The Infidel (album)

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The Infidel is an album released in 1991 by Doubting Thomas, two-thirds of the members of the group Skinny Puppy. The project has been called "music for imaginary films". It was originally released in 1991 by Wax Trax! Records (bought 1992/93 by TVT Records), but has since gone out-of-print. It was re-released in 2007 by cEvin Key's Subconscious label, as a "20th anniversary edition" packaged with their Father Don't Cry EP and other bonus tracks.

Track listing

Original 1991 release

1. "Clocks" – 4:21
2. "The Moodswing" – 5:57
3. "Father Don't Cry" – 5:15
4. "F862" – 5:54
5. "Yowtch" – 3:37
6. "Hiding" – 4:36
7. "Nagual Tone" – 4:01
8. "The Run" – 5:06
9. "Saved" – 3:53
10. "I.D.L." – 4:27
11. "Whitewax"┼ – 4:13
12. "Theme From Pressurehead"┼ – 4:06
13. "Come In Piece"┼ – 4:00

┼ Included only on the CD release.

2007 Re-release bonus disc

Disc one

Original album, as above

Disc two

Expanded rerelease of Father Don't Cry EP with additional unreleased tracks

1. "Father Don't Cry (Ext.)" – 8:35
2. "THC" – 4:36
3. "Turn a New Leaf" – 8:16
4. "Excrement" – 5:59
5. "Movie 13" – 3:17
6. "That Problem Child" – 4:14
7. "Majickal Horse" – 2:25
8. "Jethro"‡ – 3:52
9. "Cryland"‡ – 3:38
10. "Porthue"‡ – 3:41
11. "Make Me Laugh"‡ – 2:16
12. "Blink & It's Gone"‡ – 3:27
13. "Love Somebody"‡ – 0:35

‡ Previously unreleased. Recorded during 1987–1989 in Toronto and Vancouver, Canada. Compiled in 2007 by cEvin Key.

Personnel

• cEVIN Key
• D.R. Goettel
• Tom Ellard (co-engineer on "The Run" & "Come In Piece")
• Naomi McCleod (vocals on "I.D.L.")

Liner notes

Produced, engineered, and mixed by cEvin Key, D.R. Goettel and Dave "Rave" Ogilvie. Digital editing and reconstruction on SSL Soundscreen by Marc Ramaer and cEvin Key. Mastered by Brian Gardner.

External links

• TVT Records bio of The Infidel.

References

• subconsciousstudios.com: track listing, personnel, liner notes
• discogs.com: running times (original release)