Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu

Controlled by Hatred and Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu
Studio album by Suicidal Tendencies
Released October 17, 1989
Recorded 1988–1989
Genre Thrash metal
Length 39:35
Label Epic
Producer Suicidal Tendencies
Paul Winger
Mark Dodson
Suicidal Tendencies chronology
How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today
(1988)
Controlled By Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu
(1989)
Lights... Camera... Revolution!
(1990)
Singles from Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu
  1. "Waking the Dead"
    Released: 1989
  2. "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow (Heavy Emotion Version)"
    Released: 1989

Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu is the fourth album by American crossover thrash band Suicidal Tendencies, released on October 17, 1989 by Epic Records.[1]

Despite containing previously released material, Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu is still considered a studio album rather than an EP or a compilation album. It includes four covers of No Mercy, a cover of Los Cycos ("It's Not Easy"), two never-before released tracks ("Just Another Love Song" and "Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu") and two different versions of "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" (from the band's 1988 album with the same title): the "video edited" version and the "heavy emotion" version.

This album includes Robert Trujillo's first work with Suicidal Tendencies, and is the first of three Suicidal Tendencies albums to go gold.

Album information

The album itself is represented as two fictional EPs―the first four tracks are Controlled by Hatred and the rest are Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu. It features six new recordings―four of which are covers of No Mercy songs, one is a cover of Los Cycos, an outtake from the previous album's sessions, a shortened version of "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" (as it is heard in the song's video) and the previously unreleased softer "Heavy Emotion" version of that song.

The format of Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu has caused confusion. Although Suicidal Tendencies themselves have stated that it is either a compilation album or "the longest EP", it is still an album, making it their fourth full-length. The album is, in fact, longer than the first two Suicidal Tendencies albums. The music press had often referred to Lights...Camera...Revolution! as the follow-up to How Will I Laugh Tomorrow When I Can't Even Smile Today. Several sources, including Encyclopaedia Metallum and Rate Your Music, have listed it as an EP or compilation album.[2][3]

Suicidal Tendencies rarely play any songs from this album live. "Waking the Dead" was one of three songs from Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu (along with "Master of No Mercy" and "Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu") that Suicidal Tendencies debuted on their summer 1989 European tour, and remained a live staple until 1994.[4] It was played again on the Freedumb tour in 1999-2000 and the Join the Army / Deja Vu tour in 2010.[4] The band played "Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu" for the first time since 1990 at the Electric Ballroom in London, England on June 27, 2009, and again on their 2012 and 2013 tours.[5] "Master of No Mercy" and "Controlled By Hatred" were last played in 1989 and 1990 respectively,[6][7] while "Just Another Love Song", "Choosing My Own Way of Life" and "It's Not Easy" have never been played live.[8]

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[9]

Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Déjà Vu received a positive review from Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia, who awards the album three-and-a-half stars out of five, and states, "ST fanatics will no doubt get a kick out of these rarities, which also provide a nice link between the aforementioned album and 1990's stellar follow-up, Lights...Camera...Revolution!."[9]

The album was a mild-success, peaking at #150 on the Billboard 200, making it Suicidal Tendencies' second lowest chart position (their 2013 album 13 debuted at #187). It remained on that chart for five weeks.[10] Music videos for "Waking the Dead" and "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow (Heavy Emotion Version)" were made to promote this release.

Track listing

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Master of No Mercy"  Mike Muir, Mike Clark 2:38
2. "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" (Video Edit)Muir, Clark 4:41
3. "Just Another Love Song"  Muir, Rocky George, Clark 3:16
4. "Waking the Dead"  Muir, Clark 6:54
5. "Controlled by Hatred"  Muir, Clark 5:38
6. "Choosing My Own Way of Life"  Muir, Clark 3:05
7. "Feel Like Shit... Déjà Vu"  Muir, George 2:53
8. "It's Not Easy"  Muir 3:59
9. "How Will I Laugh Tomorrow" (Heavy Emotion Version)Muir, Clark 6:31

Song notes

Personnel

Chart positions

Album

Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1989 The Billboard 200 150

References

External links

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