Obsolete

Obsolete
Studio album from Fear Factory
Publication (s)	July 28, 1998
Label (s)	Roadrunner Records
Format (s)	Audio cassette , CD
Genre (s)	Metal
Title (number)	11 or 15 (Digipak edition)
running time	49 min 68 min 55 s (Digipak output)
occupation	Guitar : Dino Cazares Singing : Burton C. Bell Bass : Christian Olde Wolbers Drums : Raymond Herrera Keyboard , sequencer : Rhys Fulber Additional string arrangements (tracks 9 & 10): Chelsea Devon, Cleo Ledingham, Coco Collingwood, El Feroce, Falstaff Fallen, Monty Washington, Narcissa, Pepé Lamoco, Susie Hodge, Walter Creery
production	Fear Factory (tracks 1-14), Rhys Fulber (tracks 1-14), Greg Reely Sound engineer : Delwyn Brooks, Paul Silveira, Pete Wonsiak, Scott Ternan Mastering : Ted Jensen Mixing : Dino Cazares, Greg Reely, Rhys Fulber Artwork : Dave McKean, Fear Factory, Max McMullin
Studio (s)	Mushroom Studios, Vancouver , Canada
chronology Demanufacture (1995) Obsolete Digimortal (2001)

Obsolete ( English for "lapses"), the third studio album of American Metal - band Fear Factory . It was released on July 28, 1998 via Roadrunner Records . The album continues the band's concept album series that began in 1995 with the release of Demanufacture .

style

In addition to the industrial metal Bonds that are already on the previous Demanufacture were audible, can be found on Obsolete and alternative metal , for example, the - elements Scratching the title Edgecrusher .

Single releases

Shock , Descent , Resurrection and the Gary Numan - Cover Cars were published between 1998 and 1999 as singles.

reception

Greg Prato wrote on allmusic.com that Fear Factory with Obsolete would once again deliver the "Ministry-meets-Slayer-Sound" for which they are known, but combine this with a reasonable amount of experimentation. This is done, for example, through the use of violins, cellos and violas. Prato awarded four stars out of five for the album.

Track list

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Obsolete   DE 12 08/10/1998 (6 weeks)   AT 24 08/09/1998 (9 weeks)   UK 20th 08/08/1998 (3 weeks)   US 77 08/15/1998 (9 weeks)

Singles

Resurrection   UK 88 December 19, 1998 (1 week) Cars   UK 57 10/09/1999 (1 week)

1. Shock - 4:58 (Bell, Wolbers, Cazares, Herrera)
2. Edgecrusher - 3:40 (Bell, Madchild, Cazares, Herrera)
3. Smasher / Devourer - 5:34 (Bell, Wolbers, Cazares, Herrera)
4. Securiton: Police State 2000 - 5:47 (Bell, Wolbers, Cazares, Herrera)
5. Descent - 4:37 (Bell, Wolbers, Cazares, Herrera)
6. Hi-Tech Hate - 4:34 (Bell, Wolbers, Cazares, Herrera)
7. Freedom or Fire - 5:11 (Bell, Wolbers, Cazares, Herrera)
8. Obsolete - 3:52 (Bell, Wolbers, Cazares, Herrera)
9. Resurrection - 6:36 (Cazares, Ferris, Fulber, Devon, Ledingham, Collingwood, Feroce, Bell)
10. Timelessness - 4:08 (Cazares, Ferris, Fulber, Devon, Ledingham, Collingwood, Feroce, Bell)
11. Cars (MPH Mix) - 3:38 (Fulber, Junkie XL) ¹

Total playing time: 49 min

¹ The remix of the Gary Numan classic Cars , created jointly by Rhys Fulber and Junkie XL , is included as a bonus track on some versions of the album .

Japanese Edition The Japanese version of the album also contains the following bonus tracks:

12. 0-0 (Where Evil Dwells) - 5:16 ( Wiseblood Cover) ( Thirlwell , Mosimann)
13. Soulwound - 3:53

Total playing time: 58 min 15 s

Collector's Edition Digipak

11. Cars - 3:38 ( Gary Numan Cover) (Numan)
12. 0-0 (Where Evil Dwells) - 5:16
13. Soulwound - 3:53
14. Messiah - 3:33
15. Concreto - 3:30

Total playing time: 68 min 55 s

Individual evidence

1. ^ Greg Prato: Obsolete> Review . In: Allmusic , accessed July 26, 2010
2. ↑ Charts DE Charts AT Charts UK Charts US
3. ↑ Discogs : Obsolete (CD, Album)
4. ↑ Allmusic: Obsolete (Japan Bonus Tracks)
5. ↑ MusicBrainz : Release: Obsolete
6. ↑ Allmusic: Obsolete (Collector's Edition Bonus Tracks)
7. ↑ MusicBrainz: Release: Obsolete
8. ↑ Discogs: Obsolete (CD, Album, Digipak)

Web links

• Obsolete at Discogs
• Obsolete at MusicBrainz (English)
• Obsolete at Allmusic (English)
• Review of Obsolete at NME.com (English)
• Review of Obsolete at sputnikmusic.com (English)