34.788%...Complete

34.788%...Complete
Studio album by My Dying Bride
Released	October 6, 1998
Recorded	Academy Studios, 1998
Genre	Avant-garde metal, doom metal
Length	56:42
Label	Peaceville Records
Producer	'Mags', assisted by Calvin Robertshaw
My Dying Bride chronology
Like Gods of the Sun (1996) 34.788%... Complete (1998) The Light at the End of the World (1999)

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34.788%...Complete is an album by My Dying Bride. It demonstrated a foray into a more electronic style of music, which was not generally popular with fans and was abandoned on subsequent albums. However, the band has defended the album, with guitarist Andrew Craighan maintaining that the album is full of My Dying Bride riffs which are hidden somewhat in the production.^{[citation needed]} The track "Under Your Wings And Into Your Arms" appears on both the The Voice of the Wretched CD and the Sinamorata DVD, and the opening track, "The Whore, The Cook and The Mother" appeared on their latest live DVD, An Ode to Woe.

The Japanese version of the album featured a bonus track, entitled "Follower". This track was also featured on the 2003 re-release digipak of the album.

The album was dedicated to the memory of Richard Jackson, father of bassist Adrian.

This is the only album by My Dying Bride to feature the drumming of Bill Law. It is also the first not to feature long-time keyboardist and violinist Martin Powell, who would become a full-time member of Cradle of Filth shortly after the album was released.

The spoken word interlude during "The Whore, The Cook and The Mother" is based on the simulant interrogation method from the movie Blade Runner. Questions are asked in Cantonese and reversed, and singer Aaron Stainthorpe's replies can be heard.

The album's title was derived from a dream former guitarist Calvin Robertshaw had where he was told the human race had a limited lifespan on earth, 34.788% of which had already expired.^[2]

Track listing

• All Songs Published By VILE Music.

1. "The Whore, the Cook and the Mother" – 12:00
2. "The Stance of Evander Sinque" – 5:31
3. "Der Überlebende" – 7:39
4. "Heroin Chic" – 8:03
5. "Apocalypse Woman" – 7:38
6. "Base Level Erotica" – 9:55
7. "Under Your Wings and into Your Arms" – 5:57
8. "Follower" – 5:12 (Japanese bonus track)

Personnel

My Dying Bride

• Aaron Stainthorpe – vocals
• Andrew Craighan – guitar
• Calvin Robertshaw – guitar
• Adrian Jackson – bass
• Bill Law – drums

Additional Personnel

• Keith Appleton & Mags: Keyboards
• Michelle Richfield: Female Vocal on "Heroin Chic"

Production

• Arranged By My Dying Bride
• Produced & Mixed By Magne "Mags" Furuholmen & Calvin Robertshaw
• Engineered By Mags, with assistance from James Anderson & Stevie Clow

References