The Destroyer (Alec Empire album)

The Destroyer
The Destroyer
Studio album by Alec Empire
Released	June 1996
Recorded	February 12, 1994 – April 1996
Studio	Empire Studios (Berlin, Germany)
Genre	Digital hardcore, breakcore
Length	72:32 ; 74:39 (US)
Label	Digital Hardcore Recordings
Producer	Alec Empire
Alec Empire chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Pitchfork Media	6.7/10^[2]

The Destroyer is an album by electronic artist Alec Empire, his first on his own record label Digital Hardcore Recordings, released in 1996 in Europe and a revised version in 1998 in United States. Destroyer is also the name given to a series of EPs by Empire released two years before. Unlike his previous albums for Mille Plateaux, The Destroyer had a much heavier sound more akin to that of his band Atari Teenage Riot, and is considered one of the earliest examples of a breakcore record. Producer Enduser named the album as an inspiration for his music.^[3] The album peaked at #54 on the CMJ Radio Top 200 in the U.S.^[4]

Track listing

1996 European CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	Untitled	0:21
2.	"We All Die!"	7:07
3.	"Suicide"	4:54
4.	"Bang Your Head!"	5:37
5.	"Don't Lie, White Girl!"	4:35
6.	"Fire Bombing"	4:17
7.	"I Just Wanna Destroy..."	4:51
8.	"Bonus Beats"	4:03
9.	"Nobody Gets Out Alive!"	5:34
10.	"My Body Cannot Die"	4:25
11.	"The Peak"	3:54
12.	"Heartbeat That Isn't There"	3:08
13.	"I Don't Care What Happens"	5:11
14.	"My Face Would Crack"	6:46
15.	"Pleasure Is Our Business (Live!)"	7:42
16.	Untitled	0:07
Total length:		72:32

1998 US CD Edition
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Hard Like It's A Pose" (previously released on Funk Riot Beat)	5:49
2.	"What Are You Talking About" (previously released on No Safety Pin Sex E.P.)	5:01
3.	"Down With The Shit" (previously released on Funk Riot Beat)	4:51
4.	"We All Die!"	7:07
5.	"Suicide"	4:54
6.	"Bang Your Head!"	5:36
7.	"Heartbeat That Isn't There"	3:06
8.	"Nobody Gets Out Alive!"	5:33
9.	"Fire Bombing"	4:16
10.	"The Peak"	3:56
11.	"Bonus Beats"	4:03
12.	"I Don't Care What Happens"	5:11
13.	"My Face Would Crack"	6:47
14.	"Pleasure Is Our Business (Live!)"	7:39
Total length:		73:49

References

^ Allmusic review
^ Richard-San, Mark. "Alec Empire - The Destroyer". pitchforkmedia.com. Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2017-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
^ Ilyas, Sofia (2011-06-05). "Outliers in Emotion: Enduser". www.trebuchet-magazine.com. Trebuchet Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ Helms, Colin (2 November 1998). "CMJ Radio Top 200" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 56 (594). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 46–50. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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[1] Allmusic review

[p4k-2] Richard-San, Mark. "Alec Empire - The Destroyer". pitchforkmedia.com. Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on 2007-12-15. Retrieved 2017-10-12.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)

[TM-3] Ilyas, Sofia (2011-06-05). "Outliers in Emotion: Enduser". www.trebuchet-magazine.com. Trebuchet Magazine. Retrieved 2019-01-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[cmj-11-98-4] Helms, Colin (2 November 1998). "CMJ Radio Top 200" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 56 (594). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 46–50. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 16 December 2021.

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