Gravity Kills (album)

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Gravity Kills
Studio album by Gravity Kills
Released US March 5, 1996[1]
Europe March 12, 1996[1]
Recorded 1995 - 1996 at Mr. Blood, St. Louis, MO and at Battery Studios, NYC
Genre Industrial rock, alternative rock
Length 39:13
Label TVT
Producer John Fryer, Gravity Kills
Gravity Kills chronology

Gravity Kills
(1996)		 Manipulated
(1997)
Singles from Gravity Kills
  1. "Guilty"
    Released: 1996
  2. "Enough"
    Released: 1996
  3. "Blame"
    Released: 1996
  4. "Down"
    Released: 1997
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
eMusic [3]

Gravity Kills is the debut album by Gravity Kills, released on March 5, 1996 by TVT Records (see 1996 in music), the album sold just under 500,000 copies.

The first song was titled "Take" on the promo version of the album. It was renamed "Forward" just before the album was released.

Album cover

The picture in the centre on the front cover is called "Picturing The Bomb". The image is owned by Rachel Fermi and Esther Samra.

Track listing

All the track titles on the album are each only one word in length.

All songs written and composed by Gravity Kills. 
No. Title Length
1. "Forward"   1:31
2. "Guilty"   4:02
3. "Blame"   4:35
4. "Down"   4:10
5. "Here"   4:21
6. "Enough"   4:17
7. "Inside"   2:53
8. "Goodbye"   3:12
9. "Never"   3:10
10. "Last"   3:14
11. "Hold"   3:53
"Picturing The Bomb" Image or drawing of a destroyed industry or building

Games appearances

Year Song Games
1996 Blame Test Drive Off-Road
Guilty
Enough
2000 Guilty Vampire: Redemption

Videos

  • "Guilty"
  • "Enough" (Two versions)
  • "Down" (w/ live footages) (Unreleased video)
  • Blame (L.A. Remix version)

In other media

  • "Guilty" was featured in Seven (stylized as Se7en), a 1996 thriller film by David Fincher. The film follows David Mills (Brad Pitt) and William Somerset (Morgan Freeman) as police detectives working in a crime-filled city, who become deeply involved in a case involving a series of sadistic murders.
  • "Last" was featured in a Doug Ellin's 1998 romantic comedy film, Kissing A Fool. The plot follows Max (David Schwimmer), a commitment-phobic sports broadcaster, and Jay (Jason Lee), a neurotic writer, have been best friends since childhood, Jay sets Max up with his editor Samantha (Mili Avital).
  • A remix version of "Blame" was featured in the Escape from L.A. soundtrack. The film is a sequel to the action film Escape from New York, the plot follows former war hero Snake Plissken, played by Kurt Russell.
  • A demo version of "Goodbye" was featured in a 1995 action and adventure film by Paul Anderson based on the videos games, Mortal Kombat.

Personnel

Gravity Kills
Production
  • Produced by John Fryer and Gravity Kills
  • Engineered by Tim Donovan
  • Mixed by John Fryer
  • Photography (Inner tray) by Rocky Morton
  • Mastering by Howie Weinberg
  • Written by Gravity Kills
  • Design by Robin Glowski and Greg Knoll
  • Artwork by Greg Knoll and Kurt Kerns

Charts

Album

Chart (1996) Peak
position
US Heatseekers[4] 1
US The Billboard 200[5] 89

Singles

Year Song Chart Peak
position
1996 "Guilty" US Mainstream Rock[6] 39
US Billboard Hot 100[7] 86
US Modern Rock[8] 24
1997 UK Charts[9] 79
"Enough" 109

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Gravity Kills– Gravity Kills (CD, Album)". Discogs. 
  2. ↑ "Gravity Kills - Gravity Kills". Allmusic. 
  3. ↑ "Gravity Kills by Gravity Kills". eMusic. 
  4. ↑ "((( Gravity Kills > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  5. ↑ "((( Gravity Kills > Charts & Awards > Billboard Albums )))". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-04-24. 
  6. ↑ "Gravity Kills Mainstream Rock Chart History". Billboard. 
  7. ↑ "Gravity Kills Billboard Hot 100 Songs Chart History". Billboard. 
  8. ↑ "Gravity Kills Billboard Singles". Allmusic. 
  9. ↑ "Chart Log UK: Gina G – GZA". Zobbel. 

External links

Gravity Kills
  • Jeff Scheel
  • Matt Dudenhoffer
  • Doug Firley
  • Kurt Kerns
  • Brad Booker
Studio albums
Remix albums
Singles
Related Acts
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  • Portal:Rock music
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