Gravity Kills (album) explained

Gravity Kills
Type:	studio
Artist:	Gravity Kills
Cover:	GKGKills.jpg
Released:	US March 5, 1996^[1] Europe March 12, 1996^[2]
Recorded:	1995–1996
Studio:	Mr. Blood, St. Louis and Battery Studios, New York
Genre:	Industrial rock
Length:	39:13
Label:	TVT
Producer:	John Fryer, Gravity Kills
Next Title:	Manipulated
Next Year:	1997

Gravity Kills is the debut studio album by American industrial rock band Gravity Kills. It was released in 1996 on TVT Records. The album sold roughly 500,000 copies.

The first song was titled "Take" on the promo version of the album. It was renamed "Forward" just before the album was released.

The song "Blame" uses a sample from the song "Illusion", composed by the Japanese group Geinoh Yamashirogumi for the highly influential 1988 anime movie Akira.

Album cover

The picture in the centre on the front cover is called "Picturing the Bomb". The image is owned by Rachel Fermi and Esther Samra.

Videos

• "Guilty"
• "Enough" (Two versions)
• "Down" (w/ live footages) (Unreleased video)
• Blame (L.A. Remix version)

In other media

• "Guilty" was featured in Seven (stylized as Se7en), a 1995 thriller film by David Fincher.
• "Last" was featured in a Doug Ellin's 1998 romantic comedy film, Kissing a Fool.
• A remix version of "Blame" was featured in the Escape from L.A. soundtrack.
• A demo version of "Goodbye" was featured in the 1995 action and adventure film, Mortal Kombat.

Appearances in video games

Year	Song	Games
1996	"Blame"	Test Drive Off-Road
	"Guilty"
	"Enough"
2000	"Guilty"

Personnel

Gravity Kills

• Jeff Scheel – lead vocals
• Matt Dudenhoeffer – guitars
• Doug Firley – keyboards
• Kurt Kerns – drums and bass

Production

• Produced by John Fryer and Gravity Kills
• Engineered by Tim Donovan
• Mixed by John Fryer
• Photography (Inner tray) by Rocky Morton
• Mastering by Howie Weinberg
• Written by Gravity Kills
• Design by Robin Glowski and Greg Knoll
• Artwork by Greg Knoll and Kurt Kerns

Charts

Album

Chart (1996)	Peak position
US Heatseekers^[3]	1
US The Billboard 200^[4]	89

Singles

Year	Song	Chart	Peak position
1996	"Guilty"	US Mainstream Rock^[5]	39
		US Billboard Hot 100^[6]	86
		US Modern Rock^[7]	24
1997		UK Charts^[8]	79
	"Enough"		109

External links

• Official Gravity Kills at MySpace
• Official Gravity Kills at Facebook
• Official Gravity Kills on Twitter
• Gravity Kills at Discogs
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Notes and References

1. Web site: Gravity Kills– Gravity Kills (CD, Album). Discogs .
2. Web site: Gravity Kills– Gravity Kills (CD, Album). Discogs .
3. Web site: (((Gravity Kills > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums))). April 24, 2010. Allmusic.
4. Web site: (((Gravity Kills > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums))). April 24, 2010. Allmusic.
5. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gravity kills|chart=Mainstream Rock Tracks}} Gravity Kills Mainstream Rock Chart History]. Billboard.
6. [{{BillboardURLbyName|artist=gravity kills|chart=Hot 100}} Gravity Kills Billboard Hot 100 Songs Chart History]. Billboard.
7. Web site: Gravity Kills Billboard Singles. Allmusic.
8. Web site: Chart Log UK: Gina G – GZA. Zobbel.