''Manic Compression'' is the second
studio album by American
post-hardcore band
Quicksand. It was released in 1995 on
Island Records
Island Records is a multinational record label owned by Universal Music Group. It was founded in 1959 by Chris Blackwell, Graeme Goodall, and Leslie Kong in Jamaica, and was eventually sold to PolyGram in 1989. Island and A&M Records, an ...
. The album influenced many post-hardcore and alternative metal bands. It peaked at number 135 on the
''Billboard'' 200.
It was Quicksand's last studio album before their initial breakup, leading to a 22-year gap in output until the release of ''
Interiors'', in 2017. In the meantime, a follow-up album was conceptualized during their brief 1997–1999 reunion, but it never materialized.
A vinyl version of the album was released in early 2013 by Shop Radio Cast.
It incorrectly lists "Landmine Spring" as the first song on the B-side on the cover, when the song is the last song pressed on the A-side.
Critical reception
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The Encyclopedia of Popular Music'' called ''Manic Compression'' "another bracing collection of cerebral punk songs."
[ '']Trouser Press
''Trouser Press'' was a rock and roll magazine started in New York in 1974 as a mimeographed fanzine by editor/publisher Ira Robbins, fellow fan of the Who Dave Schulps and Karen Rose under the name "Trans-Oceanic Trouser Press" (a reference ...
'' wrote that "producers Wharton Tiers ... and Don Fury condense the sonics considerably on tracks like the writhing 'Divorce' and the brittle 'Thorn in My Side.'"
Track listing
Personnel
* Quicksand
** Walter Schreifels – guitar, vocals
** Tom Capone – guitar
** Sergio Vega – bass
** Alan Cage – drums
* George Marino – mastering
* Don Fury – production, mixing
* Wharton Tiers
Wharton Tiers (born 1953, in Philadelphia) is an American audio engineer, record producer, drummer and percussionist.
Biography
After receiving a diploma from Villanova University (Radnor Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania), he moved t ...
– production
* Melinda Beck – illustration
* Joseph Cultice – photography
* Satoru Igarashi – design
References
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1995 albums
Quicksand (band) albums
Albums produced by Wharton Tiers
Albums produced by Don Fury