www.pitchshifter.com
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www.pitchshifter.com is the fourth album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter. It was released in the United Kingdom by Geffen Records on 2 March 1998, and in the United States by DGC Records on 7 April 1998.<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> The record, which was their first released through a major label, sold just over 60,000 copies in the US alone—selling nearly twice as much as the group's proceeding album Deviant did (which sold 33,000 copies).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
The album's name comes from the band's domain name–a relative novelty at the time of the release. The domain name registration was eventually lapsed; JS Clayden said "we carried the website for such a long time that it felt like a burden being lifted to let it go".<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>
Multiple songs from www.pitchshifter.com were included on the vehicular-based PlayStation games Twisted Metal 3 and Test Drive 5.
Reception
In 2005, Rock Hard placed www.pitchshifter.com at number 263 on their list of the "500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Also in 2005, Kerrang! ranked the album as the 45th greatest British rock album of all time.<ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref> In 2016, Metal Hammer named it the 10th best industrial metal album.<ref name="MH10IND">Template:Cite web</ref>
Track listing
Album Cover
The album cover features a heavily edited and distorted image of a man and a woman smiling while looking at two babies. The background contains snippets of computer code and what appears to be Japanese text. The band’s logo is displayed at the top, and the album title is written as a web address at the bottom.
Personnel
- Pitchshifter
- J.S. Clayden - vocals, beats, programming
- Mark Clayden - bass, sampler
- Jim Davies - guitars
- Johnny A. Carter - guitars, programming
- D.J. Walters - drums
- Additional musicians
- Keith York - drums, percussion samples
- Pablo Yeadon - acoustic guitar on "Disposable"
- Production
- H. Forbes, Paul Williams, Nick Philip and Unknown Graphic Services - artwork
- Johnny Carter and Neil Simmons - engineering
- Jodie Zalewski - assistant engineer
- Johnny Carter and J.S. Clayden - programming
- Bob Ludwig - mastering
- Ralph Barklam and Tony Woolliscroft - photography
- Machine - production
- Clinton Bradley - additional analog synthesizer manipulation
- Johnny Carter and JS Clayden - writer