99% (Meat Beat Manifesto album)
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| Released | December 1990 | |||
| Recorded | 1990 | |||
| Genre | Electro-industrial | |||
| Length | 44:42 | |||
| Label | Mute | |||
| Producer | Marc Adams, Jack Dangers, Craig Morrison, Jonny Stephens | |||
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99% is the third studio album by British electronic music group Meat Beat Manifesto.[1] The album peaked at No. 6 on the CMJ Radio Top 150.[2]
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[4] |
| NME | 8/10[5] |
| Q | [6] |
| Select | 3/5[7] |
| Spin Alternative Record Guide | 7/10[8] |
| Tom Hull – on the Web | B+[9] |
| The Village Voice | A−[10] |
The Washington Post wrote that "these 10 tracks employ some obnoxious samples and plenty of metallic wallop, but the ultimate effect is almost seamless."[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Now" | 5:19 |
| 2. | "Psyche Out" | 4:44 |
| 3. | "All the Things You Are" | 4:40 |
| 4. | "Hello Teenage America" | 2:05 |
| 5. | "10X Faster Than the Speed of Love" | 5:56 |
| 6. | "99%" | 0:19 |
| 7. | "Dogstar Man/Helter Skelter" | 8:34 |
| 8. | "Think Fast" | 5:01 |
| 9. | "Hallucination Generation" | 2:40 |
| 10. | "Deviate" | 5:24 |
Personnel
- Jack Dangers
- Jonny Stephens
- Greg Retch
- Craig Morrison - cover art
References
- ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Meat Beat Manifesto". www.trouserpress.com.
- ^ Glaser, Mark, ed. (15 February 1991). "CMJ Radio Top 150" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 25 (223). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 15–16. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
- ^ Torreano, Bradley. "99% – Meat Beat Manifesto". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Farber, Jim (18 January 1991). "99%". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ McCann, Ian (23 June 1990). "Meat Beat Manifesto: 99%". NME. p. 40.
- ^ Kay, Graeme (August 1990). "Meat Beat Manifesto: 99%". Q. No. 47.
- ^ Brown, Russell (July 1990). "Meat Beat Manifesto: 99%". Select. No. 1. p. 104.
- ^ Miller, Paul (1995). "Meat Beat Manifesto". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 246–247. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
- ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Meat Beat Manifesto". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
- ^ Christgau, Robert (30 July 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (5 July 1991). "Dance Factories in Industrial Music". The Washington Post. p. N15.