Diatribes (album)

This article is about the death metal album. For the term, see Diatribe (disambiguation).

Diatribes
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released	30 January 1996 (1996-01-30)
Recorded	Framework Studios
Genre	Death metal, groove metal
Length	44:16
Label	Earache
Producer	Colin Richardson
Napalm Death chronology
Greed Killing (1995) Diatribes (1996) In Tongues We Speak (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic
MetalReviews	58/100

Diatribes is the sixth studio album by Napalm Death, originally released in 1996 on Earache Records. It was released as double 10" vinyl, regular CD, special digipak CD with space for the Greed Killing EP and MC. In 2010, Earache issued a re-release of Diatribes in a box set that also included the Greed Killing EP and the live album Bootlegged in Japan.

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Greed Killing"	Shane Embury, Mitch Harris	Harris	3:06
2.	"Glimpse into Genocide"	Embury	Jesse Pintado	3:02
3.	"Ripe for the Breaking"	Mark Greenway	Harris, Embury	4:01
4.	"Cursed to Crawl"	Embury	Embury	3:26
5.	"Cold Forgiveness"	Embury	Harris, Pintado	4:32
6.	"My Own Worst Enemy"	Embury	Embury	3:36
7.	"Just Rewards"	Greenway	Harris	3:29
8.	"Dogma"	Embury	Embury	3:30
9.	"Take the Strain"	Greenway	Embury	4:11
10.	"Diatribes"	Greenway	Embury, Harris	3:52
11.	"Placate, Sedate, Eradicate"	Greenway	Pintado	3:24
12.	"Corrosive Elements"	Greenway	Harris	4:02

Personnel

Napalm Death

• Mark "Barney" Greenway – vocals
• Shane Embury – bass, backing vocals
• Mitch Harris – guitar
• Jesse Pintado – guitar
• Danny Herrera – drums

Technical personnel

• Colin Richardson – production
• Danny Sprigg – engineering
• Paul Siddens – assistant engineering
• Emma Siddens – assistant engineering
• Noel Summerville – mastering

Chart positions

Chart (1996)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)	94
UK Albums (OCC)	73