''The Torture Technique'' is the second studio album by

Sister Machine Gun Sister Machine Gun is an American industrial rock band originally based in Chicago, Illinois. Sister Machine Gun was formed in New York City by Chris Randall and Guilherme Machado. After a short hiatus, the band signed with Wax Trax! Records a ...

, released on March 15, 1994 by TVT and

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. The album spent eight weeks on the

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Radio Top 150 peaking at No. 46, and nine weeks on the CMJ RPM Charts peaking at No. 10.

Reception

Vincent Jeffries of

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gave ''The Torture Technique'' a one and a half out of five stars, saying "to Chris Randall's credit, he expands his programming skills ("Salvation," "Brother Bomb") and vocal performances ("Cocaine Jesus") enough to mimic industrial rock success stories Ministry and White Zombie, instead of exclusively copying

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." He concluded by saying, "''The Torture Technique'' isn't as dry or repetitive as Sister Machine Gun's first release, but Randall's marginal improvements aren't enough to warrant a recommendation." ''Aiding & Abetting'' praised the very stripped down sound of the album, saying it's "experimental enough to get me hard, bouncy enough to make me dance, Sister Machine Gun is rather good." '' Option'' gave the album a favorable review saying it "...enthusiastically embraces industrial dance styles without being limited by them..."

Track listing

Personnel

Adapted from the liner notes of ''The Torture Technique''. Sister Machine Gun * Tom Gaul – guitar * Chris Kelly – keyboards, backing vocals * Chris Randall – lead vocals, keyboards,

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, production, mixing * Steve Stoll – drums Additional performers *

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– drums, guitar * Derek Frigo – guitar * Charles Levi – bass guitar, guitar *

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–

, additional vocals,

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, production,

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, mixing *

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– keyboards, editing Production and design * Van Christie – production,

, mixing * Noli Eckerson – assistant recording * Bill Garcelon – assistant recording * Dave Kovach – assistant recording * Steve Levy – assistant recording * Jason McNinch – assistant recording * Matt Warren – assistant recording

Release history

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Torture Technique, The 1994 albums Sister Machine Gun albums TVT Records albums Wax Trax! Records albums