''SuckPump'' is the first album by New York industrial band
Bile
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, released in 1994. The album was released on the now-defunct Energy Records. Bile re-released the album in 2003 alongside their out-of-print second release, ''
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'', as a digipak titled ''
Frankenhole''.
''SuckPump'' was written and recorded by Chris 'Krztoff' Liggio and produced and engineered by David 'Slave' Stagnari, Robert 'Void' Caprio, and Krztoff (reported on the album as Kristoff).
"I Reject" was part of the
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of the 1995 film adaptation of ''
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''.
Critical reception
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'' gave the album 4 stars (out of 5) and called it a "classic."
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'' wrote that the songs "are formed around ordinary dance tracks, then fed through a meat grinder of distorted vocals and crushing guitars, resulting in tunes that would be almost catchy but for the throbbing instrumental attack."
Track listing
All songs written by Chris Liggio except "Burnt" by Liggio and Eric Meneses
# "Head" - 5:26
# "Burnt" - 3:56
# "Ura Fucking Loser" - 5:16
# "I Reject" - 2:56
# "Feeling Like Shit" - 4.13
# "Get Out" - 4:21
# "Suckpump" - 9:01
# "Get Out (Radio Edit)" - 4.25
Credits
;Live band members
* Krztoff (Chris Liggio) - vocals
* Eric Roi (Eric Meneses) - vocals
* Archie A.K. - vocals
* Brett (Brett Pirozzi) - bass guitar
* Jeff X. - guitars
* R.H. Bear (Rick Boeckel) - keyboards
* Omen (Damion Troy) - cybercussion
* Sin-D - sex
* Mr. and Mrs. Clown
* Bobabuse (Bob Noble) - beatings
* Mclusky - lights
;Production
*Produced and engineered by Slave a.k.a. David Stagnari, Void, and Krztoff
*Programming and additional sounds by Slave a.k.a. David Stagnari
*Tape edited by Void
*Recorded at Music Palace, Strong Island, N.Y.
*Mastered by Howie Weinberg at Masterdisk
*Management - Ramsey Jabbar for Aggression Inc.
*Design - Mary Jane Leonti Design Group
*Illustration - Gina Volpe
References
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Bile (band) albums
1994 debut albums