Born in a Crash

Born in a Crash
Compilation album by Therapy?
Released	25 August 1993
Recorded	March 1993 at Livingstone Studios, London, England; April–May 1993 live in New York, USA
Genre	Rock
Length	26:03
Label	A&M
Producer	Chris Sheldon
Therapy? chronology
Nurse (1992) Born in a Crash (1993) Hats Off to the Insane (1993)

Born in a Crash is a European compilation EP release by the band Therapy?. It was released on 25 August 1993 on A&M Records.

All tracks were previously released in the UK on different EP's. Tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 originally featured on the Face the Strange EP, and tracks 5, 6, 7 and 8 originally featured on the Opal Mantra EP.^[1]

The mini-album was released on CD only, some editions had colour sleeves while others had black & white sleeves.

All tracks were included on disc 3 of the Troublegum Deluxe Edition released by Universal Music on 31 March 2014.^[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Therapy?

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Turn"	3:52
2.	"Speedball"	2:33
3.	"Bloody Blue"	1:14
4.	"Neck Freak"	4:57
5.	"Opal Mantra"	2:30
6.	"Innocent X" (Live)	3:37
7.	"Potato Junkie" (Live)	3:48
8.	"Nausea" (Live)	3:30
Total length:		26:03

Personnel

• Andy Cairns - vocals/guitar
• Fyfe Ewing - vocals/drums
• Michael McKeegan - bass
• Chris Sheldon - producer (tracks 1 to 5)
• Chris Leckie - engineer (tracks 6 to 8)

Promo videos

• "Turn": Directed by Julie Hermelin
• "Opal Mantra": Directed by Benjamin Stokes

Trivia

• Track 6 recorded live at Columbia University, New York on 16 April 1993.
• Tracks 7 & 8 recorded live at CBGB’s, New York on 25 May 1993.
• The sample in "Innocent X" (“What I’d really hate is to have a nail banged through the back of my neck”) is taken from the 1968 movie If.... and is spoken by actor Malcolm McDowell.
• The sample in "Nausea" (“Here I am motherfuckers!”) is taken from the 1988 film Ghosts… of the Civil Dead and is spoken by Nick Cave.

References

1. "Official Therapy? Discography".
2. "Troublegum & Infernal Love Deluxe Editions".