Testure
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| Single by Skinny Puppy | ||||
| from the album VIVIsectVI | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Format | CD, 12" | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Industrial music | |||
| Length | 23 min 26 s | |||
| Label | Nettwerk/Capitol/EMI | |||
| Producer(s) | Dave Ogilvie and cEvin Key | |||
| Skinny Puppy singles chronology | ||||
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"Testure" is a single by the band Skinny Puppy, taken from their 1988 album VIVIsectVI. The phrase is most likely a play on words (a literary device used frequently by vocalist Ogre) of the words 'Test' and 'Torture' and equates medical experimentation on live animals as being akin to torture. A music video was made for the single which featured a man who presumably abused his pet dog and, upon discovering its corpse, is taken away by some strangers who place him in a medical/torture test while interspersed are shots of actual animal testing footage.
Track listing
| 12"/CD release | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Testure (12" Mix)" | |||||||||
| 2. | "Testure (S.F. Mix)" | |||||||||
| 3. | "The Second Opinion" | |||||||||
| 4. | "Serpents" | |||||||||
| 3" CD release | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 1. | "Testure (12" Mix)" | |||||||||
| 2. | "Testure (S.F. Mix)" | |||||||||
| 3. | "Serpents" | |||||||||
| 4. | "Cage" | |||||||||
Personnel
Guests
- Mr. Dale Plevin (fretless bass - 1, 2)
Notes
- Engineered by cEvin Key and Dave Ogilvie.
- Sleeve photography, typography and design by Steven R. Gilmore.
- This is the first (and only) Skinny Puppy release to also be released as a 3" mini-disc.
- "Testure" contains samples of dialogue from the animated film adaptation of The Plague Dogs, which depicts cruelty to animals in a government research facility.
- "Testure" was remixed by God Lives Underwater.
- the music video contains footage from the PETA film Unnecessary Fuss
Other
- Track 1 re-edited by Sir Arthur.
- Additional production on track 2 by Greg Reely, with additional engineering by Adrian Sherwood. Remixed and re-edited by David Ogilvie and cEvin Key.
Chart positions
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| U.S. Billboard Modern Rock Tracks | - |
| U.S. Billboard Hot Dance Club Play | 19 |
| Deutsche Alternative Charts - Singles | - |
References
- Kern, Jay (2010). Skinny Puppy: The Illustrated Discography (Second Edition). Mythos Press. p. 80.
External links
Single
- Testure at Discogs (CD, Mini, Capitol Records,
) - Testure at Discogs (Vinyl, 12", Capitol Records, )
- Testure at Discogs (CD, Maxi-Single, Nettwerk,
)
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