''Polydistortion'' is the second studio album by Icelandic

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band

GusGus GusGus is an electronic music band from Reykjavík, Iceland. Although initially a film and acting collective, the group is mostly known for its electronic music. The group's discography consists of eleven studio albums. History GusGus was ...

. The album was released on 7 April 1997 on

4AD 4AD is a British record label owned by Beggars Group. It was founded in London under the name "Axis" (after the Hendrix album) by Ivo Watts-Russell and Peter Kent in 1980 as an imprint of Beggars Banquet Records. The name was changed to 4AD af ...

, serving as their first release on the label. The songs "Why?" and the band's cover of Slowblow's "Is Jesus Your Pal?" feature

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on vocals. Most of the material on the album had previously been released independently, as the album ''GusGus'' in 1995. As of March 1999, the album has sold 40,000 copies in United States and worldwide sales stand at over 150,000 copies.

Track listing

References

{{Authority control 1997 albums GusGus albums 4AD albums