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99% (Meat Beat Manifesto album)

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99%
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1990
Recorded1990
GenreElectro-industrial
Length44:42
LabelMute
ProducerMarc Adams, Jack Dangers, Craig Morrison, Jonny Stephens
Meat Beat Manifesto chronology
Armed Audio Warfare
(1990)
99%
(1990)
Satyricon
(1992)

99% is the third studio album by British electronic music group Meat Beat Manifesto.[1] The album peaked at No. 6 on the CMJ Radio Top 150.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
NME8/10[5]
Q[6]
Select3/5[7]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[8]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[9]
The Village VoiceA−[10]

The Washington Post wrote that "these 10 tracks employ some obnoxious samples and plenty of metallic wallop, but the ultimate effect is almost seamless."[11]

Track listing

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No.TitleLength
1."Now"5:19
2."Psyche Out"4:44
3."All the Things You Are"4:40
4."Hello Teenage America"2:05
5."10X Faster Than the Speed of Love"5:56
6."99%"0:19
7."Dogstar Man/Helter Skelter"8:34
8."Think Fast"5:01
9."Hallucination Generation"2:40
10."Deviate"5:24

Personnel

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  • Jack Dangers
  • Jonny Stephens
  • Greg Retch
  • Craig Morrison - cover art

References

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  1. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Meat Beat Manifesto". www.trouserpress.com.
  2. ^ Glaser, Mark, ed. (15 February 1991). "CMJ Radio Top 150" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 25 (223). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 15–16. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ^ Torreano, Bradley. "99% – Meat Beat Manifesto". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ^ Farber, Jim (18 January 1991). "99%". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ McCann, Ian (23 June 1990). "Meat Beat Manifesto: 99%". NME. p. 40.
  6. ^ Kay, Graeme (August 1990). "Meat Beat Manifesto: 99%". Q. No. 47.
  7. ^ Brown, Russell (July 1990). "Meat Beat Manifesto: 99%". Select. No. 1. p. 104.
  8. ^ Miller, Paul (1995). "Meat Beat Manifesto". In Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig (eds.). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. pp. 246–247. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  9. ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Meat Beat Manifesto". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  10. ^ Christgau, Robert (30 July 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  11. ^ Jenkins, Mark (5 July 1991). "Dance Factories in Industrial Music". The Washington Post. p. N15.