This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This!
| This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! | ||||
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| Studio album by Pop Will Eat Itself | ||||
| Released | 1 May 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988 | |||
| Genre | Industrial rock, alternative dance | |||
| Length | 51:26 | |||
| Label | RCA | |||
| Producer | Flood | |||
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This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! is the second album by UK band, Pop Will Eat Itself. The album peaked at number 24 for two weeks in the UK Albums Chart,[2] it also went at number #169 in the Billboard 200 for six weeks.[3]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "PWEI Is A Four Letter Word" | 1:12 | |
| 2. | "Preaching to the Perverted" | 4:16 | |
| 3. | "Wise Up! Sucker" | 3:17 | |
| 4. | "Sixteen Different Flavors of Hell" | 2:03 | |
| 5. | "Inject Me" | 4:31 | |
| 6. | "Can U Dig It?" | 4:32 | |
| 7. | "The Fuses Have Been Lit" | 4:03 | |
| 8. | "Poison to the Mind" | 0:58 | |
| 9. | "Def. Con. One" | 4:00 | |
| 10. | "Radio PWEI" | 3:37 | |
| 11. | "Shortwave Transmission on 'Up to the Minuteman Nine'" | 1:01 | |
| 12. | "Satellite Ecstatica" | 3:33 | |
| 13. | "Not Now James, We're Busy..." | 3:09 | |
| 14. | "Wake Up! Time to Die..." | 6:42 | |
| 15. | "Wise Up! Sucker ('12 Youth Mix)" | 5:44 |
Samples
Preaching to the Perverted
- "Microphone Fiend" by Eric B. and Rakim
- "Countdown to Armageddon" by Public Enemy
- The Warriors
Can U Dig It?
- The Warriors
- The Twilight Zone
- "Black Is Black" by Belle Epoque
Poison to the Mind
Def.Con.One
- "Funkytown" by Lipps, Inc.
- "I Wanna Be Your Dog" by The Stooges
- "Right Now" by The Creatures
- "Time to Get Ill" by the Beastie Boys
- "Hungry Heart" by Bruce Springsteen
- "Crazy Horses" by The Osmonds
- The Twilight Zone
Radio P.W.E.I
- "I Can't Live Without My Radio" by LL Cool J
- "Shout" by Tears for Fears
- "Bring the Noise" by Public Enemy
Not Now James, We're Busy
- "Funky Drummer" by James Brown
Wake Up Time! to Die
Personnel
Pop Will Eat Itself
- Clint Mansell - Vocals
- Graham Crabb - Vocals
- Adam Mole - Guitar
- Richard March - Guitar
Additional musicians
- "The Buzzard" - Wild Guitar (tracks 3, 6 and 13)
- Frank Booth - Stun Guitar (track 2)
- Turntables – DJ Winston
Production
- Artwork - The Designers Republic
- Engineer – Enzo Townsend (track 9), Dave Pine (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10 to 14), Robin Goodfellow (tracks 3 and 6)
- Engineer (Assistant) – Karl Broadie (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, and 10 to 14)
- Producer – Andy Cox, David Steele, Flood (tracks 1 to 5, 7, 8, 10 to 14), Mr. X & Mr. Y (track 3), Robert Gordon (track 9)
- Mastered By – Alan Wilson
Charts
| Chart (1989) | Peak position |
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| UK Albums Chart | 24 |
| Billboard 200 | 169 |
Release history
| Region | Date | Distributing Label |
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| UK | 1 May 1989 | RCA |
| US/Japan | 18 July 1989 | RCA |
References
- ↑ Ned Raggett. "This Is the Day...This Is the Hour...This Is This! - Pop Will Eat Itself | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ↑ "Pop Will Eat Itself | Artist". Official Charts. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ↑ "Pop Will Eat Itself - Chart history". Billboard. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ↑ "Pop Will Eat Itself". WhoSampled. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
- ↑ "Pop Will Eat Itself - This Is The Day...This Is The Hour...This Is This! (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. 2013-07-18. Retrieved 2014-06-04.
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