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Battery | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (June 5, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Cop International
• ASIN: B000000GXZ
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #618,028 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Nevermore

2. Electric Motor Burn

3. Shame

4. Go

5. Pax Neurotica

6. Digital Angel

7. Manipulator

8. Guilt

9. Envious

10. Doll House

11. Deluge

12. Carry over Heaven

13. Silence

14. Uranium

15. Melting

16. Found+Lost

17. HTTP: \\WWW: Wasted@Time. Com/Anger

18. The Death of Cain

19. Distance Within

20. Bonus Track

See all 22 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Hard industrial meets....Enya?, May 19, 2004

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Azurestrangelove "Life in the So-Called Space... (Upstate NY, USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nv (Audio CD)

There's no greater pleasure than buying large lots of various unknown electronic/industrial/synthpop bands on Ebay for dirt cheap. So far, Battery has faired the best of all the other endevours that I have heard.

This is undoubtably industrial. A lot harder than what I'm accustomed to listening to( synthpop ), although certainly not hardcore industrial either( Wumpscut, Skinny puppy, In strict confidence )."nv" is chock full of industrial goodies that certainly cover the wide range of styles and harshness'. It's so surprising to see just how much the sound of the song effects how the lyrics are felt. I happen to be quite fond of dark lyrics but the prophecy of doom spoken at the beginning of "Deluge" sends chills down my spine. A standout track indeed.

Maria A's voice is ethereal sounding and quite reminiscent of Enya and Sarah Mcglachlan and I only wish she stuck with that soft angellic tone for the entire album rather than practically scream in the almost unlistenable "Pax neurotica" and "Manipulator" or let the other( male )band members take over all the vocals on some of the songs which basically sound like lesser quality knock-offs of other Industrial bands. It is Maria's voice that carries this album and makes it stand out. Her rendition of Depeche Mode's classic, "Shame" is awesome and I'm almost tempted to say that I like it better than the original. Other great songs are the moody, ambient "Dollhouse", A very Enya-sounding "Nevermore","Envious"; which reminds me of 'Project Pitchfork' and 'Cake', and "Electric motor burn". after track 13, everything else is just a mix of ambient instrumentals with the occasional demonic/distorted voice mixed in.

Synthpop fans like me will probably need time to adjust to the harsher industrial sound while hardcore industrial fans might find the angellic female vocals and the music too slow and softened. So, this would be ideal for those who like music in between both genres; mellow industrial or aggressive synth. ( Project Pitchfork, Apoptygma Berzerk, Switchblade Symphony, Evanescence ) but fans from both sides of the spectrum will at least find some tracks they like. There's a lot of filler toward the end and some of the tracks were just too aggressive for my taste, but I still consider this cd to be a gem of a find and I am curious to see what the other Battery albums sound like.

5.0 out of 5 stars One of my favorite albums ever!, January 29, 2000

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"sethlox23" - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nv (Audio CD)

this album will bring you threw a whole new emotional experience,fast to slow this industrial album will be sure to please the hard to please. If you like luxt you'll love battery!

0 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Godd but not their best, March 3, 2000

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Diana Savage (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Nv (Audio CD)

Maria Azevedo is the voice which sets Battery apart from other industrial bands. Her Voice is show cased in Aftermath and Distance in a near sublime way. NV on the other hand includes lots of standard distorted male vocals and Maria's voice is not handled as well as there later CD. If you like this band go for it otherwise try Aftermath first.