''2000 Years of Human Error'' is the fourth
studio album by the
American rock band
Godhead
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. It was released on January 23, 2001 by
Posthuman Records, making this one of Posthuman's only releases. The album contains select songs that have been
re-recorded by the band, which previously appeared on 1998's ''
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History
The band was formed in 1994 under the ...
''. "Sinking" has since been re-recorded for the subsequent release ''
Unplugged''. The version of "Penetrate" featured on this album was also featured on the soundtrack to the 2002 movie ''
Queen of the Damned''.
''2000 Years of Human Error'' spawned two
singles, "The Reckoning" and the
Beatles cover "
Eleanor Rigby
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". It also had a
music video
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largely consisting of vocalist
Jason C. Miller singing and walking down a street in
slow motion
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as other band members are seen sitting or standing along the sidewalk in a depressed manner.
The album, considered Godhead's breakthrough, has sold over 100,000 copies to date in the United States.
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Its success earned them recognition by Ozzy Osbourne
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and landed them a spot on the second stage of Ozzfest
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2001. ''2000 Years of Human Error'' features additional contributions by Marilyn Manson
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bassist Twiggy Ramirez, Scott Putesky (original guitarist for Marilyn Manson, formerly known as Daisy Berkowitz), as well as Manson
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himself.
Track listing
Personnel
* Jason C. Miller – vocals
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, rhythm guitar
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, mixing
* Mike Miller – lead guitar
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, backing vocals
* Ullrich "Method" Hepperlin – bass
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, programming
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– drums
* Marilyn Manson
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– vocals (track 6), producer
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* Twiggy Ramirez – bass, guitar (tracks 2, 6, 10)
* Reeves Gabrels
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– guitar, synthesizer (track 5)
* Danny Saber – guitar (track 10), harmonica
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(track 6), producer, programming, engineering, keyboards
* Stacy Plunk – additional vocals (tracks 1, 9)
* Paul Muniz – vocoder
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(track 10)
* Doug Milton – editing
* Jeffrey Lesser – mixing, engineering
* John X Volaitis – producer
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(track 5), mixing
* Eddy Schreyer – mastering
* Jesse Gorman – engineering
* P.R. Brown
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– cover art, artwork
* Glen Laferman – photography
* Ciulla Management, Inc. – management
In video games
The song "Inside You" was used in the PlayStation 2 game, '' Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder''.
Chart performance
References
External links
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2001 albums
Godhead (band) albums
Priority Records albums
Posthuman Records albums
Albums produced by Danny Saber
Albums produced by Marilyn Manson