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Deviant
Studio album by Pitchshifter
Released	23 May 2000 (2000-05-23)
Recorded	1999 (1999)–2000 (2000)
Studio	Pitchshifter Studios, Shabby Road, Nottingham, Eldorado Studios, Burbank
Genre	Industrial metal nu metal alternative metal drum and bass
Length	44:50
Label	MCA, Universal
Producer	Dave Jerden
Pitchshifter chronology
Un-United Kingdom (1999) Deviant (2000) PSI (2002)
Pitchshifter studio album chronology
www.pitchshifter.com (1998) Deviant (2000) PSI (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	5/10
earPollution	Favorable
Exclaim!	Mixed
Kerrang!
Legends	Favorable
Metal Hammer	9/10
PopMatters	Mixed
Sea of Tranquility

Deviant is the fifth album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter, released in 2000. It was a follow-up to the commercially successful album www.pitchshifter.com, but was seen by the record label as a disappointment. Promotional videos by DOSE Productions were made for the tracks "Hidden Agenda" and "Dead Battery". The track "Everything's Fucked" was originally released as "Everything Sucks". Jello Biafra makes an appearance on the track "As Seen on TV". By March 2002, the album had sold 33,000 copies in the U.S., just over half the amount www.pitchshifter.com had sold at the same time.

Before Deviant was released, a promotional sampler CD was released under the name 'Deviant Sampler'.

Track listing

Album cover

Pitchshifter's album cover used a picture of a painting by Gee Vaucher, who did artwork for Crass and Carcass. The painting shows a cross between the Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II. The album cover was banned in Poland, due to some of the public's response and complaints deeming the image offensive and insulting to the Pope. The band and MCA Records apologized and changed the artwork.

Personnel

Pitchshifter

• J.S. Clayden – vocals, programming, engineering
• Jim Davies – guitars
• Mark Clayden – bass

Additional musicians

• John Stanier - additional live drums
• Jello Biafra – additional vocals (8)

Technical personnel

• Johnny Carter – additional programming, engineering
• Annette Cisneros – engineering
• Elan Trujillo – assistant engineering
• Steve Duda – additional programming, additional editing
• Bryan "Dewey" Hall – guitar technician
• The Drum Doctor – drum technician
• Sarah Debord – studio assistance
• Tony Santiago – studio assistance
• Chris Jensen – studio assistance
• Eddie Schreyer – mastering
• Gee Vaucher – front cover original black and white painting
• Howard – cover painting manipulation
• Dave Willis – band photos
• Tony Woolliscroft – band photos
• The Huja Brothers – "Rat Bastard" comic

References

1. Henderson, Alex. Pitchshifter: Deviant > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
2. Popoff, Martin; Perri, David (2011). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 4: The '00s. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 386. ISBN 9781-926592-20-6.
3. Young, Craig (June 2000). "Pitchshifter: Deviant". earPollution. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
4. Stewart-Panko, Kevin (July 2000). "Pitchshifter - Deviant". Exclaim!. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
5. Fortnam, Ian (20 May 2000). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 802. EMAP. p. 43.
6. Century, Dan (October 2000). "Review: Pitchshifter – 'Deviant'". Legends. Archived from the original on 21 January 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2014.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
7. Silver, Dan (June 2000). "Under the Hammer". Metal Hammer. No. 79. UK: Future plc. p. 74.
8. Schabe, Patrick. "Pitchshifter: Deviant". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
9. Ward, Scott (3 December 2008). "Pitchshifter: Deviant". Sea of Tranquility. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
10. "Rule Britannia?". Facebook. Pitchshifter. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020. "Everything Sucks" came first, then we went back any recorded the sweary version; so there was no sanitizing for playability—quite the inverse, in fact
11. Blabbermouth (9 March 2002). "Metal/Hard Rock Album Sales In The US As Reported By Soundscan". Blabbermouth.net. Archived from the original on 18 October 2002. Retrieved 23 May 2024.

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• 2000 albums
• MCA Records albums
• Albums produced by Dave Jerden