Journey Through a Body

Journey Through a Body is a studio album by industrial music pioneers Throbbing Gristle, released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.

Journey Through a Body
Studio album by Throbbing Gristle
Released	April 1982
Recorded	March 1981
Genre	Industrial
Length	39:17
Label	Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien
Throbbing Gristle chronology
Greatest Hits (1981) Journey Through a Body (1982) Three Psychick Sacrifice (1982)
Alternate cover
1993 UK reissue cover

Background

The album was recorded in Rome in March 1981 in the RAI studios without pre-planning any songs. The work was a piece of "radio art" commissioned by Italian national radio.[1]

Release

Journey Through a Body was released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.[2]

The album was reissued in the UK in 1993.

Critical reception

The Wire magazine called it the group's "scariest" album.[3]

Track listing

Side A

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Medicine"	15:22
2.	"Catholic Sex"	8:10

Side B

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Exotic Functions"	4:18
2.	"Violencia (The Bullet)"	8:00
3.	"Oltre La Morte, Birth and Death"	3:27

References

1. Thompson, Dave (2000). "Throbbing Gristle". Alternative Rock. Hal Leonard Corporation. p. 687. ISBN 978-0-87930-607-6.
2. Journey Through a Body (Media notes). Throbbing Gristle. Germany: Walter Ulbricht Scahllfolien. April 1982. Retrieved 13 July 2013.CS1 maint: others (link)
3. Herrington, Tony, ed. (1999). "The Wire: Volumes 185–189". C. Parker. Cite journal requires |journal= (help)