The Eyes of Stanley Pain

The Eyes of Stanley Pain is an album by Download.

The Eyes of Stanley Pain
Studio album by Download
Released	May 28, 1996
Recorded	1995–1996 (Subconscious Studios, Vancouver)
Genre	Industrial
Length	71:09
Label	Nettwerk/Subconscious Communications
Producer	cEvin Key & Ken Marshall
Download chronology
Sidewinder (1996) The Eyes of Stanley Pain (1996) III (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

1. "Suni C" – 5:29
2. "Possession" – 4:07
3. "The Turin Cloud" – 4:31
4. "Glassblower" – 3:01
5. "H Sien Influence" – 4:45
6. "Base Metal" – 5:00
7. "Collision" – 10:37
8. "Sidewinder" – 4:18
9. "Outafter" – 4:56
10. "Killfly" – 4:04
11. "Separate" – 5:53
12. "Seven Plagues" – 4:48
13. "Fire This Ground (Puppy Gristle, Pt. 1)" – 5:06 (see "Notes")
14. "The Eyes of Stanley Pain" – 4:47

Personnel

• cEvin Key
• Dwayne Goettel
• Mark Spybey - vocals, lyrics, and various other sounds

Guests

• Genesis P. Orridge (vocals - 5, 11; gristlebox - 13)
• Anthony Valcic (keys - 4)
• Larry Thrasher (drums - 13)
• Philth (keys - 7)

Design

• Dave McKean - design and illustration
• Lorne Bridgman - "Download" photo

Notes

• The track "Outafter" is dedicated to Brandon Lee. It was originally to be used as a Skinny Puppy song for the movie The Crow, though plans fell through. Lee was also a Puppy fan.
• "Fire This Ground" is subtitled as "Puppy Gristle, Pt. 1", referring to the 1994 jam between Skinny Puppy and members of Psychic TV/Throbbing Gristle, which was later released as the Skinny Puppy album Puppy Gristle.
• The inside cover contains a quote from French poet Charles Baudelaire:

"that which is not slightly distorted lacks sensible appeal: from which it follows that irregularity - that is to say, the unexpected, surprise and astonishment, are an essential part and characteristic of beauty"

• The track "Collision" contains a notably contrasting part which is more harmonic and rhythmically concise than the rest of the track. The initiating rhythmic loop of this "embedded" part begins exactly 7 minutes and 7 seconds into the track. "Collision" being track 7 arguably indicates a deliberate choice of timing.