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Journey Through a Body
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1982
RecordedMarch 1981
GenreIndustrial
Length39:17
LabelWalter Ulbricht Schallfolien
Throbbing Gristle chronology
Greatest Hits
(1981)
Journey Through a Body
(1982)
Three Psychick Sacrifice
(1982)
Alternate cover
1993 UK reissue cover

Journey Through a Body is the fourth studio album by industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle, released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.

Background

The album was recorded in Rome in March 1981 in the RAI studios without pre-planning any songs. The work was a piece of "radio art" commissioned by Italian national radio.[1]

Release

Journey Through a Body was released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.[2] The album was reissued in the UK in 1993.

Critical reception

The Wire magazine called it the group's "scariest" album.[3]

Track listing

Side A
No.TitleLength
1."Medicine"15:22
2."Catholic Sex"8:10
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Exotic Functions"4:18
2."Violencia (The Bullet)"8:00
3."Oltre La Morte, Birth and Death"3:27

References

  1. ^ Thompson, Dave (2002). Alternative Rock. San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman. p. 687. ISBN 0-87930-607-6. LCCN 00-58249. OCLC 1193377576 – via the Internet Archive.
  2. ^ Journey Through a Body (Media notes). Throbbing Gristle. Germany: Walter Ulbricht Scahllfolien. April 1982. Retrieved 13 July 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ Herrington, Tony, ed. (1999). "The Wire: Volumes 185–189". The Wire. C. Parker.