Singles Collection

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1999 / Release Date
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60
AllMusic
Imagine early Throbbing Gristle's sociopathic obsessions with rape and murder (minus the performance-art pretensions) mixed with the willful amateurism of Half Japanese, and that's still only the half of it.
fkknoath
90

Singles Collection is a compilation comprised of material from the earliest days of Brainbombs as a band, some songs here even date back to the 1980's. It's an anomaly in the band's catalog because I feel they were never as serious or aggressive as this again, Singles Collection, make no mistake is a dark, dark album with some of the most unflinching lyrics in Noise Rock history.

It's a look at the path the band would've gone down if they never stuck with the over the ... read more

chtc
86

Did I say Obey was absolute filth? Well, this is (in a certain way) even filthier. It's still edgy, but the vocals don't sound as goofy as on later releases; it sounds like Peter is putting in more effort here (the screaming comes from other members, though). The guitars are just nasty, distorted killers. There's lots of variety in terms of topics, sound, and noise/recording quality on here—not surprising since this compiles tracks made between 1986 and 1994. It is very ... read more

Plookeduah
80

Noisy, varied (it is a collection after all) but none, or at least less, of that awkwardness that appears on both Burning Hell and ESPECIALLY on Obey 😭😭 Obey transcends being awkward and is just really unintentionally funny through its over the top but still really basic—almost parodic—edginess to be fair

But yeah this is pretty great.

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Track List

  1. Jack the Ripper Lover
  2. No End
  3. Anne Frank
  4. No Guilt
  5. No Place
  6. No Guilt [live]
  7. Wishing a Slow Death [live]
  8. Stacy [live]
  9. It's a Burning Hell [live]
  10. Second Coming
  11. Psychout Crash Kid
  12. I detta satans rum
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