October Rust
October Rust | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | August 20, 1996 | |||
Genre | Gothic metal, doom metal | |||
Length | 72:49 | |||
Label | Roadrunner | |||
Producer | Josh Silver, Peter Steele | |||
Type O Negative chronology | ||||
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Singles from October Rust | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chicago Tribune | [2] |
Chronicles of Chaos | 8/10[3] |
Metal Storm | 7.5/10[4] |
October Rust is the fourth studio album by Type O Negative. It was released in 1996.[5] This is the first album with Johnny Kelly credited as the band's drummer, although programmed drums are used on the album. October Rust has more ballads and less of the doom metal sound of previous or subsequent albums. It also features a much heavier cover of Neil Young's "Cinnamon Girl."
It is the first of the band's albums with a "joke intro"; in this case, "Bad Ground", which is 38 seconds of low-level buzzing, meant to sound as if the listener's speakers are incorrectly plugged in. Tracks 2 and 15 are humorous untitled spoken word intros and outros to the album, respectively, with the band downplaying the recording of the album. Another production technique employed on the album is the use of very abrupt endings and segues to a few of the songs, heard on the tracks "Green Man", "Red Water", and "Haunted".
Track listing[]
All tracks are written by Peter Steele, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Bad Ground" | 0:38 |
2. | "Untitled" | 0:21 |
3. | "Love You to Death" | 7:08 |
4. | "Be My Druidess" | 5:25 |
5. | "Green Man" | 5:47 |
6. | "Red Water (Christmas Mourning)" | 6:48 |
7. | "My Girlfriend's Girlfriend" | 3:46 |
8. | "Die With Me" | 7:12 |
9. | "Burnt Flowers Fallen" | 6:09 |
10. | "In Praise of Bacchus" | 7:36 |
11. | "Cinnamon Girl" (Neil Young cover) | 4:00 |
12. | "The Glorious Liberation of the People's Technocratic Republic of Vinnland by the Combined Forces of the United Territories of Europa" | 1:07 |
13. | "Wolf Moon (Including Zoanthropic Paranoia)" | 6:37 |
14. | "Haunted" | 10:07 |
15. | "Untitled" | 0:08 |
Total length: | 72:49 |
Credits[]
Type O Negative[]
- Peter Steele – lead vocals, bass guitar
- Kenny Hickey – backing vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
- Josh Silver – backing vocals, keyboards, synthesizer, sound effects, drum programming
- Johnny Kelly - drums, percussion (credited but did not actually play)
Additional personnel[]
- Val Ium – backing vocals (on "In Praise of Bacchus")
Production[]
- Mike Marciano - recording engineer
- George Marino - mastering
- Sagmeister Inc. - cover art
- Tim Fitzharris - photography
- Joseph Cultice - photography
- Tobias Frere Jones - typography
- Laura Michaels - design
Charts[]
Chart | Peak position |
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Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[6] | 8 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[7] | 33 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[8] | 21 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] | 7 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[10] | 5 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[11] | 15 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[12] | 3 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[13] | 46 |
UK Albums (OCC)[14] | 26 |
US Billboard 200[15] | 42 |
Certifications[]
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United States (RIAA)[16] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References[]
- ^ Huey, Steve. October Rust - Type O Negative at AllMusic
- ^ Golemis, Dean. "Type O NegativeOctober Rust (Roadrunner) (star) (star)..." chicagotribune.com.
- ^ "CoC : Type O Negative - October Rust : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
- ^ "Type O Negative - October Rust review". Metal Storm. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (October 25, 1996). "TYPE O: GETTING LESS NEGATIVE". The Washington Post. p. 17. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
The new York quartet's sound [on their new album October Rust] now owes as much to the lush goth-rock of the Sister of Mercy as the harsh grind of bands like Carcass.
- ^ "Austriancharts.at – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in German). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Ultratop.be – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Type O Negative – October Rust" (in Dutch). Hung Medien.
- ^ "Type O Negative: October Rust" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland.
- ^ "Longplay-Chartverfolgung at Musicline" (in German). Musicline.de. Phononet GmbH.
- ^ "Norwegiancharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swedishcharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Swisscharts.com – Type O Negative – October Rust". Hung Medien.
- ^ "Type O Negative | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart.
- ^ "Type O Negative Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
- ^ "American album certifications – Type O Negative – October Rust". Recording Industry Association of America.
- 1996 albums
- Type O Negative albums