1996 studio album by 16volt
LetDownCrush is the third studio album by 16volt, released on August 7, 1996, by Cargo and Re-Constriction Records.[3][4][5]
Reception
AllMusic awarded LetDownCrush three out of five possible stars.[6] Aiding & Abetting gave the album a mixed review as well, calling LetDownCrush "diverse, and while obviously not a live-to-tape session, more immediate-sounding" and praised the songs for being "tight and vicious."[8] Alternative Press gave the album a positive review, saying "Hard beats dominate, and beefy guitar plays right into them, maximizing their power to make you wig."[7] Black Monday noted the band's artistic progression in combining the song structure of Skin with the electronics of Wisdom but criticized the metal influences.[9] Sonic Boom lauded Eric Powell's musical maturation and said "the best musical elements from all of his previous work appear like a trail of footprints down well trod path which ends at the edge of a precipice."[10]
Personnel
Adapted from the LetDownCrush liner notes.[12]
16volt
- Marc LaCorte – guitar, programming
- Eric Powell – lead vocals, programming, guitar, production, engineering, editing, recording (3, 7, 9), mixing (4)
Addition performers
Production and design
- Dave Friedlander – engineering, mixing (7, 9)
- Bill Garcelon – engineering
- Matt Gibson – engineering
- Zlatko Hukic – engineering
- Jon Irish – engineering, recording (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), mixing (4)
- Rick McMillen – mastering
- Esther Nevarez – engineering
- Jeff "Critter" Newell – production, engineering, mixing (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), recording (3, 7, 9)
- Jordan Nogood – design
- Ed Tinley – engineering