''The Eyes of Stanley Pain'' is an
album
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by
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.
Track listing
# "Suni C" – 5:29
# "Possession" – 4:07
# "The Turin Cloud" – 4:31
# "Glassblower" – 3:01
# "H Sien Influence" – 4:45
# "Base Metal" – 5:00
# "Collision" – 10:37
# "Sidewinder" – 4:18
# "Outafter" – 4:56
# "Killfly" – 4:04
# "Separate" – 5:53
# "Seven Plagues" – 4:48
# "Fire This Ground (Puppy Gristle, Pt. 1)" – 5:06 ''(see
"Notes")''
# "The Eyes of Stanley Pain" – 4:47
Personnel
*
cEvin Key
Kevin William Crompton (born February 13, 1961), known professionally as cEvin Key, is a Canadian musician, songwriter, producer, and composer. He is best known as a member of the industrial music group Skinny Puppy, which he co-founded in 1982 wi ...
*
Dwayne Goettel
Dwayne Rudolph Goettel (February 1, 1964August 23, 1995) was a Canadian electronic musician, best known for his work in the industrial music group Skinny Puppy. Starting his career playing for a variety of acts around Edmonton, he joined Skinny P ...
*
Mark Spybey
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- vocals, lyrics, and various other sounds
Guests
*
Genesis P. Orridge (vocals - 5, 11; gristlebox - 13)
*Anthony Valcic (keys - 4)
*Larry Thrasher (drums - 13)
*
Philth (keys - 7)
Design
*
Dave McKean - design and illustration
*Lorne Bridgman - "Download" photo
Notes
*The track "Outafter" is dedicated to
Brandon Lee
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. It was originally to be used as a
Skinny Puppy song for the movie ''
The Crow
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'', though plans fell through. Lee was also a Puppy fan.
*"Fire This Ground" is subtitled as "Puppy Gristle, Pt. 1", referring to the 1994 jam between Skinny Puppy and members of
Psychic TV/
Throbbing Gristle, which was later released as the Skinny Puppy album ''
Puppy Gristle''.
*The inside cover contains a quote from French poet
Charles Baudelaire
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:
:"''that which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal: from which it follows that irregularity - that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are an essential part and characteristic of beauty''"
*The track "Collision" contains a notably contrasting part which is more harmonic and rhythmically concise than the rest of the track. The initiating rhythmic loop of this "embedded" part begins exactly 7 minutes and 7 seconds into the track. "Collision" being track 7 arguably indicates a deliberate choice of timing.
References
External links
Litany Page for the album (with lyrics)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Eyes of Stanley Pain, The
1996 albums
Albums with cover art by Dave McKean
Download (band) albums