995 by Thirsty Ear. The CD release of Dirtdish is Some Bizzare #WISE 3CD.

Fear Factory covered "O-O (Where Evil Dwells)" on their album Obsolete.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "if the album lacks a full load of explosive Foetus audio dynamite, it still packs enough ugliness and venom to corrupt a monastery."[4] Spin wrote that the album "allows Foetus the space to fully unfurl the thick, viscous wordchains he uses for lyrics."[5] Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, called the album "disappointing" and "not the full frontal assault one would hope to find."[6] CMJ New Music Report wrote that "the songs all build on heavy, intense tribal percussion overlayed with bits of whiney distorted guitar."[7]

Track listing

All songs by Clint Ruin & Roli Mosimann unless noted.[8]

1. "Prime Gonzola" – 5:35

2. "0-0 (Where Evil Dwells)" – 5:20

3. "Stumbo" – 7:40

4. "Someone Drowned In My Pool" (Ruin) – 7:37

5. "Godbrain" – 6:57

6. "The Fudge Punch" – 6:34

Extended CD track list

7. "Motorslug" – 9:37

8. "Stumbo (12" Version)" – 6:34

9. "Death Rape 2000" – 7:29

10. "Someone Drowned In My Pool (12" Version)" – 7:42 Thirsty Ear CD only

Personnel

Wiseblood - performance, production
Technical

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Larkin, Colin. The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. May 27, 2011. Omnibus Press. 9780857125958. Google Books.
  2. Book: Eddy, Chuck. Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. August 10, 2011. Duke University Press. 978-0822350101. Google Books.
  3. Web site: Wiseblood | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  4. Web site: Foetus . Trouser Press . 10 September 2020.
  5. Web site: Spins. SPIN. June 10, 1987. SPIN Media LLC. Google Books.
  6. Book: Thompson. Dave. 2002. Alternative Rock. registration. San Francisco, CA. Miller Freeman. 0-87930-607-6. 372. 00-58249. 1193377576. the Internet Archive.
  7. Web site: CMJ review of DIRTDISH. foetus.org.
  8. Book: Buckley, Peter. The Rough Guide to Rock. September 10, 2003. Rough Guides. 9781843531050. Google Books.