Noise for Music's Sake
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| The Metal Forge | 9/10[2] |
Noise for Music's Sake is a double-disc compilation by British band Napalm Death. It was released on 8 July 2003 on Earache Records. This album is a retrospective of the band's entire career. The first disc is a best-of compilation; the second disc contains rarities. The booklet includes 20 pages with interviews of band members Shane Embury and Mark "Barney" Greenway. It also includes a guide to all the songs from the second disc, and a complete "Family Tree" detailing every person who was ever in the band.
Track listing
Disc one
Disc two
| 1. |
"Rise Above" | Mentally Murdered |
2:41 |
| 2. |
"Missing Link" | Mentally Murdered |
2:14 |
| 3. |
"Mentally Murdered" | Mentally Murdered |
2:09 |
| 4. |
"Walls of Confinement" | Mentally Murdered |
2:55 |
| 5. |
"Cause and Effect" | Mentally Murdered |
1:23 |
| 6. |
"No Mental Effort" | Mentally Murdered |
4:08 |
| 7. |
"Pride Assassin" | Mass Appeal Madness |
2:05 |
| 8. |
"Avalanche Master Song" (featuring Godflesh, live at ICA, London, 29 June 1990) | |
5:00 |
| 9. |
"One and the Same" | Utopia Banished bonus disc |
1:47 |
| 10. |
"Sick and Tired" | Utopia Banished bonus disc |
1:24 |
| 11. |
"Malignant Trait" | Utopia Banished bonus disc |
2:17 |
| 12. |
"Killing with Kindness" | Utopia Banished bonus disc |
2:01 |
| 13. |
"Means to an End" | The World Keeps Turning |
2:56 |
| 14. |
"Insanity Excursion" | The World Keeps Turning |
2:15 |
| 15. |
"Truth Drug" | Fear, Emptiness, Despair bonus track |
3:50 |
| 16. |
"Living in Denial" | Fear, Emptiness, Despair bonus track |
2:58 |
| 17. |
"Food Chains" | Coalesce split |
3:14 |
| 18. |
"Upward and Uninterested" | Coalesce split |
2:24 |
| 19. |
"I Abstain" | At the Gates split |
3:33 |
| 20. |
"Politics of Common Sense" | At the Gates split |
2:59 |
| 21. |
"Internal Animosity" | Pathological compilation |
5:19 |
| 22. |
"Scum" | North Atlantic Noise Attack compilation |
2:21 |
| 23. |
"Life" | North Atlantic Noise Attack compilation |
0:37 |
| 24. |
"Retreat to Nowhere" | North Atlantic Noise Attack compilation |
0:27 |
| 25. |
"Remain Nameless" (Pete Coleman original mixdown) | |
3:32 |
| 26. |
"Twist the Knife (Slowly)" (Pete Coleman original mixdown) | |
2:51 |
| 27. |
"Deceiver" (with Swanky's Intro, live in Wakken, Belgium, 11 July 1987) | |
0:47 |
| 28. |
"The Traitor" (live at The Mermaid, Birmingham, UK, 1 November 1986) | |
3:23 |
| 29. |
"Abattoir" (live at The Mermaid, Birmingham, UK, 30 March 1986) | |
3:12 |
Total length: |
76:56 |
Personnel
Napalm Death
Technical personnel
- Dan Tobin – compiling
- Mick Kenney – cover illustration, booklet
- Dom Lawson – liner notes
- Mick Usher – Napalm Death family tree
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