Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses

Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses is the debut full-length album by American grindcore band Brutal Truth, released in September 1992 via Earache Records.[1]

Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1992 (1992-09)[1]
StudioBaby Monster Studios, New York City
GenreGrindcore
Length45:04
LabelRelativity/Earache
ProducerColin Richardson
Brutal Truth chronology
Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses
(1992)
Need to Control
(1994)

Release

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Music videos were made for "Collateral Damage" (which once held the Guinness World Record for the shortest music video)[2] and "Ill Neglect".

In 2010, Earache issued a limited edition redux version on CD, containing the original album along with 11 bonus tracks from the single Ill Neglect and the Perpetual Conversion EP as well as S.O.B. cover songs and music videos.[3]

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
Exclaim!Favourable[5]

In March 2009, Terrorizer named the album the number one American grindcore release.[6]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Brutal Truth

No.TitleLength
1."P.S.P.I."0:35
2."Birth of Ignorance"3:29
3."Stench of Profit"1:22
4."Ill-Neglect"2:24
5."Denial of Existence"4:25
6."Regression/Progression"2:34
7."Collateral Damage"0:04
8."Time"5:58
9."Walking Corpse"1:40
10."Monetary Gain"3:26
11."Wilt"2:54
12."H.O.P.E."2:03
13."Blockhead"0:07
14."Anti-Homophobe"3:10
15."Unjust Compromise" ("Unjust Compromise" consists of the track itself until 5:42 and a hidden track (a short jam of "Sweet Home Alabama" by Lynyrd Skynyrd) that starts at 10:42.)10:52
Redux edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
1."Perpetual Conversion" 
2."Lord of this World" (Black Sabbath cover) 
3."Bed Sheet" 
4."Repeat at Length" (S.O.B. cover) 
5."Let's Go Summer Beach" (S.O.B. cover) 
6."Not Me" (S.O.B. cover) 
7."Spare Change" (S.O.B. cover) 
8."The Shah Sleeps in Lee Harvey's Grave" (Butthole Surfers cover) 
9."Hear Nothing for You" (S.O.B. cover) 
10."Pre-Natal Homeland (Funky Budda Dub)" 
11."AC/BT" 

Personnel

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  • Kevin Sharp – vocals, power tools
  • Brent McCarthy – guitars
  • Dan Lilker – bass, vocals, sampling
  • Scott Lewis – drums
  • Bill Yurkiewicz – guest vocals, noise, animal sounds

Production

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Brutal Truth 'Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses'". Earache.com. Earache. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  2. ^ "World's Shortest Album attempt by Earache rejected by Guinness World Records". Uber Rock. June 2, 2012. Retrieved May 22, 2016.
  3. ^ "Brutal Truth's Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses reissued in Europe". Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles. Barrie. April 6, 2010. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  4. ^ Birchmeier, Jason. Brutal Truth: 'Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses' > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved February 7, 2015.
  5. ^ Pratt, Greg (June 8, 2010). "Brutal Truth: Extreme Conditions Demand Extreme Responses". Exclaim!. Toronto: Ian Danzig. ISSN 1207-6600. Retrieved January 17, 2016.
  6. ^ Meacham, Anna (March 2009). "Criminal Records". Terrorizer (181). Leigh-on-Sea, England: Dark Arts: 45.