Journey Through a Body explained

Journey Through a Body
Type:	studio
Artist:	Throbbing Gristle
Cover:	Journey Through a Body cover.jpg
Released:	April 1982
Recorded:	March 1981
Genre:	Industrial
Length:	39:17
Label:	Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien
Prev Title:	Greatest Hits
Prev Year:	1981
Next Title:	Three Psychick Sacrifice
Next Year:	1982

Journey Through a Body is the fourth studio album by English industrial music group Throbbing Gristle, released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.

Background

Journey Through a Body was a piece of "radio art" commissioned by Italian national radio. The album was freely improvised and recorded in Rome in March 1981 at the RAI studios.^[1]

Release

Journey Through a Body was released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.^[2] The album was reissued in the UK in 1993.

Critical reception

The Wire called Journey Through a Body the group's "scariest" album.^[3]

Notes and References

1. Book: Thompson . Dave . Alternative Rock . Miller Freeman . 2002 . 0-87930-607-6 . San Francisco, CA . 687 . 00-58249 . 1193377576 . registration . the Internet Archive.
2. Journey Through a Body . . April 1982 . Germany . Walter Ulbricht Scahllfolien . 13 July 2013.
3. Herrington . Tony . 1999 . The Wire: Volumes 185–189 . The Wire . C. Parker.