Troublegum

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Troublegum
Studio album by Therapy?
Released	February 7, 1994
Genre	Rock / Heavy Metal
Length	45:39
Label	A&M Records
Producer(s)	Chris Sheldon
Professional reviews
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Therapy? chronology
Nurse (1992)	Troublegum (1994)	Infernal Love (1995)

Troublegum, released February 7, 1994, was the second major-label album by the band Therapy?. It had a melodically dark, metal-like sound.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Knives" (Cairns)
2. "Screamager" (Cairns/McKeegan/Ewing)
3. "Hellbelly" (Cairns)
4. "Stop It You're Killing Me" (Cairns)
5. "Nowhere" (Cairns/McCarrick)
6. "Die Laughing" (Cairns/McKeegan/Ewing)
7. "Unbeliever" (Cairns)
8. "Trigger Inside" (Cairns)
9. "Lunacy Booth" (Cairns)
10. "Isolation" (Curtis/Sumner/Hook/Morris)
11. "Turn" (Cairns/McKeegan/Ewing)
12. "Femtex" (Cairns)
13. "Unrequited" (Cairns)
14. "Brainsaw" (Cairns)

[edit] Trivia

• The album ends with Therapy? playing the first verses of "You Are My Sunshine" by Jimmie Davis and Charles Mitchell with the line "Please don't take my sunshine away" looping repeatedly at the end mimicking the way a vinyl record would if it were scratched.
• In 2005, the song "Nowhere" was featured on the soundtrack of EA Sports NCAA Football 06.

[edit] Singles

• "Screamager" - March 11, 1993, on the Shortsharpshock EP with "Auto Surgery", "Totally Random Man" and "Accelerator".
• "Turn" - May 31, 1993, on the Face The Strange EP with "Speedball", "Bloody Blue" and a re-recorded version of "Neck Freak" from Nurse.
• "Nowhere" - January 17, 1994, with "Pantopon Rose", "Breaking The Law" (Judas Priest), and "C. C. Rider" (an Elvis Presley song). There was a second CD released, with two remixes of the title track, provided by the Sabres of Paradise.
• "Trigger Inside" - February 28, 1994, with "Nice 'n' Sleazy" (The Stranglers), "Reuters" (Wire), and "Tatty Seaside Town" (The Membranes).
• "Die Laughing" - 1994, with "Stop It You're Killing Me (live)", "Trigger Inside (live)" and "Evil Elvis (The Lost Demo)".
• "Isolation" (Joy Division) - 1994, with "Lunacy Booth (string version)" and "Isolation (Consolidated mix)".

[edit] Charting single

1993  "Screamager"     Modern Rock Tracks            No. 16

[edit] Personnel

• Andy Cairns - vocals/guitar
• Fyfe Ewing - drums
• Michael McKeegan - bass
• Page Hamilton - lead guitar on "Unbeliever"
• Lesley Rankine - additional vocals on "Lunacy Booth"
• Martin McCarrick - cello on "Unrequited"
• Eileen Rose - additional vocals on "Femtex"