In on the Kill Taker

Infobox Album
Name = In on the Kill Taker
Type = studio
Artist = Fugazi


Released = May 1993
Recorded = December 1992, Inner Ear Studios
Genre = Post-hardcore
Length = 42:13
Label = Dischord
Producer = Fugazi
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7bnyxd0b8olj link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/fugazi/albums/album/123677/review/5945997/in_on_the_kill_taker 1993]
Last album = "Steady Diet of Nothing"
(1992)
This album = "In on the Kill Taker"
(1993)
Next album = "Red Medicine"
(1995)

"In on the Kill Taker" is the third full-length album by Fugazi, released in 1993. The band had originally recorded demos for the album in Chicago with producer Steve Albini, but were unhappy with their performances and re-recorded the entire album in Washington DC with Ted Niceley. The original recordings from the Chicago sessions have since been bootlegged onto filesharing networks. The song "Walken's Syndrome" references Woody Allen's film "Annie Hall", where Christopher Walken's character feels an urge to crash into on-coming traffic at night. The album's title came from a writing that Guy Picciotto found on the sidewalk.

Track listing

All songs by Ian MacKaye, Guy Picciotto, Joe Lally, and Brendan Canty
# "Facet Squared" – 2:42
# "Public Witness Program" – 2:04
# "Returning the Screw" – 3:13
# "Smallpox Champion" – 4:01
# "Rend It" – 3:48
# "23 Beats Off" – 6:41
# "Sweet and Low" – 3:36
# "Cassavetes" – 2:30
# "Great Cop" – 1:52
# "Walken's Syndrome" – 3:18
# "Instrument" – 3:43
# "Last Chance for a Slow Dance" – 4:38

Personnel

*Ted Niceley and Fugazi – production
*Don Zientara – engineering
*Chad Clark – 2004 remastering
*Jem Cohen – graphic concept, assemblage
*Jason Farrell – cover mechanic
*Cynthia Connolly – carry out photo
*The Spectra System – band photo
*Jem Cohen, Jeremy Blake – texts

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