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Dirtdish
Studio album by Wiseblood
Released	1986
Recorded	May 1985 (1985-05)–September 1986 (1986-09)
Studio	Wave Studios, London, England
Genre	Industrial
Length	39:07
Label	K.422
Producer	Wiseblood
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
Nail (1985) Dirtdish (1986) Bedrock (1987)

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Dirtdish is the sole studio album by English-based industrial act Wiseblood. It was released in 1986 by K.422/Some Bizzare. It was re-released on CD in 1995 by Thirsty Ear. The CD release of Dirtdish is Some Bizzare #WISE 3CD.

Fear Factory covered "O-O (Where Evil Dwells)" on their album Obsolete.

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "if the album lacks a full load of explosive Foetus audio dynamite, it still packs enough ugliness and venom to corrupt a monastery." Spin wrote that the album "allows Foetus the space to fully unfurl the thick, viscous wordchains he uses for lyrics." Dave Thompson, in Alternative Rock, called the album "disappointing" and "not the full frontal assault one would hope to find." CMJ New Music Report wrote that "the songs all build on heavy, intense tribal percussion overlayed with bits of whiney distorted guitar."

Track listing

All songs by Clint Ruin & Roli Mosimann unless noted.

1. "Prime Gonzola" – 5:35

2. "0-0 (Where Evil Dwells)" – 5:20

3. "Stumbo" – 7:40

4. "Someone Drowned In My Pool" (Ruin) – 7:37

5. "Godbrain" – 6:57

6. "The Fudge Punch" – 6:34

Extended CD track list

7. "Motorslug" – 9:37

8. "Stumbo (12" Version)" – 6:34

9. "Death Rape 2000" – 7:29

10. "Someone Drowned In My Pool (12" Version)" – 7:42 Thirsty Ear CD only

• "Motorslug" and "Death Rape 2000" comprised the "Motorslug" 12" single.
• "Stumbo (12" Version)" and "Someone Drowned In My Pool (12" Version)" comprised the "Stumbo" 12" single. Both are remixes of the album tracks.
• "0-0 (Where Evil Dwells)" is about murderer Ricky Kasso

Personnel

Wiseblood - performance, production

• Clint Ruin - all instruments, lead vocals, sleeve design (as J. G. Thirlwell)
• Roli Mosimann - all instruments
• Robert Quine - guitar (1, 4)
• Hahn Rowe - bass guitar (1), violin (4), recording, mixing
• Phoebe Legere - piano (4)
• Norman Westberg - guitar (6)

Technical

• Craig Beaven - recording
• Steve Peck - mixing
• Warne Livesy - mixing
• Jack Adams - mastering

References

1. Ball, Jonathan. "Dirtdish". Allmusic. Retrieved 24 February 2013.
2. Larkin, Colin (27 May 2011). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Omnibus Press. ISBN 9780857125958 – via Google Books.
3. Eddy, Chuck (10 August 2011). Rock and Roll Always Forgets: A Quarter Century of Music Criticism. Duke University Press. ISBN 978-0822350101 – via Google Books.
4. "Wiseblood | Biography & History". AllMusic.
5. ^ "Foetus". Trouser Press. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
6. ^ "Spins". SPIN. SPIN Media LLC. 10 June 1987 – via Google Books.
7. Thompson, Dave (2002). Alternative Rock. San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman. p. 372. ISBN 0-87930-607-6. LCCN 00-58249. OCLC 1193377576 – via the Internet Archive.
8. "CMJ review of DIRTDISH". foetus.org.
9. Buckley, Peter (10 September 2003). The Rough Guide to Rock. Rough Guides. ISBN 9781843531050 – via Google Books.

External links

• Dirtdish at Discogs (list of releases)
• Dirtdish at foetus.org

• 1987 debut albums
• JG Thirlwell albums
• Some Bizzare Records albums
• Thirsty Ear Recordings albums