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Manic Compression - Quicksand
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  1. Backward]
  2. Delusional]
  3. Divorce]
  4. Simpleton]
  5. Skinny (It's Overflowing)]
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  1. Backward]
  2. Delusional]
  3. Divorce]
  4. Simpleton]
  5. Skinny (It's Overflowing)]
  6. Thorn in My Side]
  7. Landmine Spring]
  8. Blister]
  9. Brown Gargantuan]
  10. East 3rd St.]
  11. Supergenius]
  12. It Would Be Cooler If You Did]
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Quicksand's heavy metal is distinguished not by the band's hooks but by its precision -- they grind their riffs into the ground, never alleviating their intensity. Manic Compression isn't as murky as Quicksand's major-label debut and it contains tighter, better-constructed songs, all of which makes the band's deliberate lack of melody excusable. Then again, the point isn't melody -- Quicksand is about sheer sound, in all of its distorted glory. If you like that sound, the album delivers the goods. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, ...

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Manic Compression 1995, PolyGram

UPC: 731452656421

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