''Purity Dilution'' is the first album released by

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, and the only release of the two to have

Mick Harris Michael John Harris (born 4 October 1967) is an English musician from Birmingham. He was the drummer for Napalm Death between 1985 and 1991, and is credited for coining the term "grindcore". After Napalm Death, Harris joined Painkiller with Joh ...

on it. It was released in 1989 on

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, and was issued in four different versions: * The original 1989 release LP/CD * The 1990 German brown cassette, limited to 666 copies * The 1992 release with a different cover art and the bonus track ''Granted Wish'' * The 2000 digipak release with ''Granted Wish''

Track listing

#"Intro-Megaton" – 1:55 #"Vestige Of Earthly Remains" – 3:00 #"Life On Planet Earth Is Fucken Cancerous" – 1:26 #"Contagion" – 2:08 #"Predominance" – 1:40 #"Recovery" – 2:23 #"Side Effects" – 2:15 #"Mutual Trust" – 2:21 #"Focus" – 2:18 #"Popular Belief" – 2:03 #"Scrutiny" – 2:52 #"Underestimation" – 2:21 #"Granted Wish" – 3:36 - Bonus track; only on the 1992 release and the 2000 digipak release

Credits

Mitch Harris Mitch Harris (born October 31, 1969) is an American guitarist. He started his career in the grindcore band Righteous Pigs. He did a side project with Mick Harris – then the drummer of grindcore band Napalm Death – called Defecation. Shortly ...

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Vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

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, Vocals {{Authority control 1989 debut albums Defecation (band) albums