''Part Two'' (also known as ''Part Two: The Endless Not'') is an album by English industrial band

Throbbing Gristle Throbbing Gristle were an English music and visual arts group formed in Kingston upon Hull by Genesis P-Orridge and Cosey Fanni Tutti, later joined by Peter "Sleazy" Christopherson and Chris Carter. They are widely regarded as pioneers of in ...

, released in 2007 through record label

Mute Records Mute Records is a British independent record label owned and founded in 1978 by Daniel Miller (music producer), Daniel Miller. It has featured several prominent musical acts on its roster such as Depeche Mode, Erasure (duo), Erasure, Einstürze ...

Background

In a similar vein to the band's 1978 album '' D.o.A: The Third and Final Report'', the album features four tracks each created by each individual member of the group. Bryin Dall was the co-writer and performer on the track by

Genesis P-Orridge Genesis Breyer P-Orridge (born Neil Andrew Megson; 22 February 1950 – 14 March 2020) was an English singer-songwriter, musician, poet, performance artist, visual artist, and occultist who rose to notoriety as the founder of the COUM Transmi ...

. The cover image is a picture of

Mount Kailash Mount Kailash (also Kailasa; ''Kangrinboqê'' or ''Gang Rinpoche''; ; ; , ) is a mountain in Ngari Prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region of China. It lies in the Kailash Range (Gangdisê Mountains) of the Transhimalaya, in the western part ...

taken by Martin Gray.

Release

''Part Two: The Endless Not'' was released in 2007 through record label

. Included with the first 4000 copies is one of four "totemic gifts", each made from one of the following materials: bone, wood, rubber and copper. A fifth stainless steel totem was made available in a Japanese edition of the CD. A sixth totemic gift is made of 23 carat gold. The gifts were handmade under the supervision of

Peter Christopherson Peter Martin Christopherson (also known as Sleazy; 27 February 1955 – 25 November 2010) was an English musician, video director, commercial artist, designer and photographer, who was at one time a member of design agency Hipgnosis. He also ...

in Thailand.

Critical reception

''Part Two: The Endless Not'' was generally well received by critics.

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wrote, "''The Endless Not'' features some of the subtlest songwriting of TG's career, playing that knot of tension for all its worth and all the more disturbing for how pensive and restrained it feels".

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wrote that the album "sounds like a core of musicians who have rediscovered whatever spark it was that led them to create the entity that they are now so often defined by".

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called the album "more of a rebirthing than a reunion". On the other hand,

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panned the album, calling it "ridiculous".

Track listing

Personnel

; Throbbing Gristle *

– vocals, bass guitar, violin *

Cosey Fanni Tutti Cosey Fanni Tutti (born Christine Carol Newby; 4 November 1951) is an English performance artist, musician and writer, best known for her time in the avant-garde groups Throbbing Gristle and Chris & Cosey. Tutti first performed under the name ...

– lead guitar, cornet, samples *

– sleeve design and art direction, samples * Chris Carter – production, audio mastering, programming, synthesizer ; Technical * Martin Gray – album cover photograph

References

{{Authority control 2007 albums Throbbing Gristle albums Mute Records albums