Origin of the Feces

Type O Negative | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (May 17, 1994)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Roadrunner Records
• ASIN: B000000H6E
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #12,016 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)
  • #40 in Music > Alternative Rock > Goth & Industrial > Goth

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20 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars One Of The Greatest "Live" Albums Of All Time, January 12, 2004

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Janitor X (The Mountains) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Origin of the Feces (Audio CD)

There are a lot of people who don't know about Type O Negative's sense of humor and take them way to seriously. "Origin Of The Feces" is the album for those people. This live album is up there with NOFX's "I Heard They Suck Live".
"Origin Of The Feces" is actually better than their studio album "Slow, Deep, And Hard" which is where all the songs are from, except "Hey Joe" and "Paranoid". The crowd is quite hostile toward the band, persistently shout out negative comments, and throw beer bottles at the band members. The crowd alone makes this album worth listening to along with Peter Steel's comebacks for their insults. The most hilarious part of the album is when Steele announces they're playing their last song and the audience breaks out in applause for the first time.
The songs on the album have the excess trimmed off and are executed more clearly. Steele's voice comes across more emotional than any of their other albums, much deeper in the slow parts, and rougher during the fast parts.
It was a really big disappointment when I heard this was a fake live album. I had my suspicions because the music was to clear and well played. I also knew a crowd could never be that clever and humorous. But the fact that it's fake still doesn't bother me and the album was worth every penny I paid for it and then some. Type O Negative's humor is genius, but maybe I could be mistaking it for a lack of talent.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Pete has a bad day..., February 11, 2002

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Patrick Stott (Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Origin of the Feces (Audio CD)

There is some debate over how "live" this album actually is. Some claim it was recorded in the studio. The liner notes say it was recorded October 31st 1991 at Brighton Beach, Brooklyn.

However it was recorded, Pete Steele and the rest of Type O Negative were having a bad day, and couldn't be happier.

Early in their career, the band were largely misunderstood, alienating the undeserved right wing following Steele's previous band Carnivore had picked up. They simply weren't hardcore enough for the skinheads. At the same time, the Gothic crowd who later championed the band, were scared off by the double kick drum flourishes, and thrash outs in many of the songs, but at the same time were drawn in by the melancholic, introspective lyrics, the theatrical vocals, and the doom laden keyboards and dirge-like arrangements.

Right from the start, the band are taunted with chants of "You suck, you suck!" but continue to play anyway. The jeers continue through the first song, originally titled "Unsuccessfully Coping With The Natural Beauty Of Infidelity", but more popularly known as "I Know You're F**king Someone Else". And the song winds it's way through pipe organ Gothicism, acoustic sections, hardcore singalongs, a Scottish accent, and thrash metal kick outs. It sounds a mess, but is an incredibly listenable epic.

The between song abuse between Steele and the audience is a treat, as are the moments when it all goes wrong. Third track "Gravity" breaks down completely, and in something reminiscent of Bad News or Spinal Tap, the band has to stop for an apparent bomb threat. "I guess this ain't your lucky day, huh? Let's just get this over with," mutters Steele as the band returns to the stage and blasts through a raucous version of "Pain".

There's a silly but fun take on "Hey Joe", with Steele's mournful moan and the trademark lumbering juggernaut guitar and bass sound adding some seriously sinister overtones Jimi Hendrix would never have dreamed of.

The show ends with a rollicking romp through a reprise of "Kill You Tonight", a cheerful ode to murdering an unfaithful lover, complete with cheesy New Romantic "whoa whoa" backing vocals, and a silly accent, sounding like a cross between Crocodile Dundee and EastEnders.

There's an ill-advised cover of Black Sabbath's "Paranoid" tacked on the end. It doesn't fit Type O Negative's style, so the less said the better.

This whole album is surprisingly good fun from a band who are meant to be miserable bastards.

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars this is an amazing live cd, June 8, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: Origin of the Feces (Audio CD)

if you liked "slow, deep and hard", then you can't go wrong with "Origin of the feces". This is where type-o negative started. It's Peter at his best, dark and moody. I would definatly recomend this album to even the newest type-o-negative fan.