Possession (God album)

Possession

Studio album by GOD

Released

April 17, 1992

Recorded

Gateway Studio, Kingston

Genre

Experimental, industrial rock, free jazz

Length

67:51

GOD chronology

Loco
(1991)

Possession
(1992)

Consumed
(1993)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Robert Christgau	^[2]

Possession is the debut studio album of GOD, released on April 17, 1992 by Caroline and Virgin Records.

Accolades

Publication	Country	Accolade	Year	Rank
Terrorizer	United Kingdom	100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties^[3]	2000	*
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by GOD.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Pretty"	3:57
2.	"Fucked"	9:59
3.	"Return to Hell"	5:27
4.	"Soul Fire"	9:52
5.	"Hate Meditation"	4:49
6.	"Lord, I'm On My Way"	10:22
7.	"Love"	16:46
8.	"Black Jesus"	6:49

Personnel

Adapted from the Possession liner notes.^[4]

GOD

Steve Blake – alto saxophone, baritone saxophone, tenor saxophone, didgeridoo
Justin Broadrick – guitar
Lou Ciccotelli – drums
Dave Cochrane – bass guitar
John Edwards – double bass
Tim Hodgkinson – alto saxophone, bass clarinet
Gary Jeff – bass guitar
Scott Kiehl – drums, percussion, mixing
Kevin Martin – lead vocals, tenor saxophone, sampler, production, mixing

Additional musicians

Peter Kraut – piano (4, 5, 7, 8)
Gary Smith – guitar (8)
John Zorn – alto saxophone (3, 5, 6), mixing

Production and additional personnel

Silvia Edin – cover art
Oz Fritz – mixing
Steve Lowe – recording
Imad Mansour – assistant engineering
Peter Morris – photography
Howie Weinberg – mastering

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1992	Virgin	CD	CDVE 910
United States	1992	Caroline	CD, CS	CAROL 1874

References

↑ Raggett, Ned. "Possession". Allmusic. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
↑ Christgau, Robert. "God". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 9, 2015.
↑ "Terrorizer: 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Terrorizer. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
↑ Possession (booklet). GOD. New York City, New York: Caroline Records. 1992.

External links

Loco at Discogs (list of releases)

God

Justin Broadrick Lou Ciccotelli Dave Cochrane John Edwards Tim Hodgkinson Gary Jeff Scott Kiehl Kevin Martin Russell Smith Steve Blake

Studio albums	Possession The Anatomy of Addiction

Live albums	Loco Consumed

Extended plays	Breach Birth Appeal to Human Greed

Categories	Albums Members

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