THERAPY? Troublegum LP A&M 1994 UK orig+black 540 196-1 RARE ALTERNATIVE METAL

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Best known for their 1994 album TROUBLEGUM, Ireland’s Therapy? play 

a hard-edged brand of industrial tinged hard rock.

Northern Ireland’s Therapy? might have been amongst the vast number of bands 

who benefited from the rise of Nirvana and grunge in the early '90s, but they proved 

their worth by outlasting that trend and any number of sub-strains that followed

 throughout the subsequent two decades. They might have frustrated the unit shifters 

who banked on them to follow the pack and hit the charts, but they never felt the 

need to cash in. By constantly expanding upon a frame of influential references 

that included the usual suspects (Black Sabbath) and the not-so-usual for a metal band 

(Killing Joke, Hüsker Dü, Buzzcocks), Therapy? released a number of records 

that constantly challenged themselves and their fans. The band carried a melodic 

sensibility that also separated them from their alternative metal peers, and although 

Andy Cairns' lyrical exorcisms were often clichéd, they were never innocuous. 

As the bridge between Metallica and Nirvana, they never played it straight or safe

"TROUBLEGUM"

Produced by Chris Sheldon

1994     LP     A&M RECORDS     540 196-1   

MADE IN ENGLAND   ORIGINAL PRESSING

SINGLE COVER + BLACK VINYL

Barcode and Other Identifiers

Barcode: 7 31454 01961 3

LABEL: A&M -  BLACK LABEL w/ARTWORK on Side One - WHITE TEXT

Label Code: LC 0485

Catalog on cover: (spine & rear) 540 196-1

Catalog on label (Side B only): 540 196-1

Other (Label Side B, Backcover): POL 281

Matrix / Runout (Side A, Stamped): DFI 93 11 540196 AI     (Etched): timtom

Matrix / Runout (Side B, Stamped): DFI 93 11 540196 BI    (Etched): Metropolis

On label (Side B only): rim text reads "The Copyright...........Prohibited"

Produced and mixed by Chris Sheldon

All tracks ? 1994 A&M Records Ltd., London 

except Side One, Track 2, Side Two, Track 4, ? 1993 A&M Records Ltd., London

On Back Sleeve: © 1994 A&M Records Ltd. London.

All Rights reserved.

Country of manufacture as stated on label. BIEM/STEMRA

from my records collection

tracklisting

Side A: KNIVES - SCREAMANGER

HELLBELLY - STOP IT YOU'RE KILLING ME

NOWHERE - DIE LAUGHING - UNBELIEVER

Side B: TRIGGER INSIDE - LUNACY BOOTH - ISOLATION

TURN - FEMTEX - UNREQUITES - BRAINSHAW

  grading

RECORD EX but (please, read above description)

SLEEVE VG(+) but (please, see pictures and read above description)

A high watermark of early alternative metal, Troublegum is a spectacular, powerful, 

clutter-free record. Densely packed at 14 songs in 40 minutes, there's sharpness 

on every level, demonstrating that the promise evidenced on Nurse was no mirage. 

Chris Sheldon's job on the boards provides separation among all the instruments, 

avoiding the mashed effect from Therapy?'s previous outings. Fyfe Ewing 

and Michael McKeegan basically do what they've been doing all along as a rhythm section, 

but the increased clarity really allows for one to fully appreciate their abilities. 

Andy Cairns' vocal range and ear for melody increase tenfold, and his 

guitar takes on countless tones and textures only hinted at before. 

Detractors might claim that the riffs are too predictable and too "metal," 

which is somewhat understandable but ultimately unfair...(AllMusic)