''Distemper'' is the first non-compilation album by
The New Christs. It reached #1 on the Australian Alternative Charts.
Reception
According to ''
Sydney Morning Herald
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'', the album received critical acclaim upon its release. ''
Trouser Press
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'' noted the "dark, brooding" and "apocalyptic tone" of the album, writing that it is "nothing short of a 40-minute call to emotional jihad."
Legacy
Louder than War described the album as "rabid
ndincredibly feral", calling it "a classic case of an album being so definitive that it was hard to see how it could be bettered, despite the consistently high quality of subsequent New Christs’ albums."
Mark Lanegan
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of
The Screaming Trees named the album as an influence on his music, calling the album "catchy in a really weird way and
ob Younger'ssinging is so out there and unique. He works around the music and he’s really aggressive." The US website ''Fast 'n' Bulbous'' ranked it 83rd best album of the 1980s.
Track listing
# "No Way on Earth" (
Rob Younger) 4:42
# "There's no time" (Younger) 3:32
# "Another Sin" (Jim Dickson, Nick Fischer,
Charlie Owen, Younger) 3:33
# "The March" (Owen, Younger) 5:28
# "The Burning of Rome" (Younger) 5:14
# "Afterburn" (Owen, Younger) 4:47
# "Circus of Sour" (Owen, Younger) 3:56
# "Coming Apart" (Younger) 2:55
# "Bed of Nails" (Dickson, Younger) 6:26
# "Love's Underground" (Dickson, Fischer, Owen, Younger) 3:14
# "Disconnected" (Dickson, Younger) 6:26
# "Headin' South" (Younger) 4:09
Tracks 11 and 12 only appear on the CD.
Personnel
;The New Christs
*
Rob Younger – Lead Vocals
*
Charlie Owen – Guitar, Piano, Organ
*Jim Dickson – Bass, Vocals
*Nick Fischer – Drums
with
*
Louis Tillett – Piano, Organ (1,5,10)
References
External links
Distemperon Citadel Records
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1989 albums