''Psycho the Rapist'', released on October 2, 2007, is the eighth

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Name

The name ''Psycho the rapist'' is a jocular

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of ''psychotherapist''.See p. 146 in Zuckermann, Ghil'ad (2003),

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), which mentions also ''to get her in trouble'', a rebracketing of ''together in trouble''.

Track listing

# "Fanglorious" - 4:57 # "Hatchet Harry" - 4:16 # "Elective Surgical Strike" - 4:34 # "Sirvix" - 5:05 # "No Imagination" - 6:17 # "Remedial Math" - 4:37 # "Idle Lysergic Corpse" - 6:44 # "Holy Terror" - 5:26 # "200 Bodies Per Minute" - 5:05 # "Penultimatum" - 7:57 # "Acumen Trepanation" - 10:37

Personnel

Written, performed and produced by

Jason Novak Acumen Nation is an American industrial rock band from Chicago, Illinois. History Early career Formed in 1988 as Acumen by Jason Novak and Ethan Novak, the band released several cassette demos before self-releasing the CD demo '' Transmissions f ...

Live drums by Dan Brill
Additional sounds by Jamie Duffy
Additional programming on "Holy Terror" by Sean Payne
Special hi-hat programming on "Closer" by D. Broussier

References

{{Authority control 2007 albums Acumen Nation albums