Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse

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Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse
Studio album by Skinny Puppy
Released	September 5, 1986
Recorded	1986
Genre	Industrial
Length	45:34 71:37 (re-issue)
Label	Nettwerk (Canada, U.S.) Play It Again Sam (Europe)
Producer	Dave Ogilvie, cEvin Key
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Skinny Puppy chronology
Bites (1985) Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse (1986) Cleanse Fold and Manipulate (1987)

Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse is a 1986 album by Skinny Puppy. It contained the single "Dig It", which inspired several industrial music contemporaries, including Nine Inch Nails.

The cover photo, taken by Steven R. Gilmore, was from a porn film that happened to come on the TV in a hotel in New York. The cover caused Tipper Gore to place it on one of her lists for the Parent's Music Resource Center as an example of why there should be parental advisory stickers on albums, even though Mind was released before the PMRC came about.

[edit] Track listing

1. "One Time One Place" – 5:41
2. "God's Gift (Maggot)" – 4:46
3. "Three Blind Mice" – 3:08
4. "Love" – 1:43
5. "Stairs and Flowers" – 5:17
6. "Antagonism" – 5:03
7. "200 Years" – 4:45
8. "Dig It" – 6:03
9. "Burnt with Water" – 7:41
10. "Chainsaw" – 5:55 *
11. "Addiction (Second Dose)" – 6:01 *
12. "Stairs and Flowers (Too Far Gone)" – 6:35 *
13. "deep down Trauma Hounds (Remix)" – 7:32 *

All songs by Ogre/Key.

"Dig It" is replaced by its 12" version on the CD; it lasts 7:40. On vinyl, "Burnt with Water" ended with a locked groove repeating the phrase "Amen, Lord, hear my prayer" endlessly until the needle was lifted.

Tracks 10-13 appear only on the CD release. Several of these bonus tracks were mislabelled, either as "(Dub)" or with no version mentioned.

[edit] Personnel

• Nivek Ogre (vocals)
• cEvin Key (production, engineering, mixing, various instruments)
• Dave Ogilvie (production, engineering, mixing)
• Dwayne Goettel (gadgetry on "Three Blind Mice", "Stairs and Flowers", "Antagonism", "Burnt with Water", "Chainsaw")
• Wilhelm Schroeder (back voice on "Stairs and Flowers")
• Chris Sheppard (mixing on "Dig It")
• Tom Ellard (drums, CD, and effects on "Chainsaw")
• David Jackson (chainsaw on "Chainsaw")
• Adrian Sherwood (remix, production, and engineering on "Addiction (2nd Dose)" and "Deep Down Trauma Hounds (Remix)")
• Justin Strauss (remix and production on "Stairs and Flowers (Too Far Gone)")
• Murry Elias (remix and production on "Stairs and Flowers (Too Far Gone)")

[edit] Singles

• "Dig It" (1986)
• "Chainsaw" (1987)
• "Stairs & Flowers" (1987)

[edit] External links

• Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse at Discogs ( Vinyl, 12", Nettwerk, Canada, 1986)
• Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse at Discogs ( CD, Nettwerk, Canada, 1988)