Misery Loves Company

Misery Loves Co. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 21, 1995)
• Original Release Date: March 17, 1995
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Earache Records
• ASIN: B00000584B
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #382,016 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. My Mind Still Speaks

2. Kiss Your Boots

3. Need Another One

4. Sonic Attack

5. This Is No Dream

6. Happy?

7. Scared

8. I Swallow

9. Private Hell

10. The Only Way

11. 2 Seconds

Editorial Reviews

1995 debut album by Swedish Industrial Metal band Misery Loves Co.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Never has Rabid Thrash Sounded so Sincere, November 24, 2006

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avgvstvs "Matt Seil" (Omaha NE) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Misery Loves Company (Audio CD)

This album is a melodic/noise/thrash tour de force. The lyrics are very poetic and some of the best written for a record. Very self-introspective. The feel of the album is definitely in a darker, much heavier vein of "The Downward Spiral," with the final track, "2 seconds," sounding much more serial-killer in dementia as the other slow track on the album, "I swallow." There isn't much singing on here, but Wiren's voice drips emotion without ever sounding whiny... just the opposite in fact. There isn't another band that has an album that sounds like this... in terms of being an original take on industrial/metal hybrids, this album is unique. Their later material absorbed alot from Godflesh and even a little manson and type-O on the last disc, "Your World was Never Mine to Share." There is barely any solos so don't look for that kind of thing, this disc is simply pure emotion with no technical wankery. The riffs themselves are very unique, the only exception being "The Only Way," and "This is no dream," both sound reminiscient of ministry... by no means a rip off, but their influences show here.
Standout tracks? There's alot of variation, so I'll suggest some songs based on tempo.

Fast: The Only Way. While probably the least favorite song on the album, it's great to mosh to.
Slow: Happy? Is definitely a song for the depressed.
Medium: Sonic Attack is in my opinion one of the standout tracks.

2 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars "Silence, instead of confrontation", March 29, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Misery Loves Company (Audio CD)

This is a lyric in the song "My mind still speaks", well their music does nothing to reflect this statement. They are very industrial, very angry and very original. Definitely a chill out album for an angry mind. Few people will appreciate the raw intensity of these "noise merchants", but they sure wake you up.