Scenes from the second storey
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| Studio album by The God Machine | ||||
| Released | 1993 | |||
| Recorded | 1992 | |||
| Genre | Alternative rock, progressive rock | |||
| Length | 77:53 | |||
| Label | Fiction / Polydor | |||
| Producer | The God Machine | |||
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| Sputnikmusic | 4.7/5 |
| Rock Hard (de) | 8/10 |
Scenes from the Second Storey is the debut album by The God Machine released in 1993 by Fiction Records / Polydor. It peaked at #55 in the UK Album Chart.
The album opens with a sample from the movie adaptation of The Sheltering Sky (the same sample also opens Neurosis' Enemy Of The Sun, an album released in the same year as Scenes from the Second Storey), while the single Home contains an intro consisting of the beginning of the track Pilentze Pee by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir from the album Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. The single peaked at #65 in the UK Singles Chart in January 1993.
In 2005, Scenes from the Second Storey was ranked number 312 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.
Released as CD and double LP. A double CD version including the Home EP was released in the US.
In 2010 Morrigan Books will publish an anthology of horror short stories written and titled in the same order as the album track listing, as a homeage to Scenes from the Second Storey. All authors are from Australia and include David Conyers, Stephen Dedman, Paul Haines, Robert Hood, Cat Sparks, Andrew J McKiernan and Kaaron Warren.
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