99% (Meat Beat Manifesto album)

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99%
Studio album by
ReleasedDecember 1990
Recorded1990
GenreElectro-industrial
Length44:42
LabelMute
ProducerMarc Adams, Jack Dangers, Craig Morrison, Jonny Stephens
Meat Beat Manifesto chronology
Armed Audio Warfare
(1990)
99%
(1990)
Satyricon
(1992)

99% is the third studio album by British electronic music group Meat Beat Manifesto.[1] The album peaked at No. 6 on the CMJ Radio Top 150.[2]

Critical reception[edit]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyB+[4]
Select3/5[6]
Spin Alternative Record Guide7/10[5]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+[7]
The Village VoiceA−[8]

The Washington Post wrote that "these 10 tracks employ some obnoxious samples and plenty of metallic wallop, but the ultimate effect is almost seamless."[9]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleLength
1."Now"5:19
2."Psyche Out"4:44
3."All the Things You Are"4:40
4."Hello Teenage America"2:05
5."10X Faster Than the Speed of Love"5:56
6."99%"0:19
7."Dogstar Man/Helter Skelter"8:34
8."Think Fast"5:01
9."Hallucination Generation"2:40
10."Deviate"5:24

Personnel[edit]

  • Jack Dangers
  • Jonny Stephens
  • Greg Retch
  • Craig Morrison - cover art

References[edit]

  1. ^ "TrouserPress.com :: Meat Beat Manifesto". www.trouserpress.com.
  2. ^ Glaser, Mark, ed. (15 February 1991). "CMJ Radio Top 150" (PDF). CMJ New Music Report. 25 (223). Great Neck, NY: College Media, Inc.: 15–16. ISSN 0890-0795. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ^ Torreano, Bradley. "99% – Meat Beat Manifesto". AllMusic. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  4. ^ Farber, Jim (18 January 1991). "99%". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  5. ^ Weisbard, Eric; Marks, Craig, eds. (1995). Spin Alternative Record Guide. Vintage Books. ISBN 0-679-75574-8.
  6. ^ Brown, Russell (July 1990). "Meat Beat Manifesto: 99%". Select. p. 104.
  7. ^ Hull, Tom. "Grade List: Meat Beat Manifesto". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 13 February 2022.
  8. ^ Christgau, Robert (30 July 1991). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
  9. ^ Jenkins, Mark (5 July 1991). "Dance Factories in Industrial Music". The Washington Post. p. N15.