The Sacramental Element

The Sacramental Element
Compilation album by Saccharine Trust
Released	1986
Recorded	1981 – 1983
Genre	Post-hardcore
Label	SST
Producer	Saccharine Trust, Spot
Saccharine Trust chronology
We Became Snakes (1986) The Sacramental Element (1986) Past Lives (1989)

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The Sacramental Element a compilation by the post-hardcore band Saccharine Trust, released in 1986 through SST. It is a cassette-only release compiling the band's first two releases, Paganicons and Surviving You, Always, accompanied by three compilation tracks from that era.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Length
1.	"I Have..."	1:56
2.	"Community Lie"	1:25
3.	"Effort to Waste"	2:26
4.	"Mad at the Co."	0:36
5.	"I Am Right"	2:21
6.	"We Don't Need Freedom"	1:26
7.	"Success and Failure"	1:28
8.	"A Human Certainty"	5:10
9.	"Hearts & Barbarians"	1:58
10.	"Disillusioned Fool"	1:35
11.	"A Christmas Cry"	2:04
12.	"The Giver Takes"	1:59
13.	"Lot's Seed"	1:52
14.	"Sunk"	1:35
15.	"Speak"	3:27
16.	"The House, The System, The Concrete"	2:15

Side two
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Remnants"	3:42
2.	"The Cat.Cracker"	4:55
3.	"Our Discovery"	6:00
4.	"A Good Nights Bleeding"	1:46
5.	"Craving the Center"	1:04
6.	"Yhwh on Acid"	6:04
7.	"Peace Frog"	5:03

References

1. Dougan, John. "Sacramental Element". Allmusic. Retrieved October 8, 2012.