Heathen Earth

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Heathen Earth
Live album by Throbbing Gristle
Released 1980 June
Recorded 1980 February 16
Genre Industrial
Label Industrial Records
Throbbing Gristle chronology
20 Jazz Funk Greats
(1979)
Heathen Earth
(1980)
The First Annual Report
(2001)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Piero Scaruffi 7.5/10 stars[1]
Pitchfork Media (8.0/10)[2]

Heathen Earth is a live album by Throbbing Gristle. Tracks 1- 8 document their performance in 1980 on "Saturday the 16th of February between 8:10pm and 9:00pm". Track 9 is from a performance on July 06 1978 . Track 10 is from a performance on May 18 1978.

The first pressing was limited to 785 Copies on blue vinyl. The second pressing was on black vinyl.

Contents

[edit] VHS

The Heathen Earth VHS is a live in studio recording.

[edit] Track listing

[edit] CD

  1. Cornets - 4:38
  2. The Old Man Smiled - 6:39
  3. After Cease To Exist - 7:17
  4. The World Is A War Film - 7:46
  5. Dreamachine - 7:44
  6. Still Walking - 4:56
  7. Don't Do As You're Told, Do As You Think - 7:33
  8. Painless Childbirth - 1:05
  9. Adrenalin - 3:59
  10. Subhuman - 2:53
  • On the CD release, only tracks 9 and 10 had titles, though Genesis P-Orridge later revealed the names of the untitled songs. [3]

[edit] 12" vinyl

Side A

  • (untitled)

Side B

  • (untitled)

[edit] References

  1. ^ Piero Scaruffi review
  2. ^ Pitchfork Media review
  3. ^ "Throbbing Gristle FAQ at Brainwashed". http://brainwashed.com/tg/faqs.html. Retrieved 2007-04-02. 

[edit] See also

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