''Unlistenable Hymns of Indulgent Damage'' is the debut studio album of Angel Rot, released on April 23, 1999 by

Man's Ruin Records Man's Ruin Records was an independent record label owned and founded by San Francisco Bay Area artist Frank Kozik. After the 1994 release of Man's Ruin's first record ''Experimental Audio Research (EAR): Delta 6'' Kozik worked with artists whom ...

. The album was recorded in 1993 but delay in releasing the sessions occurred when the master tapes were lost.

Reception

Eduardo Rivadavia of

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awarded ''Unlistenable Hymns of Indulgent Damage'' three out of five stars, praising the guitar work but criticizing the songwriting as lackluster. He called it "one of the most unique-sounding and grammatically challenged stoner rock albums issued in 1999, even by the underground genre's already unconventional standards." ''

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'' also criticized the vocal performances but generally agreed on the music being enjoyable.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Unlistenable Hymns of Indulgent Damage'' liner notes. Angel Rot * Mike Davis –

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– lead vocals,

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, production,

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* Steven Kleiner – drums, illustrations Production and design * Ross Bonadonna – mixing * Sal Canzonieri –

* Alan Douches – mastering * Ira Heaps – production

Release history

References

External links

''Unlistenable Hymns of Indulgent Damage''
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