| Machines of Loving Grace | |
| Type: | Album |
| Artist: | Machines of Loving Grace |
| Cover: | File:MOLG_selftitled1991.jpg |
| Released: | 1991 |
| Genre: | Industrial rock, dance rock, techno pop |
| Label: | Mammoth Records |
| Next Title: | Concentration |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
Machines of Loving Grace is an album by the American band Machines of Loving Grace, released in 1991.[1] The opening track contains a sample from Devo's 1981 single "Through Being Cool". The band supported the album by touring with Swans.[2]
The St. Petersburg Times wrote: "Although the harsh reality of industrial dance music runs amok in 'Burn Like Brilliant Trash (At Jackie's Funeral)', 'Cicciolina', which follows, is gentle, as close to balladry as tech-heads have ever roamed."[3] The Washington Post deemed the band "a synth-based trio that occasionally approximates a hip-hop swing but often sounds like one of those British electro-dance combos of a decade ago."[4] The Oregonian opined that "the group veers from cluttered industrial noise constructs (akin to Skinny Puppy, though milder) to glossy, if eccentric, dance-rock."[5]
AllMusic wrote that "Pretty Hate Machine-style synths are scattered liberally across the album, but the most part it's surprisingly calm and restrained."
All tracks by Machines of Loving Grace