Utopia Banished

Utopia Banished
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released 23 June 1992
Recorded 10 February 1992–19 February 1992 and 23 February 1992–2 March 1992
Studio The Windings, Wrexham, Wales
Genre Grindcore
Length 39:04
Label Earache, Relativity
Producer Colin Richardson, Napalm Death
Napalm Death chronology

Death by Manipulation
(1992)		 Utopia Banished
(1992)		 Live Corruption
(1992)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
MetalReviews 73/100[2]

Utopia Banished is the fourth album by the UK band Napalm Death. The album was released in 1992 by Earache Records.[3] It is the first album featuring Danny Herrera on drums following the departure of Mick Harris.

Release

A limited edition of this album included a 3" bonus CD; the vinyl release included a bonus 7" containing the same material.[3]

The 2007 re-release came as part of Earache's Classic Metal series with The DVD as bonus disc.[4]

In 2012, Earache Records released a remastered edition on limited edition coloured vinyl and CD digipak.[5]

Single

The EP "The World Keeps Turning" was released in July 1992 on vinyl and CD and contains two non-album tracks, "A Means to an End" and "Insanity Excursion".[6]

Writing

Samples

Napalm Death make use of samples in some songs on Utopia Banished. The tracks "Discordance" and "Awake (To a Life of Misery)" sample snippets from 1988 science fiction film They Live while the track "Contemptuous" takes a line from 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket.[7]

Track listing

No. TitleLyricsMusic Length
1. "Discordance"     1:26
2. "I Abstain"  Mark GreenwayJesse Pintado 3:30
3. "Dementia Access"  Shane EmburyMitch Harris 2:27
4. "Christening of the Blind"  EmburyEmbury 3:21
5. "The World Keeps Turning"  GreenwayPintado 2:55
6. "Idiosyncratic"  GreenwayEmbury, Pintado 2:35
7. "Aryanisms"  GreenwayEmbury, Harris 3:08
8. "Cause and Effect (Part II)"  GreenwayPintado 2:07
9. "Judicial Slime"  EmburyEmbury 2:36
10. "Distorting the Medium"  GreenwayPintado 1:58
11. "Got Time to Kill"  GreenwayEmbury 2:28
12. "Upward and Uninterested"  GreenwayPintado, Harris 2:07
13. "Exile"  EmburyHarris 2:00
14. "Awake (To a Life of Misery)"  EmburyHarris 2:05
15. "Contemptuous"  EmburyEmbury, Harris, Pintado 4:21
Bonus 3" CD
No. Title Length
1. "One and the Same"   1:50
2. "Sick and Tired"   1:26
3. "Malignant Trait"   2:20
4. "Killing with Kindness"   2:01

Personnel

Napalm Death

Technical personnel

Chart positions

Chart (1992) Peak position
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[8] 77
UK Albums (OCC)[9] 58

2007 re-release

Chart (2007) Peak position
German Albums (Official Top 100)[10] 60

References

  1. ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. Napalm Death: Utopia Banished > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  2. ↑ Goat. "Napalm Death - Utopia Banished". MetalReviews. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Napalm Death 'Utopia Banished'". Earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  4. ↑ Utopia Banished at Discogs
  5. ↑ Sheila (14 May 2012). "Napalm Death – 'Utopia Banished' remastered edition out now!". PlanetMosh. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "Napalm Death 'The World Keeps Turning'". Earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
  7. ↑ "(Film) samples in (metal) songs". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "Napalm Death – Utopia Banished" (in Dutch). Dutchcharts.nl. Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  9. ↑ "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Napalm Death – Utopia Banished". Officialcharts.de. GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 19 October 2014.