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Chainsaw (Skinny Puppy song)

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"Chainsaw"
Single by Skinny Puppy
Released1987
Recorded1986
GenreIndustrial
Length27 min 27 s
LabelNettwerk/Capitol/EMI
Songwriter(s)Kevin Crompton, Dwayne Goettel, Dave Ogilvie, Tom Ellard
Producer(s)Dave Ogilvie and cEvin Key
Skinny Puppy singles chronology
"Dig It"
(1986)
"Chainsaw"
(1987)
"Stairs and Flowers"
(1987)
Audio sample
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Nanaimo Daily News6/10[2]
The Vancouver SunFavorable[3]

Chainsaw is a single by the band Skinny Puppy. It contains new material, as well as additional material taken from their albums Bites and Mind: The Perpetual Intercourse.[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Chainsaw"5:55
2."Assimilate (Remix) (R:23)"6:32
3."Cage" (Not included on the American release)2:20
4."Stairs and Flowers (Def Wish Mix)"6:05
5."Stairs and Flowers (Too Far Gone)"6:35

Personnel

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Guests

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Notes

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  • Engineered by cEvin Key and Dave Ogilvie.
  • Tracks 1-3 mixed by Key, Ogilvie, and Ogre, assisted by Ric Arboit.
  • Additional production, instrumentation and engineering on tracks 4-5 by Justin Strauss and Murry Elias, with edits by Chep Nunez. Remixed by Justin Strauss and Murry Elias.
  • Sleeve photography, typography and design by Steven R. Gilmore.[5]
  • The front cover art features The Vision of Death and the back cover features Babylon Fallen, both by Gustave Doré.[5][6]
  • Two different versions were released on vinyl; one featuring the original labels (light orange) and one with new labels (pink and green).[7]

References

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  1. ^ "Chainsaw - Skinny Puppy". allmusic.com. AllMusic. Retrieved March 19, 2018.
  2. ^ Brunet, Ivan (April 8, 1987). "Skinny Puppy, Chainsaw, Capitol". Nanaimo Daily News: 6.
  3. ^ Riches, Hester (March 28, 1987). "Dreamlike Songs with a Nightmarish Edge". The Vancouver Sun: G11.
  4. ^ *Wolanski, Coreen (2002). "Skinny Puppy: Every Dog Has Its Day". Exclaim!. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  5. ^ a b Kern, Jay (2010). Skinny Puppy: The Illustrated Discography (Second ed.). Mythos Press. p. 77.
  6. ^ "Skinny Puppy: Chainsaw". Archived from the original on 2011-07-16. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
  7. ^ Lim, Stacy. "Brap...The Skinny Puppy Discography". Retrieved 2010-07-20.
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Single

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