''Prove You Wrong'' is an album by American heavy metal band

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, released in 1991. It is their only album with

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on bass guitar. The album includes a cover of "

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. ''Prove You Wrong'' continued the experimentation with

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that began on Prong's previous album ''

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'', toning down much of the

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elements from their 1980s output in favor of a more experimental sound that was influenced by

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and

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that Prong "combines postindustrial noise, a rebellious punk mentality, and heavy-metal flourishes and, with a minimalist approach that is anything but simplistic, strips them all down to a brutal essence." ''

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'' wrote: "While the trio’s devotion to precisely lurching rhythms keeps the songs choppy—a clenched fist twitching spasmodically as it prepares to deliver a haymaker—this dull record makes that attribute part of a tentative shift toward industrial anti-musicality."

Track listing

#"Irrelevant Thoughts" – 2:37 (Parsons, Victor) #"Unconditional" – 4:45 (Troy Gregory, Victor) #"Positively Blind" – 2:43 (Victor) #"Prove You Wrong" – 3:31 (Gregory, Victor) #"Hell If I Could" – 4:00 (Gregory, Victor) #"Pointless" – 3:07 (Prong) #"Contradictions" – 4:10 (Victor) #"Torn Between" – 3:11 (Gregory, Victor) #"Brainwave" – 3:01 (Victor) #"Territorial Rites" – 3:31 (Prong) #"

" – 3:05 (

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) (

cover) #"Shouldn't Have Bothered" – 2:39 (Victor) #"No Way to Deny It" – 4:41 (Victor)

Personnel

Prong

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– lead vocals, lead and rhythm guitars *

– bass guitar, backing vocals *

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– drums, percussion, backing vocals *Mark Dodson – additional vocals

Production

*Prong – arrangers *Mark Dodson – arranger, producer, engineer, mixing *Brooke Hendricks – engineer, assistant engineer *Brian Stover – assistant engineer *Greg Calbi – mastering *Roger Lomas – mastering

References

{{Authority control Prong (band) albums 1991 albums Epic Records albums Albums produced by Mark Dodson