The Destroyer (album)

Infobox Album
Name = The Destroyer
Type = Album
Longtype =
Artist = Alec Empire


Released = June 1996
Recorded = February 12 1994 - April 1996
Genre = Digital hardcore
Length =
Label = Digital Hardcore Recordings
Producer = Alec Empire
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:ogo7gjtro6im link]
*Pitchfork "(6.7/10)" [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/17462-the-destroyer link]
Last album = "Hypermodern Jazz"
(1996)
This album = "The Destroyer"
(1996)
Next album = "Les Étoiles des Filles Mortes"
(1996)

"The Destroyer" is an album by electronic artist Alec Empire, his first on his own record label Digital Hardcore Recordings, released in 1996 in Europe and a revised version in 1998 in USA. "Destroyer" is also the name given to a series of EPs by Empire released two years before. Unlike his previous albums for Mille Plateaux, "The Destroyer" had a much heavier sound more akin to that of his band Atari Teenage Riot, and is considered as one of the earliest examples of a breakcore record.

Track listing

1996 European CD pressing

#(untitled) - 0:21
# "We All Die!" - 7:07
# "Suicide" - 4:54
# "Bang Your Head!" - 5:37
# "Don't Lie, White Girl!" - 4:35
# "Fire Bombing" - 4:17
# "I Just Wanna Destroy" - 4:51
# "Bonus Beats" - 4:03
# "Nobody Gets Out Alive!" - 5:34
# "My Body Cannot Die" - 4:25
# "The Peak" - 3:54
# "Heartbeat That Isn't There" - 3:08
# "I Don't Care What Happens" - 5:11
# "My Face Would Crack" - 6:46
# "Pleasure Is Our Business (Live!)" - 7:42
# (untitled) - 0:07

1998 USA CD pressing

The 1998 pressing, released in USA, included tracks from previous releases.
# "Hard Like It's a Pose" - 5:49 (previously released on "Funk Riot Beat")
# "What Are You Talking About" - 5:01 (previously released on "No Safety Pin Sex E.P.")
# "Down With The Shit" - 4:51 (previously released on "Funk Riot Beat")
# "We All Die!" - 7:07
# "Suicide" - 4:54
# "Bang Your Head!" - 5:36
# "Heartbeat That Isn't There" - 3:06
# "Nobody Gets Out Alive!" - 5:33
# "Fire Bombing" - 4:16
# "The Peak" - 3:56
# "Bonus Beats" - 4:03
# "I Don't Care What Happens" - 5:11
# "My Face Would Crack" - 6:47
# "Pleasure Is Our Business (Live)" - 7:39

External links

* [http://www.discogs.com/release/7582 "The Destroyer" CD] at Discogs
* [http://www.discogs.com/release/24858 "The Destroyer" LP] at Discogs
* [http://www.digitalhardcore.com Official Digital Hardcore Recordings site]