Diatribes (album)

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Diatribes
Studio album by
Released22 January 1996 (1996-01-22)
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]
Kerrang![4]
MetalReviews58/100[5]

Diatribes is the sixth studio album by English grindcore band Napalm Death, originally released on 22 January 1996 on Earache Records.[4] It was released as double 10" vinyl, regular CD, special digipak CD with space for the Greed Killing EP and MC.[6] 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.[7]

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)[8] 94
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 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. ^ a b Shiels, Liam (13 January 1996). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 579. EMAP. p. 45.
  5. ^ Goat. "Napalm Death – Diatribes". MetalReviews. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  6. ^ "Napalm Death 'Diatribes'". earache.com. Earache Records. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  7. ^ 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.
  8. ^ "Napalm Death - Diatribes". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Germany. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
  9. ^ "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2014.