Crank
Studio album by
the Almighty
ReleasedOctober 1994
RecordedSpring 1994[1]
Studio
GenreHard rock, heavy metal
Length44:29
LabelChrysalis
ProducerChris Sheldon
The Almighty chronology
Powertrippin'
(1993)		 Crank
(1994)		 Just Add Life
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]

Crank is the fourth studio album released by Scottish rock band the Almighty. Two singles, "Jonestown Mind" and "Wrench", were released from the album in multiple parts in the United Kingdom. Music videos were made for both singles. Crank peaked at #15 in the UK albums chart. The cover artwork, showing an angel throwing a Molotov cocktail at a planet (earth) made out of money was created by noted British artist and anarchist Jamie Reid, who also designed the famous ransom note cover for the Sex Pistols album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

The album was remastered and re-released only in Japan under the Victor Entertainment label including all the studio b-sides from singles released from the album.[1]

Andy Cairns, frontman of the rock band Therapy?, contributed vocals to several tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Warwick except as indicated[1]

  1. "Ultraviolent" – 3:25
  2. "Wrench" – 4:13
  3. "The Unreal Thing" – 4:02
  4. "Jonestown Mind" (Warwick, Friesen) – 3:42
  5. "Move Right In" (Friesen, Warwick) – 3:08
  6. "Crank and Deceit" (Warwick, Friesen, Del James) – 2:32
  7. "United State of Apathy" – 3:27
  8. "Welcome to Defiance" (Warwick, Friesen) – 3:39
  9. "Way Beyond Belief" (Friesen, Warwick, London, Munroe) – 5:00
  10. "Crackdown" – 2:57
  11. "Sorry for Nothing" (Warwick, Friesen) – 3:15
  12. "Cheat" – 2:40
  13. "Shitzophrenic" (London) -2:36
    • hidden track; instrumental

1998 Japan remastered bonus tracks

  1. "Knocking on Joe" – 3:57
  2. "Thanks Again, Again" (Warwick, James) – 4:11
  3. "Do Anything You Wanna Do" (Ed Hollis, Graeme Douglas) – 3:37
  4. "State of Emergency" (Jake Burns) – 2:29
  5. "Give Me Fire" (Colin Abrahall, Colin Blyth, Ross Lomas, Andrew Williams) – 3:03
  6. "Hellelujah" – 3:40
  7. "Jonestown Mind (Ruts Mix)" (Warwick, Friesen) – 5:24
    • Remixed by Glen David "Dave" Ruffy & John "Segs" Jennings (The Ruts)

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[1]

The Almighty

Additional musicians

  • Andy Cairns – additional vocals
  • Eileen Rose – additional vocals & spoken intro to "United State of Apathy"

Production

Mastered by Andy Van Dett at Masterdisk, New York

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Crank (CD). The Almighty. Victor [JPN]. 1994. VICP-5742.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  2. ↑ "The Almighty — Crank". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
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