''Burnt Beyond Recognition'' is the fourth

studio album An album is a collection of audio recordings issued on compact disc (CD), Phonograph record, vinyl, audio tape, or another medium such as Digital distribution#Music, digital distribution. Albums of recorded sound were developed in the early ...

by Mentallo & The Fixer, released on June 10, 1997 by

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Music

For ''Burnt Beyond Recognition'', the Mentallo & The Fixer changed direction from the aggressive electro-industrial represented on previous albums to composing complex and melodic instrumental pieces. It has been posited that the album's concept is about the evolution of man.

Reception

The ''Burnt Beyond Recognition'' has been considered a dividing point for critics and the band's audiences.

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the ''Burnt Beyond Recognition'' liner notes. Mentallo & The Fixer *

Dwayne Dassing Mentallo and the Fixer (sometimes written as Mentallo & the Fixer) is the project name used by Texan electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing (The Fixer) from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 to t ...

(as The Fixer) – programming,

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, engineering and mixing (8-11) *

Gary Dassing Mentallo and the Fixer (sometimes written as Mentallo & the Fixer) is the project name used by Texan electro-industrial musicians Gary Dassing (Mentallo) and Dwayne Dassing (The Fixer) from 1988 to 1999, and by Gary Dassing alone from 1999 to t ...

(as Mentallo) – vocals, programming, synthesizer, mastering, producer, engineering and mixing (1-7) Additional musician * John Bustamante –

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(9) * Todd Kreth – bass guitar (6) Production and design * Travis Baumann –

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, illustrations * Ric Laciak – engineering * Modern Design – illustrations, design * Jon Pyre –

(1-7) * Cindy Spoonts – photography

Release history

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1997 albums Mentallo & The Fixer albums Metropolis Records albums Off Beat (label) albums