Destroy Me, Lover

Destroy Me, Lover
Studio album by Pain Teens
Released	July 5, 1993
Recorded	Anomie Studios in Houston, Texas
Genre	Noise rock
Length	41:38
Label	Trance Syndicate
Producer	Scott Ayers
Pain Teens chronology
Stimulation Festival (1992) Destroy Me, Lover (1993) Beast of Dreams (1995)

Destroy Me, Lover is the fifth studio album by the American Noise rock/Industrial band Pain Teens, released on July 5, 1993 through Trance Syndicate.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Piero Scaruffi	[2]

Jason Ankeny of allmusic gave it 2 out of 5 stars, expressing his dislike for Scott Ayers' writing style and calling Bliss Bloods contributions "negligible at best".^[1] Piero Scaruffi reviewed the album more positively, giving it an 8 out of 10 and praising Ayers compositions for exploring "a vast territory, from Chrome to Pink Floyd, while retaining the format of the rock song". It would be placed at #11 on his "Best Industrial Albums of All Times" list as well as selecting it as the fourth best album of the year.^[3][4]

Track listing

All songs composed by Scott Ayers and Bliss Blood except for "The Story of Isaac" by Leonard Cohen.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Cool Your Power"	2:38
2.	"Prowling"	3:04
3.	"Tar Pit"	3:50
4.	"RU 486"	3:35
5.	"Dominant Man"	4:14
6.	"Sexual Anorexia"	3:17
7.	"Lisa Knew"	4:09
8.	"Body Memory"	6:25
9.	"The Story of Isaac"	5:00
10.	"Shock Treatment"	5:38

Personnel

Scott Ayers – sampler, guitar, drums, production, engineering Bliss Blood – vocals, percussion Kirk Carr – bass guitar Frank Garymartin – drums, percussion References ^ a b Ankeny, Jason. "allmusic ((( Destroy Me, Lover > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r183923. Retrieved May 18, 2010.  ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Pain Teens". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on May 18, 2010. ^ Piero Scaruffi's "Best Industrial Albums of All Times" Piero Scaruffi list, cited May 18, 2010 ^ Piero Scaruffi's "The Best Rock Albums of 1993" Piero Scaruffi list, cited May 18, 2010