Cleanse Fold and Manipulate
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| Studio album by Skinny Puppy | ||||
| Released | June 25, 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987, Vancouver | |||
| Genre | Post-industrial, electro-industrial, dark ambient, synthpop | |||
| Length | 42:13 | |||
| Label | Nettwerk | |||
| Producer | Dave Ogilvie, cEvin Key | |||
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| Singles from Cleanse Fold and Manipulate | ||||
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| Billboard | Positive |
| People | Mixed |
Cleanse Fold and Manipulate is the third studio album by Canadian electro-industrial group Skinny Puppy. The album was released in 1987 and was supported by a single, "Addiction". The album was further supported by the Head Trauma tour, which spanned across North America and Europe. Ain't it Dead Yet?, a recording of the group performing in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, was released on video in 1989 and CD in 1991.
Cleanse Fold and Manipulate explores a number of different topic concerning medicine, society, and politics. The Song "First Aid" addresses what was the growing AIDS epidemic of the Eighties, while "Second Tooth" concerns with the struggles faced by Vietnam War veterans, namely post-traumatic stress. The song "Deep Down Trauma Hounds" was written following a string of teenage suicides in the United States.Nivek Ogre, the group's vocalist and songwriter, said of the suicides:
It seemed very scary to me that all these kids had such a bleak prospect on their future. I was on the tail-end of the generation that grew up with Walt Disney and Fantasia and Bambi and all those things that were so beautiful and important to grow up with. You need those things to perpetuate [yourself] through the years when you become cynical, instead kids are just growing up into this dark world.
Other songs on the album pay homage to horror films. The song "The Mourn" is based on the Japanese extreme horror movie Flower of Flesh and Blood from the Guinea Pig film series. According to the group, the film was the closest they had ever come to seeing what they felt was a real snuff movie. Footage from the film has since been used in their live shows.
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