Through the Darkness

Through The Darkness is the third album by New York City glam punk band D Generation.[6][7] It was their second released via Columbia Records, and their last release until 2016. It is the only D Generation album without founding member and guitarist Richard Bacchus, who was replaced by Todd Youth. The album was produced by T. Rex and David Bowie producer Tony Visconti. Drummer Michael Wildwood's writing credits on "Lonely" and "Cornered" are listed under his actual name of "Michael Reich."

This article is about the D Generation music album. For the novel by Harry Turtledove, see Through the Darkness (novel).
Through The Darkness
Studio album by
D Generation
Released1999
GenreRock,
Glam punk
LabelColumbia
ProducerTony Visconti[1]
D Generation chronology
No Lunch
(1996)		 Through The Darkness
(1999)		 Nothing is Anywhere
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Robert Christgau[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA-[4]
Los Angeles Times[5]

D Generation broke up a month after its release; the band eventually regrouped to record a new album, Nothing Is Anywhere, which was released 17 years later, in 2016. "Helpless" was taken from the record as a single; the single appeared in the movie The Faculty.

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Report wrote that the album's "relentless power chords could light up all of Times Square."[8]

Track listing
  1. "Helpless" (Jesse Malin) - 3:33
  2. "Every Mother's Son" (Malin) - 2:46
  3. "Hatred" (Malin, Danny Sage) - 3:19
  4. "Rise & Fall" (Malin) - 2:53
  5. "Only a Ghost" (Malin) - 4:04
  6. "Lonely" (Malin, Sage, Howie Pyro, Michael Reich) - 4:09
  7. "Good Ship Down" (Malin, Sage) - 3:23
  8. "Sick on the Radio" (Malin, Sage) - 3:30
  9. "Chinatown" (Malin, Pyro) - 2:09
  10. "So Messed Up" (Malin) - 3:31
  11. "Sunday Secret Saints" (Malin, Todd Youth) - 3:03
  12. "Cornered" (Reich) - 3:25
  13. "Don't Be Denied (Neil Young) -16:27
  14. "Violent Love" (Malin; an unlisted track which begins at the 10:00 mark of Track 13)

Personnel
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References
  1. Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). "New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB". Macmillan – via Google Books.
  2. Through the Darkness at AllMusic
  3. Christgau, Robert. "Through the Darkness Review".
  4. Sinclair, Tom (19 February 1999). "Through the Darkness Review". Entertainment Weekly.
  5. Nichols, Natalie (3 April 1999). "D Generation, "Through the Darkness," Columbia". Los Angeles Times.
  6. "D Generation".
  7. "D Generation Break Up, Singer's Club Closes". MTV News.
  8. Inc, CMJ Network (March 1, 1999). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. – via Google Books.
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