Diatribes (album)

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Diatribes
Studio album by
Released30 January 1996 (1996-01-30)
RecordedFramework Studios
Genre
Length44:16
LabelEarache
ProducerColin Richardson
Napalm Death chronology
Greed Killing
(1995)
Diatribes
(1996)
In Tongues We Speak
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
MetalReviews58/100[4]

Diatribes is the sixth studio album by English grindcore band Napalm Death, originally released in 1996 on Earache Records. It was released as double 10" vinyl, regular CD, special digipak CD with space for the Greed Killing EP and MC.[5] In 2010, Earache issued a re-release of Diatribes in a box set that also included the Greed Killing EP and the live album Bootlegged in Japan.[6]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Greed Killing"Shane Embury, Mitch HarrisHarris3:06
2."Glimpse into Genocide"EmburyJesse Pintado3:02
3."Ripe for the Breaking"Mark GreenwayHarris, Embury4:01
4."Cursed to Crawl"EmburyEmbury3:26
5."Cold Forgiveness"EmburyHarris, Pintado4:32
6."My Own Worst Enemy"EmburyEmbury3:36
7."Just Rewards"GreenwayHarris3:29
8."Dogma"EmburyEmbury3:30
9."Take the Strain"GreenwayEmbury4:11
10."Diatribes"GreenwayEmbury, Harris3:52
11."Placate, Sedate, Eradicate"GreenwayPintado3:24
12."Corrosive Elements"GreenwayHarris4:02

Personnel[edit]

Napalm Death[edit]

Technical personnel[edit]

  • Colin Richardson – production
  • Danny Sprigg – engineering
  • Paul Siddens – assistant engineering
  • Emma Siddens – assistant engineering
  • Noel Summerville – mastering

Chart positions[edit]

Chart (1996) Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[7] 94
UK Albums (OCC)[8] 73

References[edit]

  1. ^ Huey, Steve. Napalm Death: Diatribes > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 306. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. pp. 1015–1016. ISBN 978-0857125958.
  4. ^ Goat. "Napalm Death – Diatribes". MetalReviews. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  5. ^ "Napalm Death 'Diatribes'". earache.com. Earache Records. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  6. ^ EvilG (27 October 2010). "Napalm Death – Diatribes/Greed Killing/Bootlegged in Japan 3 CD set now out in North America". Metal Rules. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Napalm Death - Diatribes". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Germany. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  8. ^ "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2014.