99% (Meat Beat Manifesto album)

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]

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)

Critical reception

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

The Washington Post wrote that "these 10 tracks employ some obnoxious samples and plenty of metallic wallop, but the ultimate effect is almost seamless."[9]

Track listing

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

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

References

  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. Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc. 25 (223): 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. Brown, Russell (July 1990). "Meat Beat Manifesto: 99%". Select. p. 104.
  6. Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  7. Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Meat Beat Manifesto". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  8. Christgau, Robert (30 July 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  9. Jenkins, Mark (5 July 1991). "Dance Factories in Industrial Music". The Washington Post. p. N15.


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