Heathen Earth


Heathen Earth is a live album by the English industrial band Throbbing Gristle, released in 1980 through Industrial Records.

Background

Tracks 1–8 document a performance on 16 February 1980 at the Industrial Records studio for a small, invited audience. The audience are all credited by name on the album, including Jonas Almquist of the Leather Nun, Monte Cazazza, Geoff Rushton and Jon Savage. Also included on the CD editions are bonus tracks taken from their 1980 7" singles "Adrenalin" and "Subhuman".

Release

Heathen Earth was originally released in 1980 on the band's label Industrial Records. The first pressing was limited to 785 copies on blue vinyl. The second pressing was on black vinyl. The first CD release was in 1991. Along with the rest of their albums, it was remastered by Chris [Carter |Chris Carter] and re-released as a two-CD set in 2011. This edition divided the album into nine tracks instead of eight and listed official titles for the first time. The second CD consists of live recordings and single tracks.

Critical reception

called Heathen Earth "slightly stiff relative to the unhinged and abrasive live sound captured on the TG24 boxset, which archives their scalding live gigs before frequently hostile crowds with less fidelity but more heart. But it's a testimony to their precision that, for all their influence, nobody quite sounds like them when they are truly on blast, as they are here." The Quietus called it "more cohesive and marshalled" than any of Throbbing Gristle's other live albums and "a brilliantly weird album."

Track listing

Personnel

; Throbbing Gristle
; Technical
Chart Peak
position
UK Indie Chart10