Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse
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Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse is the second studio album by Skinny Puppy, released on September 5, 1986.<ref name="Kern">Template:Cite book</ref> It contained the single "Dig It", which inspired several industrial music contemporaries, including Nine Inch Nails.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> "Dig It" received extensive airplay on MTV<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> and was listed by Billboard as a recommended dance track.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> The song "Stairs and Flowers" was also released as a single.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
The cover photo, taken by Steven R. Gilmore, was from a pornographic film that happened to come on the TV in a hotel in New York City.<ref name="Kern"/> The cover caused Tipper Gore to place it on one of her lists for the Parents Music Resource Center as an example of why there should be parental advisory stickers on albums.<ref name="Kern"/>
OverviewEdit
When it became clear to band leader cEvin Key that Bill Leeb was uninterested in staying with Skinny Puppy, he hired Dwayne Goettel.<ref name="Barclay p.516">Template:Harvnb</ref> The two had met when Goettel's band, Water, opened for a Skinny Puppy show in 1985.<ref name=Cousins>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Key and Goettel got on well and quickly began jamming together.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Goettel was a classically trained pianist and had extensive technical knowledge, including experience with the Ensoniq Mirage which became vital to Skinny Puppy's sound.<ref name="IDW6:07">Template:Cite interviewTemplate:Cbignore</ref><ref name="SeeMagazine">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The inclusion of Goettel helped the band to escape their synth-pop roots and take on a more industrial sound.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
The album was the first new Skinny Puppy release to be overseen by Capitol Records. The band's deal with Capitol dramatically increased the number of stores their records were sold in, from 200 to 1,700 across Canada.<ref name="Whelps">Template:Cite journal</ref> The release of their first single, "Dig It", also bolstered the band's image in America, where the song's music video was played regularly on MTV.<ref name="Taboos">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name=timeline>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album's artwork was created by frequent collaborator Steven R. Gilmore, who used an image he had snapped of a porn actress he saw writhing on TV.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The cover won the award for Best Album Art at the 1987 CASBY Awards.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Coinciding with the release of the album, the band embarked on a 66-date tour of North America and Europe alongside Australian act Severed Heads.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref><ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> During the tour, singer Nivek Ogre said that he dedicated the album to "those who make up their own minds", going on that he hoped the imagery employed on stage would not shock people, but make them think.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> The Royal Winnipeg Ballet used Skinny Puppy's music for portions of its show during their 1986 tour.<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Critical receptionEdit
Tim DiGravina of AllMusic awarded the album three out of five stars and said that it did not represent the band at their best, but served as a prelude to the "chaotic future masterworks".<ref name=AllMusic /> Erine Welch of The Boston Globe wrote that the album had intrigue, but was generally too unintelligible to understand. "Provocative? Disturbing? Ridiculous? Skinny Puppy is probably all three. Is Skinny Puppy worth taking home for a listen? Let me put it this way: I'll be reimbursed for my copy".<ref name="Globe">Template:Cite journal</ref> Billboard magazine recommended the album, but said that it had little chance of exposure outside of college radio.<ref name=Billboard>Template:Cite magazine</ref>
Bill Henderson of the Orlando Sentinel said that the album was "void of human feeling or emotion", but shined with its use of synthesizers and samples.<ref name=Orlando /> Diana Valois from The Morning Call neither recommended or rejected the album, saying that it was "thoughtfully engineered - like a toxic dump reclamation project".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref> Frances Litman of the Times Colonist panned the album, apologizing to Skinny Puppy fans before saying "how this noise can be classified as music is beyond me".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
In 1987, Melody Maker named the album the 11th best album of the year, describing the album as a "desolate, crackling chunk of rust encrusted machinery tacked with bolts, deflecting radio waves and colliding with lost junk".<ref>Template:Cite journal</ref>
Track listingEdit
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- "Dig It" is replaced by its 12" version on the CD; it lasts 7:24. On vinyl, "Burnt with Water" ends with a locked groove repeating the phrase "Amen, Lord, hear my prayer" endlessly until the needle is lifted.<ref name=Disc>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation
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- Several of the CD-only bonus tracks were mislabeled, either as "(Dub)" or with no version mentioned.<ref name=Disc />
PersonnelEdit
Personnel adapted from liner notes.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
- Nivek Ogre – vocals, keyboards, synthesizers, lyrics
- cEvin Key – drums, percussion, keyboards, synthesizers, bass guitar, electric guitar, production, engineering, mixing
- Dave Ogilvie – production, engineering, mixing
- Dwayne Goettel – keyboards, synthesizers, sampler, bass guitar
- Wilhelm Schroeder – backing vocals on "Stairs and Flowers"
- David Jackson – chainsaw on "Chainsaw"
ReferencesEdit
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External linksEdit
- Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse at Discogs ( Vinyl, 12", Nettwerk, Canada, 1986)
- Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse at Discogs ( CD, Nettwerk, Canada, 1988)