Technical Difficulties (Hate Dept. album)

Technical Difficulties is the third studio album by Hate Dept., released in June 1999 by Restless Records.^[2]

Technical Difficulties
Studio album by Hate Dept.
Released	June 1999 (1999-06)[1]
Studio	Various Enterprise II (Burbank, CA) Front Page (Glendale, CA) Laundry Room (San Clemente, CA) Westlake Audio (Hollywood, CA)
Genre	Industrial rock
Length	49:35
Label	Restless
Producer	Steven Seibold
Hate Dept. chronology
The Remix Wars: Strike 3 (1997) Technical Difficulties (1999) The House That Hate Built (2001)

Reception

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]

Steve Huey of allmusic called Technical Difficulties arguably "their most accessible release to date" and the band "may sound like an industrial band – clanking drum machines, synthesizers, and loud, crusty guitars – but Hate Dept. are alt-rockers at heart, emphasizing traditional song structure and punk lyrical attitude over sonic experimentation and abrasiveness."^[3] CMJ said "slamming rock intensity into the looming keyboard progressions of Front 242, while adding jazzy horns and Nine Inch Nails-worthy power ballads, Technical Difficulties is easily the most diverse and robotic weapon in Hate Dept.'s arsenal."^[4] The magazine listed Technical Difficulties as one of the magazine's top choices for the month of June.^[5]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Superdrama"	4:18
2.	"Coming Down"	4:31
3.	"Wait"	4:32
4.	"Anger Impulse"	3:56
5.	"Little Let Down"	3:24
6.	"Release It"	3:30
7.	"Gone"	3:59
8.	"Hit Back"	4:23
9.	"Leaving"	5:02
10.	"Fireflies"	4:09
11.	"Seedling"	4:13
12.	"Fiend"	3:37

All tracks are written by Steven Seibold.

Accolades

Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1999	CMJ New Music Monthly	United States	"CMJ Radio 200"	35	[5]
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Personnel

Adapted from the Technical Difficulties liner notes.^[6]

Hate Dept.

• Marc Greco – guitar, backing vocals
• Charles Hunt – drums, backing vocals, additional programming (2)
• Steven Seibold – lead vocals, programming, production, mixing
• Jeff Smith – synthesizer, backing vocals

Additional performers

• Joe Chiccarelli – additional production (1, 4)
• Tracey Hooker – trumpet (3)
• Royden Vigilance – additional vocals (3)

Production and design

• Mon Agranat – mixing
• The Gerrixx – cover art, photography
• Bill Kennedy – mixing, additional production (7, 8)
• Dustin Moore – photography
• Jenessa Nye – photography
• Eddy Schreyer – mastering
• Jon St. James – mixing, additional production (3)

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1999	Restless	CD	01877-72959-2