Pain Teens (album)

Pain Teens is compilation album the American noise rock and Industrial music band Pain Teens, released in 1988 by Anomie Records.[1] It comprises music previously released by the band in cassette format, including songs from Manmade Disasters, Cathy and IV. It was later reissued, remixed, and remastered on CD and released on Charnel Music in 1998.

Pain Teens
Compilation album by Pain Teens
Released	1988
Recorded	1986 – 1987
Genre	Noise rock, experimental rock
Length	43:32
Label	Anomie
Producer	Scott Ayers
Pain Teens chronology
Pain Teens (1988) Case Histories (1989)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]

Tom Schulte of AllMusic calls the record "an important work of experimental guitar, sound manipulations and proto-industrial musical ethic."[2]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Bliss Blood; all music is composed by Scott Ayers.

Side one

No.	Title	From album (date)	Length
1.	"Inside Me"	IV (1987)	3:45
2.	"The Unnamable"	Cathy (1987)	3:11
3.	"Brown Jenkin"	Cathy (1987)	5:04
4.	"A Knife"	Manmade Disasters (1987)	4:39
5.	"The Shoemaker"	Cathy (1987)	3:32
6.	"Amidst the Rubble"	Manmade Disasters (1987)	2:26

Side two

No.	Title	From album (date)	Length
1.	"A World of Destruction"	IV (1987)	2:49
2.	"Valley of the Sun"	Cathy (1987)	1:50
3.	"Symptoms"	Cathy (1987)	3:01
4.	"The Poor Doubt Blood"	Cathy (1987)	3:27
5.	"Where Madness Dwells"	Cathy (1987)	2:16
6.	"A Continuing Nightmare"	IV (1987)	3:35
7.	"Count Magnus"	Cathy (1987)	5:53

CD track listing

No.	Title	From album (date)	Length
1.	"Inside Me"	IV (1987)	3:45
2.	"The Unnamable"	Cathy (1987)	3:11
3.	"Brown Jenkin"	Cathy (1987)	5:04
4.	"A Knife"	Manmade Disasters (1987)	4:39
5.	"The Shoemaker"	Cathy (1987)	3:32
6.	"Amidst the Rubble"	Manmade Disasters (1987)	2:26
7.	"World of Destruction"	IV (1987)	2:49
8.	"Valley of the Sun"	Cathy (1987)	1:50
9.	"Symptoms"	Cathy (1987)	3:01
10.	"Where Madness Dwells"	Cathy (1987)	2:16
11.	"A Continuing Nightmare"	IV (1987)	3:35
12.	"Count Magnus"	Cathy (1987)	5:53
13.	"Tapes"	Manmade Disasters (1987)	2:24
14.	"Innsmouth"	Psychoactive (1986)	3:28
15.	"The Freezingwind"	Previously unreleased	2:49
16.	"Somnambulist"	Previously unreleased	3:42
17.	"Untitled"	Previously unreleased	1:13

Personnel

Adapted from the Pain Teens liner notes.[3]

Pain Teens

• Scott Ayers – guitar, drums, recording, production
• Bliss Blood – lead vocals

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1988	Anomie	LP	001
	1998	Charnel Music	CD	CHCD-32

References

1. Sprague, David (2007). "Pain Teens". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
2. Schulte, Tom. "Pain Teens: Pain Teens > Review". Allmusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
3. Pain Teens (sleeve). Pain Teens. Houston, Texas: Anomie Records. 1988.CS1 maint: others (link)

External links

• Pain Teens at Bandcamp
• Pain Teens at Discogs (list of releases)