City (Strapping Young Lad album)

City (Strapping Young Lad album)
City
Studio album by Strapping Young Lad
Released February 11, 1997
Recorded 1996
Genre Extreme metal, industrial metal
Length 39:22
Label Century Media Records
Producer Devin Townsend
Strapping Young Lad chronology
Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing
(1995)
City
(1997)
No Sleep 'till Bedtime
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 4/5 stars[1]

City is the second album by Canadian extreme metal band Strapping Young Lad. It was released on February 11, 1997. The album was re-released in 2007 with several bonus tracks and altered cover art. Frontman Devin Townsend assembled a permanent lineup of Strapping Young Lad to record City, including prolific drummer Gene Hoglan, and Townsend's former bandmates Jed Simon on guitar and Byron Stroud on bass. The album was critically acclaimed with Revolver naming it one of "the greatest metal albums of all time",[2] and it is widely considered Strapping Young Lad's best work.

Contents

Background

After releasing the first Strapping Young Lad album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing, as a solo album, Townsend recruited a permanent line-up for the second album: Jed Simon on guitar, Byron Stroud on bass and Gene Hoglan on drums. City was remastered and re-released in 2007, and included several unreleased tracks, as well as a Japanese bonus track and the video for "Detox".[3]

Reception

City received highly positive reviews. Kerrang! praised the album for its heaviness, claiming it sounded like "sticking your head into the jet nozzle of a Stealth Bomber",[4] while Metal Hammer ranked it #13 on its "Top 20 Albums of 1997" list.[5] The album gained a cult following and a loyal fan base for the band.[6] City is considered to be the band's best effort by a large number of fans[7] and critics alike.[8][9]

In 2002, the album was #45 on Revolver magazine's "69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time" list,[2] and was on their "Must Have Metal Albums" list in 2005.[6] It also appeared on the "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties" list conducted by Terrorizer.[10] Townsend himself stated City "is the real Strapping record. That's the ultimate one out of all of them".[11] City sold over 9,000 copies its first week.[12] The song "Oh My Fucking God" was later covered by fellow Canadian extreme metal band Cryptopsy, for a compilation album by Century Media.[13]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Velvet Kevorkian"   1:17
2. "All Hail the New Flesh"   5:24
3. "Oh My Fucking God"   3:34
4. "Detox"   5:37
5. "Home Nucleonics"   2:31
6. "AAA"   5:21
7. "Underneath the Waves"   3:40
8. "Room 429" (Cop Shoot Cop cover) 5:21
9. "Spirituality"   6:34
10. "Centipede" (available on Japanese release and 2007 remaster) 7:55
11. "Home Nucleonics" ('96 demo, available on Japanese release of No Sleep 'till Bedtime and 2007 remaster) 3:02
12. "Headrhoid" (Gunt demo, available on Japanese release of No Sleep 'till Bedtime and 2007 remaster) 1:38
13. "Detox" ('96 demo, available on Japanese release of No Sleep 'till Bedtime and 2007 remaster) 5:48
14. "AAA" ('96 demo, available on Japanese release of No Sleep 'till Bedtime and 2007 remaster) 5:22

Credits

Musicians

Additional musicians

The Cruxfrog Choir

Val (Chris Valago), Stoolie B. Flames (Byron Stroud), The Tower, Pete "this beer reminds me of the beaches in Portugal" Maia

Production Credits

  • Devin Townsend – production, mix engineering
  • Daniel Bergstrand – engineering, mix engineering
  • Danne the Manne – additional production
  • Mercello Gomes – assistant engineer
  • Steve Good – assistant engineer
  • Matteo Caratozzolo – overdubs
  • The Tower – overdubs assistant
  • Steve Good – studio coordinator
  • Mc2 – editing
  • Lulu Devine – editing

Additional credits

  • Devin Townsend – song composition, management
  • Gene Hoglan – additional drum arrangements on "Oh My Fucking God"
  • Adrian White – additional drum arrangements on "AAA"
  • Strapping Young Lad - additional arrangements
  • Masa Noda – photography
  • Dan Collins – photography

References

  1. ^ City (Strapping Young Lad album) at Allmusic. Retrieved August 22, 2011.
  2. ^ a b "The 69 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time". Revolver. 2002, September/October.
  3. ^ [1] at Allmusic. Retrieved January 16, 2011.
  4. ^ Sheils, Liam. "Strapping Young Lad - City". Kerrang!. February 1, 1997, Iss. 633.
  5. ^ "Top 20 Albums of 1997". Metal Hammer. December 1997.
  6. ^ a b "Strapping Young Lad: ALIEN CD Release". Metal-Rules.com. 2005-03-23. http://www.metal-rules.com/zine/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=124. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  7. ^ Rademacher, Brian (2005-08-11). "Interview with Jed Simon". Rock Eyez Webzine. http://www.rockeyez.com/interviews/int-strappingyounglad-simon.html. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  8. ^ Bergman, Keith. "Strapping Young Lad - The New Black review". Blabbermouth.net. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/showreview.aspx?reviewID=788. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  9. ^ Begrand, Adrien (2005-03-25). "Strapping Young Lad: Alien review". PopMatters. http://www.popmatters.com/pm/review/strappingyounglad-alien. Retrieved 2008-01-31. 
  10. ^ "100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Terrorizer. February 2000, Iss. 75.
  11. ^ "Strapping Young Lad Are All Rocked Out". Exclaim!. July 2006. http://www.exclaim.ca/articles/points.aspx?csid1=82. Retrieved 2008-04-28. 
  12. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=3145
  13. ^ http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=108375

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