Is God in Showbusiness Too?

Is God in Showbusiness Too? is the debut studio album of The Watchmen, released in 1991 by Prescient Thought.[1][2]

Is God in Showbusiness Too?
Studio album by
Released1991 (1991)
StudioSounds Bueno Studios
(San Diego, California)
GenreElectro-industrial
Length42:46
LabelPrescient Thought
ProducerDave Mansfield
The Watchmen chronology
Is God in Showbusiness Too?
(1991)
Plague
(1992)

Reception

X Magazine gave Is God in Showbusiness Too? a mixed review and said "overall, these guys are really tight, more so than any unsigned band I've ever listened to. Bandleader Dave Creadeau has a good ear for blending the evil and the ethereal, and that comes out especially well on instrumental tracks such as "Brave New ; World," "Nine-Eleven" and the haunting sample-narrated "Black Rain"." The magazine noted that "the only things that make it sound like it's not a full-on pro-level industrial-dance album are a handful of rough-sounding synth patches and a couple of samples that are kind of clumsily used."[3][4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Watchmen

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Brave New World"2:01
2."Mutual Assured Destruction"4:54
3."Redemption"3:13
4."Under the Steeple"4:16
5."Black Rain"3:16
6."Gangland"4:21
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."The Fury" 
2."Crash!"4:16
3."Nine-Eleven"1:32
4."Obsession"3:05
5."Merciful Release"4:26
6."The End..."2:28

Personnel

Adapted from the Plague liner notes.[5]

The Watchmen

Additional performers

Release history

Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1991 Prescient Thought CS PTP-02, WATC1
DL

References

  1. "Society Burning". Option. Sonic Options Network (66–71): 118. 1996. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  2. Mayo, James (November 13, 1997). "Burn, Baby, Burn". Westword. Scott Tobias. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  3. "The Watchmen: Is God in Showbusiness Too?". X Magazine (8). July 1991. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. "The Watchmen: Is God in Showbusiness Too?". Pascal. 1991. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  5. Is God in Showbusiness Too? (booklet). The Watchmen. Los Alamos, New Mexico: Prescient Thought. 1991.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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