Sink (Foetus album)

Sink is a Foetus Inc compilation album that was first released in 1989 on Self Immolation/Some Bizzare. It compiles rare and unreleased songs from various Foetus projects from 1981–1989. Many of the rare tracks on the album have been edited shorter than their original length.

Sink
Compilation album by Foetus Inc
Released	October 1989
Recorded	Livingston, London; Paradise, London; Lavender Sound, London; VPRO, Hilversum and BC, Brooklyn (Oct 1980–Mar 1989)
Genre	Industrial
Length	70:22
Label	Self Immolation/Some Bizzare,
Producer	J. G. Thirlwell
Foetus Inc chronology
Rife (1988) Sink (1989) Butterfly Potion (1990)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Sounds Magazine	[2]
College Music Journal	(favorable) [3]

Sink is Foetus' final Some Bizzare record and it was released in 1995 thanks to Some Bizzare Label Thirsty Ear's effort to reissue the Foetus catalogue. All versions' liner notes contain an up-to-date Foetus discography.

Sink is Self Immolation #WOMB INC 6.

Track listing

All songs by J. G. Thirlwell.

1. "Bedrock" – 7:07 by The Foetus All Nude Revue

   as on Bedrock

2. "Ramrod" – 5:49 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

   edited from Ramrod

3. "Boxhead" – 3:40 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

   as on Ramrod

4. "Lilith" – 4:17 by Foetus Eruptus

   previously unreleased

5. "Shut" – 0:54 by The Foetus All Nude Revue

   as on Bedrock

6. "Diabolus in Musica" – 7:06 by The Foetus All Nude Revue

   edited from Bedrock

7. "Smut" – 3:44 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

   edited from Ramrod

8. "Sick Minutes" – 2:20 by Foetus Über Frisco

   edited from Finely Honed Machine and the Hole U.S. release bonus 12"

9. "Rattlesnake Insurance" – 1:49 by The Foetus All Nude Revue

   as on Bedrock

10. "Himmelfahrtstransport / Primordial Industry" – 2:08 by Foetus In Your Bed

    "Himmelfahrtstransport" previously unreleased

    "Primordial Industry" edited from An Afflicted Man's Musica Box compilation

11. "Spit on the Griddle (The Drowning of G. Walhof)" – 3:39 by Foetus Eruptus

    previously unreleased

12. "Anxiety Attack" – 5:44, [– 5:09 CD] by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

    previously unreleased

13. "Baphomet" – 1:05 by Foetus Interruptus

    previously unreleased

14. "(The Only Good Christian is a) Dead Christian" – 3:21 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

    as on If You Can't Please Yourself, You Can't Please Your Soul compilation

15. "Halo Flamin Lead" – 4:24 by Scraping Foetus off the Wheel

    edited from the NME compilation cassette Mad Mix 2 (credited to You've Got Foetus on Your Breath) and the Hole U.S. release bonus 12"

16. "OKFM" – 4:25 by Foetus Under Glass

    edited from Spite Your Face/OKFM

17. "Catastrophe Crunch" – 4:12 by Foetus Art Terrorism

    edited from Calamity Crush

18. "Wash (It All Off)" – 3:57 by You've Got Foetus on Your Breath

    edited from Wash/Slog and the Hole U.S. release bonus 12"

19. "(Today I Started) Slog(ging Again)" – 4:51 by You've Got Foetus on Your Breath

    edited from Wash/Slog and the Hole U.S. release bonus 12"

20. "Calamity Crush" – 4:12 by Foetus Art Terrorism

    edited from Calamity Crush

Personnel and production

• J. G. Thirlwell - Performance, production, composition
• Warne Livesey - Engineering, recording, mixing
• Harlan Cockburn - Engineering, recording, mixing
• Charles Gray - Engineering, recording, mixing
• Martin Bisi - Engineering, recording, mixing, editing

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Sounds Magazine review link at foetus.org
3. College Music Journal review link at foetus.org

External links

• Sink at foetus.org