Male (Foetus album)

Male
Live album by Foetus
Released	1992
Recorded	November 3, 1990
Venue	CBGB (New York City)
Genre	Industrial
Length	100:07
Label	Thirsty Ear
Producer	J. G. Thirlwell
J. G. Thirlwell chronology
¡Quilombo! (1991) Male (1992) Gondwanaland (1992)

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Male is a live album by Foetus in Excelsis Corruptus Deluxe. It records the Foetus live performance of November 3, 1990, in Manhattan's famed CBGB nightclub. A film of this performance, also titled Male, was also released.

Though there is no indication on the album itself, the discography included with the Sink reissue identifies Male as Ectopic Ents #ECT ENTS 005.

Track listing

All tracks are written by J. G. Thirlwell, except where noted

Disc one

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Free James Brown"		4:36
2.	"Fin"		1:56
3.	"Hot Horse"		5:08
4.	"English Faggot"		6:25
5.	"Faith Healer"	Alex Harvey, Hugh McKenna	7:20
6.	"Honey I'm Home"	Roli Mosimann, J. G. Thirlwell	9:25
7.	"Butterfly Potion"		3:09
8.	"I'll Meet You in Poland Baby"		7:43

Disc two

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Anything (Viva!)"		8:41
2.	"Death Rape 2000"		1:59
3.	"Puppet Dude"	Jim Dunbar, Don Fleming, Elton John, Jay Spiegel, J. G. Thirlwell	4:56
4.	"Stumbo"	Roli Mosimann, J. G. Thirlwell	7:55
5.	"Someone Drowned in My Pool"		9:25
6.	"Behemoth"	TAD	8:05
7.	"Your Salvation"		14:24

Song details

• "Death Rape 2000," "Stumbo," and "Someone Drowned in My Pool" originally by Thirlwell's Wiseblood project.
• "Faith Healer" is a cover of The Sensational Alex Harvey Band.
• "Behemoth" is a cover of TAD.
• "Puppet Dude" is a reworked cover of Elton John's "Rocket Man."
• The lyrics for "English Faggot" were inspired from a threatening answering machine message left for bandleader JG Thirlwell, who is Australian and not English.

Personnel

• Clint Ruin - vocals
• Algis Kizys - Bass
• David Ouimet - Samplers, Trombone
• Norman Westberg - Guitar
• Hahn Rowe - Violin, Guitar
• Vinnie Signorelli - drums

Production

• J. G. Thirlwell - Production, execution
• Mark Ohe - Execution
• Martin Bisi - Mixing engineer, mastering

Concert film

DVD

In 1993, a year after the album hit stores, the Male performance was released as concert film on VHS by Self Immolation/Atavistic. Instead of a straight video of the concert, the Male film applies simple video effects to the raw footage. A DVD version of the film was released by Music Video Distributions in 2003.

Film track listing

1. "Free James Brown"
2. "Fin"
3. "Hot Horse"
4. "English Faggot"
5. "Faith Healer"
6. "Honey I'm Home"
7. "Butterfly Potion"
8. "I'll Meet You in Poland Baby"
9. "Anything (Viva!)"
10. "Death Rape 2000"
11. "Stumbo"
12. "Behemoth"
13. "Your Salvation"

External links

• Male at Discogs (list of releases)
• Male at foetus.org