Songs for Insects

Songs for Insects
Songs for Insects
Studio album by Thought Industry
Released	1992
Genre	Progressive metal, avant-garde metal, thrash metal
Length	64:04
Label	Metal Blade
Producer	Dave Ogilvie and Thought Industry
Thought Industry chronology

Songs for Insects is the debut album for American progressive metal band Thought Industry. It was released in 1992 through Metal Blade Records, was produced by Dave "Rave" Ogilvie, and features as cover art "Soft Construction with Boiled Beans (Premonition of Civil War)" by Spanish surrealist Salvador Dalí.

Critical reception

In 2005, Songs for Insects was ranked number 335 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[4]

All songs written by Oberlin/Donaldson/Lee/Enzio; lyrics by Oberlin.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Third Eye"	4:28
2.	"Songs for Insects"	9:23
3.	"Cornerstone"	3:58
4.	"Daughter Mobius"	5:10
5.	"Alexander vs. the Puzzle"	5:49
6.	"Ballerina"	2:34
7.	"The Chalice Vermillion"	10:07
8.	"The Flesh Is Weak"	6:45
9.	"Blistered Text and Bleeding Pens"	7:55
10.	"Bearing an Hourglass"	7:55

Dustin Donaldson: acoustic drums, cymbals, sampled percussion, industrial devices
Christopher Lee: fretted and fretless guitars, sampling keyboard
Brent Oberlin: vocals, fretted, fretless and distorted bass, Chapman stick, piano, keyboards
Paul Enzio: 6 + 7 string guitars
Produced by Dave Ogilvie and Thought Industry

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Allmusic review". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
^ Spencer, Trey. "Sputnikmusic review". Retrieved 27 May 2013.
^ Schäfer, Wolfgang. "Rock Hard review". issue 64. Retrieved 27 May 2013.
^ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 76. ISBN 3-89880-517-4. {{cite book}}: |last= has numeric name (help)