Deviant
Studio album by
Pitchshifter
Released23 May 2000 (2000-05-23)
Recorded1999 (1999)–2000 (2000)
StudioPitchshifter Studios, Shabby Road, Nottingham, Eldorado Studios, Burbank
Genre
Length44:50
LabelMCA, Universal
ProducerDave Jerden
Pitchshifter chronology
Un-United Kingdom
(1999) 		Deviant
(2000) 		PSI
(2002)
Pitchshifter studio album chronology
www.pitchshifter.com
(1998) 		Deviant
(2000) 		PSI
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
earPollutionFavorable[2]
Exclaim!Mixed[3]
LegendsFavorable[4]
PopMattersMixed[5]
Sea of Tranquility[6]

Deviant is the fifth album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter, released in 2000. It was a follow-up to the commercially successful album www.pitchshifter.com, but was seen by the record label as a disappointment. Promotional videos by DOSE Productions were made for the tracks "Hidden Agenda" and "Dead Battery". The track "Everything's Fucked" was originally released as "Everything Sucks".[7] Jello Biafra makes an appearance on the track "As Seen on TV". By March 2002, the album had sold 33,000 copies in the U.S., just over half the amount www.pitchshifter.com had sold at the same time.

Before Deviant was released, a promotional sampler CD was released under the name 'Deviant Sampler'.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Condescension"Jonathan Alan Carter, Jonathan Seth Clayden, James Donald Davies3:12
2."Wafer Thin"Pitchshifter3:31
3."Keep it Clean"Clayden, Davies3:50
4."Forget the Facts"Pitchshifter3:16
5."Hidden Agenda"Pitchshifter4:16
6."Scene This"Pitchshifter3:52
7."Dead Battery"Pitchshifter3:45
8."As Seen on TV"Pitchshifter2:54
9."Everything's Fucked"Pitchshifter4:26
10."Chump Change"Pitchshifter3:45
11."Stronger"Pitchshifter3:37
12."P.S.I.cological"Pitchshifter4:37

Album cover

Pitchshifter's album cover used a picture of a painting by Gee Vaucher, who did artwork for Crass and Carcass. The painting shows a cross between the Pope John Paul II and Queen Elizabeth II. The album cover was banned in Poland, due to some of the public's response and complaints deeming the image offensive and insulting to the Pope. The band and MCA Records apologized and changed the artwork.

Personnel

Pitchshifter

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

References

  1. ^ Henderson, Alex. Pitchshifter: Deviant > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  2. ^ Young, Craig (June 2000). "Pitchshifter: Deviant". earPollution. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  3. ^ Stewart-Panko, Kevin (July 2000). "Pitchshifter - Deviant". Exclaim!. Retrieved 15 November 2014.
  4. ^ Century, Dan (October 2000). "Review: Pitchshifter – 'Deviant'". Legends. Archived from the original on 21 January 2001. Retrieved 27 October 2014.((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  5. ^ Schabe, Patrick. "Pitchshifter: Deviant". PopMatters. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  6. ^ Ward, Scott (3 December 2008). "Pitchshifter: Deviant". Sea of Tranquility. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  7. ^ "Rule Britannia?". Facebook. Pitchshifter. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2020. "Everything Sucks" came first, then we went back any recorded the sweary version; so there was no sanitizing for playability—quite the inverse, in fact
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