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{{Infobox album
{{Infobox album
| name = Escape from Noise
| name = Escape from Noise
| type = studio
| type = studio
| artist = [[Negativland]]
| artist = [[Negativland]]
| cover = Negativland-EscapeFromNoise.jpg
| cover = Negativland-EscapeFromNoise.jpg
| alt =
| alt =
| released = 1987 (original)<br />1999 (reissue)
| released = 1987 (original)<br />1999 (reissue)
| recorded = 1983–1987
| recorded = 1983–1987
| venue =
| venue =
| studio = 'Our home and other people's homes'
| studio = 'Our home and other people's homes'
| genre = {{Flatlist|
| genre = {{Flatlist|
* [[Experimental music|Experimental]]
* [[Experimental music|Experimental]]
* [[Electronic music|electronic]]
* [[Electronic music|electronic]]
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* [[avant-rock]]
* [[avant-rock]]
}}
}}
| length = 42:12
| length = 42:12
| label = [[SST Records|SST]]/[[Seeland Records]] (original)<br />[[Seeland Records|Seeland]] (1999 "un-remixed" reissue)
| label = [[SST Records|SST]]/[[Seeland Records]] (original)<br />[[Seeland Records|Seeland]] (1999 "un-remixed" reissue)
| producer = Negativland
| producer = Negativland
| prev_title = [[Over the Edge Vol. 1: JAMCON'84]]
| prev_title = [[A Big 10-8 Place]]
| prev_year = 1985
| prev_year = 1983
| next_title = [[Helter Stupid]]
| next_title = [[Helter Stupid]]
| next_year = 1989
| next_year = 1989
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} [http://www.allmusic.com/album/escape-from-noise-r13775 link]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/escape-from-noise-r13775 | title=Negativland - Escape from Noise Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| rev2 = [[Rolling Stone]]
| rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
| rev2score = B+<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?id=986&name=Negativland | title=Robert Christgau: CG: Negativland }}</ref>
| rev2Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}} [http://www.negativland.com/?opt=mailorder&item=63&type=]
|rev3 = ''[[The Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev3score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="CL">{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=1998 |publisher=MUZE |volume=5 |page=3891}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Martin C. Strong|The Great Alternative & Indie Discography]]''
| rev4score = 6/10<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/greatalternative0000stro/page/430/|isbn = 9780862419134|title = The great alternative & indie discography|year = 1999|last1 = Strong|first1 = Martin Charles}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[MusicHound|MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide]]''
|rev5score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="MH">{{cite book |title=MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |date=1999 |publisher=Visible Ink Press |page=803}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev6Score = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.negativland.com/?opt=mailorder&item=63&type= | title=&#91;Negativland & Seeland Records&#93; }}</ref>
|rev7 = ''[[Spin Alternative Record Guide]]''
|rev7score = 9/10<ref name="SP">{{cite book |title=Spin Alternative Record Guide |date=1995 |publisher=Vintage Books |pages=266–267}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Escape from Noise''''' is a 1987 studio album by [[Negativland]]. It marked the band's first release on an established [[independent record label]], [[SST Records]]. On the album, they continued to develop their [[experimental music|experimental]] style, as well as incorporating elements of [[pop music]] with shorter tracks and more conventional melodies. "[[Christianity Is Stupid]]", a track featuring samples from the propaganda movie ''[[If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?]],'' proved to be an enduring [[signature song]]: the band and the release gained widespread attention a year later due to a SST press release falsely implying that murderer [[David Brom]] had listened to the song before killing his family members.<ref name="Brom">[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=4842 PRANKS! – Pullout – Music Quarterly – The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper]</ref>
'''''Escape from Noise''''' is the fourth studio album by [[Negativland]]. It marked the band's first release on an established [[independent record label]], [[SST Records]]. The album continued to develop the band's [[experimental music|experimental]] style, though it also featured shorter, more melodic songs than their previous material. The track "[[Christianity Is Stupid]]", a track featuring samples of evangelist [[Estus Pirkle]] from his film ''[[If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?]]'', proved to be an enduring [[signature song]]. Negativland gained media attention a year later after issuing a press release falsely implying that murderer [[David Brom]] had been motivated by the song; this would inspire their subsequent album [[Helter Stupid|''Helter Stupid'']].<ref name="Brom">[http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/Content?oid=4842 PRANKS! – Pullout – Music Quarterly – The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper]</ref>


==Release==
==Release==
The original album came with a yellow [[bumper sticker]] with black letters reading "Car Bomb", and a booklet outlining the history of the band, along with photos of band members and reviews of previous releases.<ref name="Background Info">{{cite web |url=http://www.negativland.com/?opt=mailorder&item=63&type= |title=Escape From Noise |work=Negativworldwidewebland |at=Background Info |accessdate=July 22, 2010 |quote=The LP edition was originally issued by SST Records with a 20-page booklet featuring article reprints, reviews and photographs from 1979 to 1987 (the printing negatives for the book are now lost) and a yellow "Car Bomb" bumper sticker.}}</ref> In the booklet, Crosley Bendix ([[Don Joyce (musician)|Don Joyce]]) describes how Negativland's studio/apartment and recording equipment were destroyed in a two-alarm fire discovered by Negativland member [[Mark Hosler]] at 11:50 pm late on "Friday the 13th of February, 1987".<ref name=1987booklet>[[Don Joyce (musician)|Bendix, Crosley]]. "Is It Over Yet?" Twenty-page booklet from album, pages 1–2. Rec Rec Music, SST Records.</ref>
The original release of ''Escape from Noise'' came with a yellow [[bumper sticker]] with black letters reading "Car Bomb", and a booklet outlining the history of the band, along with photos of band members and reviews of previous releases.<ref name="Background Info">{{cite web |url=http://www.negativland.com/?opt=mailorder&item=63&type= |title=Escape From Noise |work=Negativworldwidewebland |at=Background Info |accessdate=July 22, 2010 |quote=The LP edition was originally issued by SST Records with a 20-page booklet featuring article reprints, reviews and photographs from 1979 to 1987 (the printing negatives for the book are now lost) and a yellow "Car Bomb" bumper sticker.}}</ref> In the booklet, Crosley Bendix ([[Don Joyce (musician)|Don Joyce]]) describes how the band's apartment and studio space were destroyed by a two-alarm fire on the night of "Friday the 13th of February, 1987".<ref name=1987booklet>[[Don Joyce (musician)|Bendix, Crosley]]. "Is It Over Yet?" Twenty-page booklet from album, pages 1–2. Rec Rec Music, SST Records.</ref>


The fire started in Smart Laundry, a [[dry cleaning]] business located at street level below Negativland's apartment, 10028 San Pablo Avenue in [[El Cerrito, California]]. When he saw flames leaping up past their kitchen window, Hosler yelled to his friend Tera Freedman in the next room to call [[9-1-1]] to notify the fire department. Hosler and Freedman collected the finished [[Master recording|master tapes]] and artwork for ''Escape from Noise'' and quickly left the building, just as fire crews arrived. Cleaning solvents in the laundry accelerated the fire and caused extensive damage to the building before fire crews gained control. Afterward, the band grimly assessed the total destruction of the recording equipment and the materials from previous releases. Together, they traveled to Los Angeles to meet with SST executives and "reaffirm their album commitment".<ref name=1987booklet/>
The fire started in Smart Laundry, a [[dry cleaning]] business located at street level below Negativland's apartment at 10028 San Pablo Avenue in [[El Cerrito, California]]. When he saw flames leaping up past their kitchen window, band member Mark Hosler yelled to his friend Tera Freedman in the next room to call [[9-1-1]]. Hosler and Freedman collected the finished [[Master recording|master tapes]] and artwork for ''Escape from Noise'' and quickly left the building, just as fire crews arrived. Cleaning solvents in the laundry accelerated the fire and caused extensive damage to the building before fire crews gained control. Afterward, the band grimly assessed the total destruction of the recording equipment and the materials from previous releases before traveling to Los Angeles to meet with SST executives and "reaffirm their album commitment".<ref name=1987booklet/>


In 1999, [[Seeland Records]] reissued the album in a new "un-remixed" edition, adding no bonus tracks and blowing up the photo on the [[LP album|LP]] to fill the entire CD front cover and the original LP cover's words from Bendix were moved into the booklet. A sticker was placed on the album, saying:
In 1999, [[Seeland Records]] reissued the album in a new "un-remixed" edition, adding no bonus tracks and moving the text on the front cover to the booklet. A sticker was placed on the album, saying:


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The original LP is still in print on SST Records, even though the band re-released the record in 1999 on Seeland.
The original LP is still in print on SST Records.{{Citation needed|date=October 2024}}


In 1988, the group released a mock [[press release]] to suggest that the song "[[Christianity Is Stupid]]" was connected to murders by [[David Brom]], and that the group was forced to cancel a planned tour in support of ''Escape from Noise''. However, there were no connections with the murders, and the tour was cancelled only due to shortage of funds and free time. Their next album, [[Helter Stupid]], made use of the event by sampling news reports of the controversy surrounding Negativland.
In 1988, the group released a [[press release]] suggesting that the song "[[Christianity Is Stupid]]" was connected to murders by [[David Brom]], and that the group was forced to cancel a planned tour in support of ''Escape from Noise''. However, there were no connections with the murders, and the tour was cancelled only due to shortage of funds and free time. Their next album, [[Helter Stupid|''Helter Stupid'']], made use of the event by sampling news reports on the case.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side One
| headline = Side One
| all_writing =

| all_writing =
| all_lyrics =
| all_music = Negativland (Mark Hosler, [[Don Joyce (musician)|Don Joyce]], Chris Grigg, David Wills, and Richard Lyons).
| all_lyrics =
| title0 = Announcement
| all_music = [[Mark Hosler]], [[Don Joyce (musician)|Don Joyce]], Chris Grigg, [[David Wills (musician)|David Wills]], [[Richard Lyons (musician)|Richard Lyons]]
| length0 = 1:51

| title0 = Announcement
| title1 = Quiet Please
| length0 = 1:51
| length1 = 2:17
| title2 = Michael Jackson

| title1 = Quiet Please
| length2 = 2:08
| length1 = 2:17
| title3 = Escape From Noise
| length3 = 2:36

| title2 = Michael Jackson
| title4 = The Playboy Channel
| length2 = 2:08
| length4 = 1:32
| title5 = Stress In Marriage

| title3 = Escape From Noise
| length5 = 1:35
| length3 = 2:36
| title6 = Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song
| length6 = 3:08

| title4 = The Playboy Channel
| title7 = Over the Hiccups
| length4 = 1:32
| length7 = 1:28
| title8 = Sycamore

| title5 = Stress In Marriage
| length8 = 2:29
| length5 = 1:35
| title9 = Car Bomb
| length9 = 2:03

| total_length = 21:07
| title6 = Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song
| length6 = 3:08

| title7 = Over the Hiccups
| length7 = 1:28

| title8 = Sycamore
| length8 = 2:29

| title9 = Car Bomb
| length9 = 2:03

| total_length = 21:07
}}
}}
{{Track listing
{{Track listing
| headline = Side Two
| headline = Side Two
| title10 = Methods of Torture
| length10 = 1:23
| title11 = Yellow Black and Rectangular
| length11 = 2:14
| title12 = Backstage Pass
| length12 = 1:15
| title13 = [[Christianity Is Stupid]]
| length13 = 3:55
| title14 = Time Zones
| length14 = 5:28
| title15 = You Don't Even Live Here
| length15 = 2:30
| title16 = The Way Of It
| length16 = 1:12
| title17 = Endscape
| length17 = 0:37
| total_length = 21:16
}}


* A hidden track follows "Endscape". It is performed on the ''No Other Possibility'' video compilation as "Fire Song".
| title10 = Methods of Torture
| length10 = 1:23


* On the 1999 CD release, "Announcement" is split into a 0:13 Track 1 and a 1:39 pregap to Track 2.
| title11 = Yellow Black and Rectangular
| length11 = 2:14

| title12 = Backstage Pass
| length12 = 1:15

| title13 = Christianity Is Stupid
| length13 = 3:55

| title14 = Time Zones
| length14 = 5:28

| title15 = You Don't Even Live Here
| length15 = 2:30

| title16 = The Way Of It
| length16 = 1:12

| title17 = Endscape
| length17 = 0:37

| total_length = 21:16
}}

* A hidden track is after "Endscape". It is performed on the ''No Other Possibility'' video compilation as "Fire Song".


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
'''Negativland'''
*[[Mark Hosler]]: Singing, synthesizers, guitars, voice tapes, percussions, rhythm loops, bomb parts, David manipulation, tiny metal [[banjo]], [[recorder (musical instrument)|recorder]], many other noises, mix
*Mark Hosler: singing, synthesizers, guitars, voice tapes, percussions, rhythm loops, bomb parts, David manipulation, tiny metal banjo, recorder, many other noises, mix
*[[Don Joyce (musician)|Don Joyce]]: Yelling, talking tapes, electric [[tympani]], synthesizer, lyrics, singing, Booper bee, bomb parts and assembly, noises everywhere, mix
*Chris Grigg: Drums, synthesizer, singing, computer & software, field recordings, mix
*[[Don Joyce (musician)|Don Joyce]]: yelling, talking tapes, electric tympani, synthesizer, lyrics, singing, Booper bee, bomb parts and assembly, noises everywhere, mix
*Chris Grigg: drums, synthesizer, singing, computer & software, field recordings, mix
*[[David Wills (musician)|David Wills]]: Talking, [[shortwave]], family tape, bomb parts, regular Booper
*David Wills: talking, [[Shortwave radio|shortwave]], family tape, bomb parts, regular Booper
*[[Richard Lyons (musician)|Richard Lyons]]: Singing, lyrics, voice
*Richard Lyons: singing, lyrics, voice


;Additional personnel
;With contributions from:
*[[Ian Allen (musician)|Ian Allen]]: [[Helicopter]] (on "Sycamore"), Rhythm Loop (on "Car Bomb"), [[bell (instrument)|Bell]] (on "Time Zones")
*Ian Allen: [[Helicopter]] (on "Sycamore"), Rhythm Loop (on "Car Bomb"), Bell (on "Time Zones")
*[[Jello Biafra]] c/o [[Dead Kennedys]]: [[Toilet]] Flushing (on "The Playboy Channel")
*[[Jello Biafra]] c/o [[Dead Kennedys]]: Toilet Flushing (on "The Playboy Channel")
*[[Das (musician)|Das]] c/o [[Big City Orchestra]]: Voice Tapes (on "Quiet Please")
*Das c/o [[Big City Orchestra]]: Voice Tapes (on "Quiet Please")
*[[Dina Emerson]]: Wordless Vocals (on "You Don't Even Live Here")
*Dina Emerson: Wordless Vocals (on "You Don't Even Live Here")
*[[Steve Fisk]]: [[Optigan]] and Voice Tapes (on "Michael Jackson")
*[[Steve Fisk]]: [[Optigan]] and Voice Tapes (on "Michael Jackson")
*[[Tera Freedman]]: Voice Tape (on "Backstage Pass")
*Tera Freedman: Voice Tape (on "Backstage Pass")
*[[Phil Freihofner]]: Bomb Parts (on "Car Bomb")
*Phil Freihofner: Bomb Parts (on "Car Bomb")
*[[Ray Briem]]: radio talk show host (on "Time Zones")
*[[Ray Briem]]: radio talk show host (on "Time Zones")
*[[Ed Markmann]]: Paid Voice
*Ed Markmann: Paid Voice
*[[Fred Frith]]: Urban Drum and Halfspeed [[Violin]] (on "Michael Jackson")
*[[Fred Frith]]: Urban Drum and Halfspeed Violin (on "Michael Jackson")
*[[Jerry Garcia]] c/o [[Grateful Dead]]: Mouth Sounds and [[Chime (bell instrument)|Chime]]s (on "Backstage Pass")
*[[Jerry Garcia]] c/o [[Grateful Dead]]: Mouth Sounds and Chimes (on "Backstage Pass")
*[[Alexander Hacke]] c/o [[Einstürzende Neubauten]]: Metal Noises (on "Christianity Is Stupid")
*[[Alexander Hacke]] c/o [[Einstürzende Neubauten]]: Metal Noises (on "Christianity Is Stupid")
*[[Mickey Hart]] c/o Grateful Dead: Percussion and Processed Animals (on "Backstage Pass")
*[[Mickey Hart]] c/o Grateful Dead: Percussion and Processed Animals (on "Backstage Pass")
*[[Tom Herman (musician)|Tom Herman]] c/o [[Tripod Jimmie]]: Torture Guitars (on "Methods of Torture")
*Tom Herman c/o Tripod Jimmie: Torture Guitars (on "Methods of Torture")
*[[Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser]]: Doublespeed [[Disco]] Guitars (on "Quiet Please")
*[[Henry Kaiser (musician)|Henry Kaiser]]: Doublespeed Disco Guitars (on "Quiet Please")
*[[Louisa Michaels]] c/o Step One Nursery School: Singing (on "Over the Hiccups")
*Louisa Michaels c/o Step One Nursery School: Singing (on "Over the Hiccups")
*[[Mark Mothersbaugh]] c/o [[Devo]]: Jazz Bass, [[Jimi Hendrix]], E-cussion, [[Saxophone]] and Noises (on "The Playboy Channel")
*[[Mark Mothersbaugh]] c/o [[Devo]]: Jazz Bass, [[Jimi Hendrix]], E-cussion, Saxophone and Noises (on "The Playboy Channel")
*[[The Residents]] Hoots and Clanging (on "You Don't Even Live Here")
*[[The Residents]]: Hoots and Clanging (on "You Don't Even Live Here")
*Rev. [[Ivan Stang]] c/o The [[Church of the SubGenius]]: [[Larynx]] (on "Christianity Is Stupid")
*Rev. [[Ivan Stang]] c/o The [[Church of the SubGenius]]: Larynx (on "Christianity Is Stupid")
*[[Rand Weatherwax]] c/o [[CBS]]: Orchestra Hits and E-cussion (on "Quiet Please")
*Rand Weatherwax c/o [[CBS]]: Orchestra Hits and E-cussion (on "Quiet Please")
*[[Rob Wortman]] c/o [[Kingshouse (band)|Kingshouse]]: [[Leaf blower]] (on "You Don't Even Live Here")
*Rob Wortman c/o Kingshouse: Leaf blower (on "You Don't Even Live Here")


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051107084532/http://www.negativland.com/reviews/reviews_escape.html Collection of reviews of ''Escape from Noise'']
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20051107084532/http://www.negativland.com/reviews/reviews_escape.html Collection of reviews of ''Escape from Noise'']
*[{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r13775|pure_url=yes}} ''Escape from Noise''] at [[Allmusic]]
*[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r13775|pure_url=yes}} ''Escape from Noise''] at [[Allmusic]]


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Latest revision as of 13:38, 14 November 2024

Escape from Noise
Studio album by
Negativland
Released1987 (original)
1999 (reissue)
Recorded1983–1987
Studio'Our home and other people's homes'
Genre
Length42:12
LabelSST/Seeland Records (original)
Seeland (1999 "un-remixed" reissue)
ProducerNegativland
Negativland chronology
A Big 10-8 Place
(1983) 		Escape from Noise
(1987) 		Helter Stupid
(1989)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
The Great Alternative & Indie Discography6/10[4]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[5]
Rolling Stone[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide9/10[7]

Escape from Noise is the fourth studio album by Negativland. It marked the band's first release on an established independent record label, SST Records. The album continued to develop the band's experimental style, though it also featured shorter, more melodic songs than their previous material. The track "Christianity Is Stupid", a track featuring samples of evangelist Estus Pirkle from his film If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do?, proved to be an enduring signature song. Negativland gained media attention a year later after issuing a press release falsely implying that murderer David Brom had been motivated by the song; this would inspire their subsequent album Helter Stupid.[8]

Release

[edit]

The original release of Escape from Noise came with a yellow bumper sticker with black letters reading "Car Bomb", and a booklet outlining the history of the band, along with photos of band members and reviews of previous releases.[9] In the booklet, Crosley Bendix (Don Joyce) describes how the band's apartment and studio space were destroyed by a two-alarm fire on the night of "Friday the 13th of February, 1987".[10]

The fire started in Smart Laundry, a dry cleaning business located at street level below Negativland's apartment at 10028 San Pablo Avenue in El Cerrito, California. When he saw flames leaping up past their kitchen window, band member Mark Hosler yelled to his friend Tera Freedman in the next room to call 9-1-1. Hosler and Freedman collected the finished master tapes and artwork for Escape from Noise and quickly left the building, just as fire crews arrived. Cleaning solvents in the laundry accelerated the fire and caused extensive damage to the building before fire crews gained control. Afterward, the band grimly assessed the total destruction of the recording equipment and the materials from previous releases before traveling to Los Angeles to meet with SST executives and "reaffirm their album commitment".[10]

In 1999, Seeland Records reissued the album in a new "un-remixed" edition, adding no bonus tracks and moving the text on the front cover to the booklet. A sticker was placed on the album, saying:

An old album from Negativland: Digitally exacto-remastered 331⁄3 rpm compact disc re-issue of Negativland's classic 1987 LP with no added bonus tracks of any kind!

Don't let the new cover design fool you – your audiophile friends might think that such classics as "Car Bomb" and "Christianity Is Stupid" sound crisper and cleaner on this newly un-remixed edition, but they're dead wrong! And even though there are no longer eleven time zones in the Soviet Union (and no Soviet Union, either) this re-release sounds exactly the same as the original. The only thing different is the sticker you are reading right now.

The original LP is still in print on SST Records.[citation needed]

In 1988, the group released a press release suggesting that the song "Christianity Is Stupid" was connected to murders by David Brom, and that the group was forced to cancel a planned tour in support of Escape from Noise. However, there were no connections with the murders, and the tour was cancelled only due to shortage of funds and free time. Their next album, Helter Stupid, made use of the event by sampling news reports on the case.

Track listing

[edit]

All music is composed by Negativland (Mark Hosler, Don Joyce, Chris Grigg, David Wills, and Richard Lyons).

Side One
No.TitleLength
0."Announcement"1:51
1."Quiet Please"2:17
2."Michael Jackson"2:08
3."Escape From Noise"2:36
4."The Playboy Channel"1:32
5."Stress In Marriage"1:35
6."Nesbitt's Lime Soda Song"3:08
7."Over the Hiccups"1:28
8."Sycamore"2:29
9."Car Bomb"2:03
Total length:21:07
Side Two
No.TitleLength
10."Methods of Torture"1:23
11."Yellow Black and Rectangular"2:14
12."Backstage Pass"1:15
13."Christianity Is Stupid"3:55
14."Time Zones"5:28
15."You Don't Even Live Here"2:30
16."The Way Of It"1:12
17."Endscape"0:37
Total length:21:16
  • A hidden track follows "Endscape". It is performed on the No Other Possibility video compilation as "Fire Song".
  • On the 1999 CD release, "Announcement" is split into a 0:13 Track 1 and a 1:39 pregap to Track 2.

Personnel

[edit]

Negativland

  • Mark Hosler: singing, synthesizers, guitars, voice tapes, percussions, rhythm loops, bomb parts, David manipulation, tiny metal banjo, recorder, many other noises, mix
  • Don Joyce: yelling, talking tapes, electric tympani, synthesizer, lyrics, singing, Booper bee, bomb parts and assembly, noises everywhere, mix
  • Chris Grigg: drums, synthesizer, singing, computer & software, field recordings, mix
  • David Wills: talking, shortwave, family tape, bomb parts, regular Booper
  • Richard Lyons: singing, lyrics, voice
Additional personnel
  • Ian Allen: Helicopter (on "Sycamore"), Rhythm Loop (on "Car Bomb"), Bell (on "Time Zones")
  • Jello Biafra c/o Dead Kennedys: Toilet Flushing (on "The Playboy Channel")
  • Das c/o Big City Orchestra: Voice Tapes (on "Quiet Please")
  • Dina Emerson: Wordless Vocals (on "You Don't Even Live Here")
  • Steve Fisk: Optigan and Voice Tapes (on "Michael Jackson")
  • Tera Freedman: Voice Tape (on "Backstage Pass")
  • Phil Freihofner: Bomb Parts (on "Car Bomb")
  • Ray Briem: radio talk show host (on "Time Zones")
  • Ed Markmann: Paid Voice
  • Fred Frith: Urban Drum and Halfspeed Violin (on "Michael Jackson")
  • Jerry Garcia c/o Grateful Dead: Mouth Sounds and Chimes (on "Backstage Pass")
  • Alexander Hacke c/o Einstürzende Neubauten: Metal Noises (on "Christianity Is Stupid")
  • Mickey Hart c/o Grateful Dead: Percussion and Processed Animals (on "Backstage Pass")
  • Tom Herman c/o Tripod Jimmie: Torture Guitars (on "Methods of Torture")
  • Henry Kaiser: Doublespeed Disco Guitars (on "Quiet Please")
  • Louisa Michaels c/o Step One Nursery School: Singing (on "Over the Hiccups")
  • Mark Mothersbaugh c/o Devo: Jazz Bass, Jimi Hendrix, E-cussion, Saxophone and Noises (on "The Playboy Channel")
  • The Residents: Hoots and Clanging (on "You Don't Even Live Here")
  • Rev. Ivan Stang c/o The Church of the SubGenius: Larynx (on "Christianity Is Stupid")
  • Rand Weatherwax c/o CBS: Orchestra Hits and E-cussion (on "Quiet Please")
  • Rob Wortman c/o Kingshouse: Leaf blower (on "You Don't Even Live Here")

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Negativland - Escape from Noise Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic". AllMusic.
  2. ^ "Robert Christgau: CG: Negativland".
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