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Cleansing Studio album by Prong Released January 1994 Recorded 1993 Genre Groove metal Length 58:02 Label Epic Producer Terry Date
ProngProng chronology Whose Fist Is This Anyway?
(1992)Cleansing
(1994)Rude Awakening
(1996)Professional ratings Review scores Source Rating Allmusic [1] Cleansing is the fourth album by American heavy metal band Prong. It was produced by Terry Date, whereas all previous albums were produced by Mark Dodson. It features ex-Killing Joke members Paul Raven on bass and John Bechdel on keyboards/programming. Cleansing was Prong's only moderate commercial success. It was reissued in 2008 as a digipack version.
The music video to "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" was featured on an episode of Beavis and Butt-head. Dry Kill Logic covered it on their Rot EP, which was only available from Roadrunner Records metal radio mail list. Demon Hunter also covered "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" on their album, The Triptych. Six Feet Under covered this song on their third cover album Graveyard Classics 3. Professional wrestler Justin Credible used the track as his entrance theme in Extreme Championship Wrestling and when performing in the independent promotions.
In promotion of the album, Prong embarked on the Cleansing Tour which featured opening acts Clutch and Drown. They also toured with Sepultura and Pantera as an opener for their Chaos A.D. and Far Beyond Driven tours.
Contents
Track listing
All tracks by Prong
- "Another Worldly Device" – 3:23
- "Whose Fist Is This Anyway?" – 4:42
- "Snap Your Fingers, Snap Your Neck" – 4:11
- "Cut-Rate" – 4:52
- "Broken Peace" – 6:11
- "One Outnumbered" – 4:58
- "Out of This Misery" – 4:25
- "No Question" – 4:17
- "Not of This Earth" – 6:25
- "Home Rule" – 3:57
- "Sublime" – 3:53
- "Test" – 6:40
Credits
- Tommy Victor - Vocals/Guitar
- Paul Raven - Bass
- Ted Parsons - Drums
- John Bechdel - Keyboards
Chart positions
Album
Billboard (North America)
Year Chart Position 1994 The Billboard 200 126 References
Tommy Victor · Monte Pittman · Aaron Rossi
Ted Parsons · Troy Gregory · Paul Raven · John Bechdel · Mike Kirkland · Dan Laudo · Mike Longworth · Frank Cavanaugh · B. Rettie · Brian PerryStudio albums Force Fed · Beg to Differ · Prove You Wrong · Cleansing · Rude Awakening · Scorpio Rising · Power of the DamagerRemix albums Power of the Damn MixxxerLive albums Extended plays Related articles Categories:- Prong albums
- 1994 albums
- Albums produced by Terry Date
- Epic Records albums
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