Diatribes (album)

This article is about the death metal album. For the term, see Diatribe (disambiguation).

1996 studio album by Napalm Death

Diatribes

Studio album by

Napalm Death

Released| 22 January 1996 (1996-01-22)
Recorded| Framework Studios
Genre|

* Death metal
* groove metal

Length| 44:16
Label| Earache
Producer| Colin Richardson
Napalm Death chronology
| Greed Killing
(1995)  | Diatribes
(1996)  | In Tongues We Speak
(1997)

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Professional ratingsReview scores

Source| Rating
Allmusic| [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal| 8/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music| [3]
Kerrang!| [4]
MetalReviews| 58/100[5]

Diatribes is the sixth studio album by English grindcore band Napalm Death, originally released on 22 January 1996 on Earache Records.[4] It was released as double 10" vinyl, regular CD, special digipak CD with space for the Greed Killing EP and MC.[6] In 2010, Earache issued a re-release of Diatribes in a box set that also included the Greed Killing EP and the live album Bootlegged in Japan.[7]

## Track listing

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No.| Title| Lyrics| Music| Length

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1.| "Greed Killing"| Shane Embury, Mitch Harris| Harris| 3:06
2.| "Glimpse into Genocide"| Embury| Jesse Pintado| 3:02
3.| "Ripe for the Breaking"| Mark Greenway| Harris, Embury| 4:01
4.| "Cursed to Crawl"| Embury| Embury| 3:26
5.| "Cold Forgiveness"| Embury| Harris, Pintado| 4:32
6.| "My Own Worst Enemy"| Embury| Embury| 3:36
7.| "Just Rewards"| Greenway| Harris| 3:29
8.| "Dogma"| Embury| Embury| 3:30
9.| "Take the Strain"| Greenway| Embury| 4:11
10.| "Diatribes"| Greenway| Embury, Harris| 3:52
11.| "Placate, Sedate, Eradicate"| Greenway| Pintado| 3:24
12.| "Corrosive Elements"| Greenway| Harris| 4:02

## Personnel

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### Napalm Death

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* Mark "Barney" Greenway – lead vocals
* Jesse Pintado – guitar
* Mitch Harris – guitar
* Shane Embury – bass, backing vocals
* Danny Herrera – drums

### Technical personnel

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* Colin Richardson – production
* Danny Sprigg – engineering
* Paul Siddens – assistant engineering
* Emma Siddens – assistant engineering
* Noel Summerville – mastering

## Chart positions

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Chart (1996)  | Peak position

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German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8] | 94
UK Albums (OCC)[9] | 73

## References

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1. ^ Huey, Steve. Napalm Death: Diatribes > Review at AllMusic. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 306\. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
3. ^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2007). Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th concise ed.). Omnibus Press. pp. 1015–1016\. ISBN 978-0857125958.
4. ^ a b Shiels, Liam (13 January 1996). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 579\. EMAP. p. 45.
5. ^ Goat. "Napalm Death – Diatribes". MetalReviews. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
6. ^ "Napalm Death 'Diatribes'". earache.com. Earache Records. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
7. ^ EvilG (27 October 2010). "Napalm Death – Diatribes/Greed Killing/Bootlegged in Japan 3 CD set now out in North America". Metal Rules. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
8. ^ "Napalm Death – Diatribes". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Germany. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
9. ^ "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart. Retrieved 11 October 2014.

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Napalm Death

* Shane Embury
* Danny Herrera
* Barney Greenway
* John Cooke

* Nicholas Bullen
* Lee Dorrian
* Justin Broadrick
* Frank Healy
* Bill Steer
* Jesse Pintado
* Miles Ratledge
* Mick Harris
* Jim Whitely
* Mitch Harris

Studio albums|

* Scum
* From Enslavement to Obliteration
* Harmony Corruption
* Utopia Banished
* Fear, Emptiness, Despair
* Diatribes
* Inside the Torn Apart
* Words from the Exit Wound
* Enemy of the Music Business
* Order of the Leech
* The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code
* Smear Campaign
* Time Waits for No Slave
* Utilitarian
* Apex Predator – Easy Meat
* Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism

Live albums|

* Live Corruption
* Bootlegged in Japan
* Punishment in Capitals
* The Peel Sessions/The Complete Radio One Sessions

Compilation albums|

* Death by Manipulation
* Noise for Music's Sake
* Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs

Extended plays|

* The Curse
* Mentally Murdered
* Suffer the Children
* Mass Appeal Madness
* The World Keeps Turning
* Nazi Punks Fuck Off
* Greed Killing
* In Tongues We Speak
* Breed to Breathe
* Tsunami Benefit
* Converge / Napalm Death

Video albums|

* Live Corruption
* The DVD
* Punishment in Capitals

Cover albums|

* Leaders Not Followers
* Leaders Not Followers: Part 2

Related articles|

* Discography
* Napalm Death: Thrash to Death
* Extreme Noise Terror
* Lock Up
* Meathook Seed
* Venomous Concept
* "You Suffer"

Authority control databases |

* MusicBrainz release group

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