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Christmeister

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Christmeister
Studio album by
Released1989 (1989)
RecordedMay – July 1989 (1989-07)
Studio
Various
GenreElectro-industrial, Industrial rock
Length40:27
LabelLively Art
Producer
Numb chronology
Numb
(1987)
Christmeister
(1989)
Fixate
(1993)
Singles from Christmeister
  1. "Bliss"
    Released: 1991

Christmeister is the second studio album by Numb, released in 1989 by Lively Art.[1][2] The album was re-issued in August 1990 by Oceana Records.[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]

Allmusic awarded Christmeister four and a half out of five possible stars.[4] A critic for High Fidelity News and Record Review noted the complexity of the work, stating "the bass and percussion are kept busy throughout, forming a foundation for all manner of thrash-esque touches - but it's too deliberate and 'crafted' to be written off as merely anarchic."[5] Sonic Boom praised the album and said "there always seems to be as much going on in the foreground as there is in the background, which gives this album the illusion that it actually contains more music than it should."[6][7][8]

Christmeister was rated one of the Top-10 most ‘important’ industrial albums by Alternative Press Magazine (in 2000). [9]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Don Gordon, David Hall and Blair Dobson

No.TitleLength
1."Dead Inside"3:58
2."Cash"5:18
3."Bliss"5:22
4."Balance of Terror"4:50
5."Eugene"4:18
6."Frantic"3:01
7."What"4:25
8."Christmeister"4:49
9."Flesh"4:55
1996 Metropolis reissue
No.TitleLength
1."Dead Inside"3:58
2."Cash"5:18
3."Bliss"5:22
4."Balance of Terror"4:50
5."Eugene"4:18
6."Frantic"3:01
7."What"4:25
8."Christmeister"4:49
9."Flesh"4:55
10."Bliss (Endurance)"5:30
11."Bliss (In Absentia)"5:03
12."Bliss (Fundamentalist)"4:37
13."Stiff"3:59

Personnel

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Adapted from the Christmeister liner notes.[10]

Numb

Production and design

Release history

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Region Date Label Format Catalog
France 1989 Lively Art CD, LP ARTY 15
United States Oceana CS 54102
1990 CD

References

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  1. ^ "Numb: Christmeister > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
  2. ^ Christian, Chris (March 12, 1996). "Interview with Don Gordon of Numb conducted by Ashley Serotta & Randolph Williams of GoDaM! Governed by Electronics WMFO 91.5 FM Boston". Sonic Boom. 4 (6). Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  3. ^ "Numb: Christmeister". Spectrum. 2 (4). ABC Consumer Magazines: 141. 1991. Retrieved July 24, 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Numb: Christmeister > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  5. ^ Bonner, Staci (1990). "Numb: Christmeister". High Fidelity News and Record Review. 35 (1–6). Link House Publications: 111. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  6. ^ Christian, Chris (August 1996). "Numb: Christmeister/Bliss". Sonic Boom. 4 (7). Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  7. ^ "Numb: Christmeister". CD Review. 4. WGE Pub.: 317 1990. ISBN 9781879796010. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  8. ^ "Numb: Christmeister". InMusic. 1 (3–10). ABC Consumer Magazines: 28. 1990. Retrieved July 28, 2020.
  9. ^ "N". 14 March 2019.
  10. ^ Christmeister (booklet). Numb. Lively Art. 1989.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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