VIVIsectVI
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| Studio album by Skinny Puppy | ||||
| Released | September 12, 1988 | |||
| Recorded | Mid-1988 | |||
| Genre | Industrial, electronic, noise | |||
| Length |
42:54 (original) 60:56 (re-issue) |
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| Label | Nettwerk | |||
| Producer | Dave Ogilvie, cEvin Key | |||
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| Singles from VIVIsectVI | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   |
| Melody Maker | Favorable |
VIVIsectVI (pronounced "Vivisect Six") is the fourth studio album by Canadian industrial music group Skinny Puppy. The title of the album is a pun associating vivisection with Satanism. This is the only Skinny Puppy album on which Dave Ogilvie (credited as "Rave") is given songwriting credit and listed as an official member of the band. This was also the only album (until 2004's The Greater Wrong of the Right) to feature a photo of the band. Dave Ogilvie is not included in the photo. The cover artwork was done by Steven R. Gilmore, a longtime collaborator with the band; the photo was taken by Kevin Westenberg.
The album was released in September 1988 by Nettwerk Records and was supported by the VIVIsectVI tour as well as two singles, "Censor" (titled "Dogshit" on the album) and "Testure". "Testure" maintained a steady position on Billboard's Hot Dance Music chart and would go on to be one of the groups most influential (and successful) singles.VIVIsectVI was named as one of the best albums of 1988 by Melody Maker, being placed 13th on their End of Year Critics list.
Skinny Puppy's primary goal with VIVIsectVI was to provide a vicious depiction of vivisection and shine a spotlight on other issues regarding animal rights. The group's singer and songwriter Nivek Ogre explained his stance on animal testing to Vinyl Propaganda in 1988, stating the following:
When I was young, growing up, I always thought that animal experimentation was necessary, that there was some reason for it, that there was some good being done with it... [I'm now against] all of it. All animal experimentation. Every bit of it. My brother’s a doctor, too; it’s a very hardline stance. But, yes. I mean, the only reason we’re living longer nowadays is because of the food we’re eating, and the foods we’re not eating, and the preventative medicine that we’re taking upon ourselves, isn’t that correct?
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