Destroy Me, Lover

Destroy Me, Lover
Studio album by
Pain Teens
ReleasedJuly 5, 1993 (1993-07-05)
RecordedAnomie, Houston, TX
GenreNoise rock
Length41:38
LabelTrance Syndicate
ProducerScott Ayers
Pain Teens chronology
Stimulation Festival
(1992)		 Destroy Me, Lover
(1993)		 Beast of Dreams
(1995)

Destroy Me, Lover is the fourth studio album by American noise rock and Industrial music band Pain Teens, released on July 5, 1993, by Trance Syndicate.

Reception

Professional ratings
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Jason Ankeny of AllMusic expressed his dislike for Scott Ayers' compositional style and called Bliss Blood's contributions "negligible at best".

The album cover features an image appropriated from the first edition of William S. Burroughs's novel Junkie, published by Ace Books.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Scott Ayers and Bliss Blood except "The Story of Isaac" by Leonard Cohen.

No.TitleLength
1."Cool Your Power"2:38
2."Prowling"3:04
3."Tar Pit"3:50
4."RU 486"3:35
5."Dominant Man"4:14
6."Sexual Anorexia"3:17
7."Lisa Knew"4:09
8."Body Memory"6:25
9."The Story of Isaac" (Leonard Cohen cover)5:00
10."Shock Treatment"5:38

Personnel

Adapted from the Destroy Me, Lover liner notes.

Pain Teens

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1993 Trance Syndicate CD, CS, LP TR-17

References

  1. ↑ Sprague, David (2007). "Pain Teens". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  2. 1 2 Ankeny, Jason. "Pain Teens: Destroy Me, Lover > Review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 19, 2015.
  3. ↑ Destroy Me, Lover (booklet). Pain Teens. Austin, Texas: Trance Syndicate. 1993.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)