Metropolis (Sister Machine Gun album)

Metropolis
Studio album by Sister Machine Gun
Released	July 15, 1997
Genre	Industrial rock
Label	Wax Trax!/TVT
Producer	Chris Randall & John Fryer
Sister Machine Gun chronology
Burn (1995) Metropolis (1997) [R]evolution (1999)

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Metropolis is an album by industrial rock band Sister Machine Gun.

Track listing

1. This Metal Sky – 2:28
2. Desperation – 3:45
3. Temptation – 4:38
4. Think – 3:49
5. Living Without You – 3:51
6. Torque – 4:05
7. White Lightning – 4:52
8. Everything – 4:59
9. What Do You Want From Me – 4:12
10. Admit – 5:05
11. Bitter End – 5:20
12. Cut Down – 6:11

Notes

• Recorded at Warzone Recorders & Chicago Recording Company, Chicago and Battery Studios K2, New York by John Fryer, Chris Randall, Van Christie III, Jason McNinch, and Matt Warren.
• Mixed at Battery Studios K2 by John Fryer and Chris Randall and Warzone Recorders by Van Christie III and Jason McNinch.
• Assisting at Battery was Martin Czembor
• Assisting at Warzone was Abel Garibaldi
• Metropolis was produced by Chris Randall and John Fryer, except track 4 produced by Chris Randall and Van Christie III. Additional production by Jason McNinch.
• Most of the analog synth sounds on this record were created using the Studio Electronics SE-1 and sampling was accomplished with the Kurzweil K2500.
• Chris Randall plays Parker Guitars.
• The song Bitter End contains an intro sample from the 1996 song Ratfinks, Suicide Tanks, Cannibal Girls by White Zombie, from the Beavis And Butt-head soundtrack.

Personnel

• Chris Randall - vocals, keyboards, piano, guitar, programming, B-3
• Richard Deacon - bass
• Kevin Temple - drums
• Brian Sarche - guitar
• Reeves Gabrels - guitar
• Catherine Bent & Serena Jost - cello
• Rob Thomas & Ted Falcon - violin
• Mars Williams - saxophone
• John Fryer - additional programming, backing vocals, Radio Shack 50-in-one science kit
• Martin Czembor - backing vocals, German rant, NYC street noise
• Lisa Randall - harangue
• Jason McNinch - additional programming
• Jaye Steiner - live sound
• Amanda Riesman - string arrangements.
• Michael D. Ryan - management (21st Century Management)
• Timothy Donohue - legal
• Michael Rand - RA (Booking Agency: Ashley Talent International)
• Sean Roberts - A&R
• Robin Glowski - album design

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