The Blood-Splat Rating System
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| The Blood-Splat Rating System | ||||
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| Released | 1995 | |||
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| Length | 40:47 | |||
| Label | Conscience | |||
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| Powerman 5000 chronology | ||||
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| Singles from The Blood-Splat Rating System | ||||
| Mega!! Kung Fu Radio | ||||
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| AllMusic |   [6] |
The Blood-Splat Rating System is the debut studio album by the American rock band Powerman 5000. Released in 1995 through Conscience Records, it was the band's second independent release. The album was a local success in Boston, sold out its initial pressing and won three awards from the 1995 Boston Phoenix Readers' Poll, including "Best Metal Album", "Best Rap Album" and "Album of the Year".[7][8] Its success led to a contract with the major label DreamWorks Records, who reissued the album under the title Mega!! Kung Fu Radio on February 25, 1997. It had sold 156,954 copies by 2003.[9]
Musical style
[edit]The album's musical style incorporates elements of heavy metal, funk, hard rock, and rap.[10] According to AllMusic's Chris Slawecki, vocalist Spider One "doesn't sing one single lyric, instead barking out the lyrics in a hard staccato delivery."[10]
Track listing
[edit]| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Public Menace, Freak, Human Fly" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Neckbone" | 4:00 |
| 3. | "Car Crash" | 2:42 |
| 4. | "Earth vs. Me" | 3:20 |
| 5. | "A Swim with the Sharks" | 3:28 |
| 6. | "Tokyo Vigilante #1" | 3:00 |
| 7. | "Organizized" | 3:56 |
| 8. | "Boredwitcha" | 2:50 |
| 9. | "Standing 8" | 3:44 |
| 10. | "Even Superman Shot Himself" (includes hidden track[note 1]) | 10:09 |
| Total length: | 40:47 | |
Note
- ^ "Even Superman Shot Himself" ends at 5:46. A hidden track, "File Under Action", starts at 6:18, after 32 seconds of silence. The hidden track itself is three minutes and 51 seconds long.[11]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Public Menace, Freak, Human Fly" | 3:38 |
| 2. | "Organizized" | 3:55 |
| 3. | "Neckbone" | 4:00 |
| 4. | "Car Crash" | 2:42 |
| 5. | "Earth vs. Me" | 3:20 |
| 6. | "A Swim with the Sharks" | 3:20 |
| 7. | "20 Miles to Texas 25 to Hell" | 3:16 |
| 8. | "Mega!! Kung Fu Radio" | 3:38 |
| 9. | "Tokyo Vigilante #1" | 2:59 |
| 10. | "Boredwitcha" | 2:50 |
| 11. | "Standing 8" | 3:35 |
| 12. | "Even Superman Shot Himself" | 5:42 |
| 13. | "File Under Action" (hidden track) | 4:20 |
| Total length: | 47:15 | |
Personnel
[edit]Credits taken from the CD liner notes.[12]
Powerman 5000
- Spider – vocals
- Adam 12 – guitar
- Dorian – bass
- Jordan – percussion
- Allan – drums
Technical
- Mudrock – production, mixing
- Chris Shaw – mixing
- Dan McLaughlin – assistant engineering
- Scott Young – assistant engineering
- Roger Lian – mastering
References
[edit]- ^ Cantor, Sean (August 19, 2017). "Top 29 Nu Metal Albums of All Time – Damnation Magazine". Damnation Magazine. Retrieved December 19, 2023.
- ^ Emperor Rhombus (July 21, 2022). "10 Surprisingly Hard Tracks From Nu-Metal Records That Were Lost to Time". MetalSucks. Retrieved July 21, 2022.
- ^ Lemeshow-Barooshian, Rae (January 8, 2019). "Top 50 Nu-Metal Albums of All-Time". Loudwire. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
- ^ "News". Archived from the original on February 24, 1999. Retrieved September 27, 2023.
- ^ "Powerman 5000 bio". Conscience Records. Archived from the original on May 20, 1998. Retrieved August 2, 2020.
- ^ "The Blood-Splat Rating System – Powerman 5000". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ "The Powerman 5000 Official Bio". Archived from the original on April 22, 1998. Retrieved February 10, 2018.
- ^ "Bio". Angelfire. Retrieved November 3, 2018.
- ^ "POWERMAN 5000: Is The End Near?". Blabbermouth.net. November 6, 2003. Retrieved March 26, 2018.
- ^ a b Slawecki, Chris. "Mega!! Kung Fu Radio – Powerman 5000". AllMusic. Retrieved October 26, 2023.
- ^ "Powerman 5000 – The Blood Splat Rating System (1995, CD)". Discogs. Retrieved May 17, 2024.
- ^ The Blood-Splat Rating System (liner notes). Powerman 5000. New York City: Conscience Records. 1995. CON 0001.
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