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Information Overload Unit 1981

industrial 42 min 9 tracks Side Effects

Information Overload Unit is the 1981 debut full-length album by the Australian industrial band SPK. Originally released in 1981 by Side Effects, it was re-released twice; in 1985 by Normal, and in 1992 by The Grey Area.

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Grave, raw, spare and open-ended.

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Tracks

A1Emanation Machine R. Gie 19165:24
A2Suture Obsession5:07
A3Macht Schrecken5:19
A4Beruftverböt5:31
B1Ground Zero: Infinity Dose4:19
B2Stammheim Torturkammer4:34
B3Retard4:26
B4Epilept: Convulse2:33
B5Kaltbruchig Acideath4:33

9 tracks, 42 minutes.

About the album

Artist: System Planning Korporation
Label: Side Effects
Released: 1981
Type: Album
Format: 12" Vinyl
Country: GB

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