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Armageddon Through Your Speaker[2][3][4] is the debut album of the rap metal band Bionic Jive, released on October 16, 2001 by Interscope Records.[1]
| Armageddon Through Your Speaker | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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| Studio album by Bionic Jive | ||||
| Released | October 16, 2001[1] | |||
| Genre | Rap metal,[citation needed] nu metal[citation needed] | |||
| Length | 45:16 | |||
| Label | Interscope[1] | |||
| Producer | Howard Benson[1] | |||
| Bionic Jive chronology | ||||
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Style
editCMJ said that the album was "more rhythmic rap than metal".[2] Exclaim! wrote that Bionic Jive "writes every song as an epic, with lyrics that dive into places that other groups can't even dream of extracting concepts from".[3]
Artwork
editThe album's cover was painted by David Ho. The band initially asked to use his illustration Future of War, but Ho felt that the drawing was "too fantasy-oriented" for the album, so he developed a new painting by tweaking another work of his, Contemplations 10.[4]
Reception
edit| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [1] |
| CMJ | favorable[2] |
| Exclaim! | favorable[3] |
Exclaim! called Armageddon Through Your Speaker "a brilliant record",[3] while CMJ recommended the album to fans of Limp Bizkit, Twiztid and Crazy Town.[2] AllMusic said that Bionic Jive "sounded incredibly commonplace if not ubiquitous", writing, "this album just feels too manufactured. The best rap-metal employs its own motifs, draws from its own structures, and ultimately creates its own context. Unfortunately, few rap-metal bands do this circa 2001, and Bionic Jive definitely isn't one of them; they simply synthesize what seems like a potent formula".[1]
Track listing
edit| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Who's Your God, Pt. 1" | 0:50 |
| 2. | "Shut 'Em Down" | 3:11 |
| 3. | "Pump" | 3:40 |
| 4. | "I Shot Lucifer" | 3:36 |
| 5. | "Hands to the Roof" | 3:04 |
| 6. | "Swarm" | 3:50 |
| 7. | "Break the Chains" | 3:05 |
| 8. | "Freaks" | 3:40 |
| 9. | "Rock On" | 3:21 |
| 10. | "Ricochet" | 4:05 |
| 11. | "Get It Hot" (spoken word skit) | 0:45 |
| 12. | "Kerosene" | 3:26 |
| 13. | "Walking With Shadows" | 3:32 |
| 14. | "Goodbye" | 4:22 |
| 15. | "Who's Your God, Pt. 2" | 0:49 |
| Total length: | 45:16 | |
Personnel
edit- Musicians
- [1]
- Ako Mack - lead vocals
- Emerg McVay - lead vocals
- Seth Rockwell - guitar
- Richard "Cunni" Gartner - bass guitar
- Jamie Muhoberac - keyboards
- Chris "TGI" Elsner - drums
- DJ Radar - turntables
- Kimberly Brewer - background vocals
- Lisa Frazier - background vocals
- Production
- [1]
- Anthony Mandler - photography
- Bobby Brooks - engineer
- Brian Wittmer - A&R
- David Ho - cover art[4]
- DJ Mormile - A&R
- Eric Miller - assistant engineer
- Ernie Vigil - assistant engineer
- Howard Benson - keyboards, producer
- Jay Baumgardner - mixing
- Joe Barresi - engineer
- Larry Elyea - pre-production
- Liam Ward - graphic design
- Marcus Heisser - A&R
- Ted Jensen - mastering
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f g h Birchmeier, Jason. "Armageddon Through Your Speakers". AllMusic. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "New Music Report". CMJ. Amazing America, LLC: 30. November 26, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c d "Bionic Jive". Exclaim!. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
- ^ a b c "David Ho". Computer Arts Special. 1 (46): 30–31. 1999. Retrieved January 6, 2025.
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