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Torture Tech Overdrive

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Torture Tech Overdrive
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released1991 (1991)
GenreElectro-industrial
Length42:25
LabelIf It Moves...
Re-Constriction Records V/A chronology
Torture Tech Overdrive
(1991)
The Cyberflesh Conspiracy
(1992)
Alternative cover
1994 CD cover
1994 CD cover

Torture Tech Overdrive is a various artists compilation album released in 1991 by If It Moves....[1] In October 1994 the album was reissued for a limited run of 1000 pressings by Cleopatra Records with an extended track listing additional versions of tracks.[2][3][4] The uncredited song is "Back in Black", an cover of the hard rock band AC/DC by Chase's musical outlet Rendering Service. The song "Lupe Velez" by Jimmy Jazz is about the illogicality of attempting to create a "beautiful suicide."[5]

Reception

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Sonic Boom gave Torture Tech Overdrive a positive review and said "definitely a compilation to try and find regardless of its limited edition status."[2]

Track listing

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Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Fight!"Keith Arem, Jack BoughnerBiohazard PCB3:49
2."Character Machine" (Reanimated Edit)Anthony Floriano, Kenneth Spain, Stephen SynoskiFixed Image4:47
3."CDB" (Gizmo Edit)R. Orret, Steve WatkinsScar Tissue3:41
4."Countdown to Meltdown '94" (Gate Edit)Timothy WilesDeath Method4:28
5."Shallow Grave (Date With an Embalmer Mix)"Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde SartinSTG4:21
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Numbing Device" (1991 V. Remix)Mark Deadrick, Trevor HenthornSweat Engine4:26
2."White Noise"William Hayden, Keith YorkApolitiq4:18
3."So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix)"Peter StoneXorcist5:05
4."Back in Black" (AC/DC cover)Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm YoungRendering Service3:27
5."Freedom"Jeremy Daw, Lynda SterlingYeht Mae4:04
1994 CD track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)ArtistLength
1."Fight!"Keith Arem, Jack BoughnerBiohazard PCB3:49
2."Numbing Device"Mark Deadrick, Trevor HenthornSweat Engine4:26
3."CDB" (Gizmo Edit)R. Orret, Steve WatkinsScar Tissue3:41
4."Shallow Grave (Date With an Embalmer Mix)"Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde SartinSTG4:21
5."White Noise"William Hayden, Keith YorkApolitiq4:18
6."Crock of Shit"Shonn Bratlien, Barry Dost, Johan Sherriffs, Thomas Patrick SmithPain Emission2:59
7."Character Machine"Anthony Floriano, Kenneth Spain, Stephen SynoskiFixed Image4:47
8."Secret Hate"Michael Gunn, Jeff TatmanDeath Industry4:52
9."Manifesto Primitive"Jeremy GoodyA Release Project3:36
10."So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix)"Peter StoneXorcist5:05
11."Countdown to Meltdown '94"Timothy WilesDeath Method4:28
12."Flesh Feeds Soul (Perversion '94)" (Razormaid Mix)Steven SeiboldHate Dept.4:17
13."Freedom"Jeremy Daw, Lynda SterlingYeht Mae4:04
14."Technocality"Mark Deadrick, Trevor HenthornSweat Engine5:01
15."Roundhouse"Larry RainwaterEx-Voto4:03
16."Glass" (Clean Mix)James Basore, John Belew, Marc Phillips, Christian VoidKilling Floor4:41
17."Lupe Velez"Justin HopkinsJimmy Jazz0:49
18."Back in Black" (AC/DC cover)Brian Johnson, Angus Young, Malcolm YoungRendering Service3:27

Personnel

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Adapted from the Torture Tech Overdrive liner notes.[6]

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1991 If It Moves... LP IIM-001
1994 Cleopatra CD CLEO 9499

References

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  1. ^ "Various Artists: Torture-Tech Overdrive > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Christian, Chris (October 1995). "Various Artists: Torture Tech Overdrive". Sonic Boom. 3 (8). Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  3. ^ Barnhart, Becky (1995). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. 7 (1). Stereophile, Incorporated: 209. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  4. ^ Barnhart, Becky (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Schwann Spectrum. Winter 1996-1997. Stereophile, Incorporated: 255. ISBN 9781575980386. Retrieved July 26, 2020.
  5. ^ Vogel, Michelle (July 10, 2012). Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's "Mexican Spitfire". McFarland & Company. p. 222. ISBN 9780786489978. Retrieved July 26, 2019.
  6. ^ Torture Tech Overdrive (sleeve). Various artists. San Diego, California: If It Moves... 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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