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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)

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

Reception

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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

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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

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Adapted from the Plague liner notes.[5]

The Watchmen

Additional performers

Release history

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

References

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  1. ^ "Society Burning". Option (66–71). Sonic Options Network: 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. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
  4. ^ "The Watchmen: Is God in Showbusiness Too?". Pascal. 1991. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. 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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