Miss Machine
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Miss Machine is an album by The Dillinger Escape Plan, released on July 20, 2004 (see 2004 in music). The band's music is difficult to classify, but it is closest to grindcore or metalcore, while also incorporating elements of other genres, such as jazz.
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| Missing image Dillinger_Escape_Plan_'Miss_Machine'_album_cover.jpg Album cover | ||
| Album by Dillinger Escape Plan | ||
| Released | July 20, 2004 | |
| Recorded | ??? | |
| Genre | Grindcore | |
| Length | 39 min 54 sec | |
| Record label | Relapse Records | |
| Producer | Steve Evetts, Benjamin Weinman, Chris Pennie | |
| Professional reviews | ||
| All Music Guide | 4.5 out of 5 stars | link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4tknu3xsan5k) |
| RockReview.co.uk | 9 out of 10 | link (http://www.rockreview.co.uk/album_details.asp?ID=309) |
| HardcoreSounds | 4.5 out of 5 | link (http://www.hardcoresounds.net/modules.php?name=Band_List&file=cdviewer&func=1424) |
| Rolling Stone | Mixed | July 19, 2004 (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=6223596&pageid=rs.Artistcage&pageregion=triple1) |
| Metal Injection | Favorable | July 13, 2004 (http://www.metalinjection.net/news/viewnews.cgi?id=EplAZZVpupxNIzIAVP) |
| Dillinger Escape Plan Chronology | ||
| Irony is a Dead Scene (2002) | Miss Machine (2004) | |
Miss Machine was released in three editions: LP, CD, and CD plus bonus DVD. The bonus DVD includes footage from a handful of the band's live performances.
Miss Machine is the band's first full-length album since Calculating Infinity and a chain of events that shook up the band -- the car accident prior to the recording of Calculating Infinity that left original bassist Adam Doll paralyzed, the departure of original vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, recording an EP (Irony is a Dead Scene) with Mike Patton, and the addition of replacement vocalist Greg Puciato to the band.
Puciato has said in an interview that most of the lyrics for the songs on the album, and the album's title Miss Machine, were inspired by relationship troubles.
Miss Machine is probably the band's most mainstream-friendly release to date, as the band draws from the experience of working with Mike Patton and the industrial influence of Greg Puciato's other project, Error.
Track listing
- "Panasonic Youth" (Weinman/Puciato) - 2:27
- "Sunshine the Werewolf" (Weinman/Puciato) - 4:17
- "Highway Robbery" (Weinman/Puciato) - 3:30
- "Van Damsel" (Weinman/Puciato) - 2:59
- "Phone Home" (Weinman/Puciato) - 4:15
- "We Are the Storm" (Weinman/Puciato) - 4:38
- "Crutch Field Tongs" (Weinman) - 0:52
- "Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants" (Weinman/Puciato) - 3:27
- "Baby's First Coffin" (Weinman/Puciato) - 4:02
- "Unretrofied" (Weinman/Puciato) - 5:37
- "The Perfect Design" (Weinman/Puciato) - 3:50
Personnel
- Benjamin Weinman - guitar
- Brian Benoit - guitar
- Chris Pennie - drums
- Greg Puciato - vocals
- Liam Wilson - bass guitar
- Steve Evetts - producer, engineering, mixing
- Benjamin Weinman - producer
- Chris Pennie - producer
- Jessie Cannon - "Additional Protooling"
- Tom Shumway - assistant engineer
- James Russo - assistant engineer
- Alan Douches - mastering
- Mike Watkajtys - live sound engineer
- Brian Montuori - artwork and direction
- Dimitri Minakakis - layout and design
- Matthew Jacobson - executive producer