Www.pitchshifter.com

www.pitchshifter.com is the fourth album by the British industrial metal band Pitchshifter. It was released in the United Kingdom by Geffen Records on 2 March 1998, and in the United States by DGC Records on 7 April 1998.^[11] The record, which was their first released through a major label, sold just over 60,000 copies in the US alone—selling nearly twice as much as the group's proceeding album Deviant did (which sold 33,000 copies).^[12]

www.pitchshifter.com
Studio album by Pitchshifter
Released	2 March 1998
Recorded	1997
Studio	PSI Studios, Protocol Studios, London and at The Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey
Genre	Industrial rock[1] nu metal drum and bass
Length	51:50
Label	Geffen
Producer	Machine
Pitchshifter chronology
Infotainment? (1996) www.pitchshifter.com (1998) Un-United Kingdom (1999)
Pitchshifter studio album chronology
Infotainment? (1996) www.pitchshifter.com (1998) Deviant (2000)
Singles from www.pitchshifter.com
"Genius" Released: 1998 "Microwaved" Released: 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Baltimore Sun	[3]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	3/10[4]
Kerrang!	(1998)[5] (2011)[6]
Metal Hammer	10/10[7]
Pitchfork	5.2/10[8]
Rock Hard	10/10[9]
Uncut	[10]

The album's name comes from the band's domain name–a relative novelty at the time of the release. The domain name registration was eventually lapsed; JS Clayden said "we carried the website for such a long time that it felt like a burden being lifted to let it go".^[13]

Multiple songs from www.pitchshifter.com were included on the vehicular-based PlayStation games Twisted Metal 3 and Test Drive 5.

Reception

In 2005, Rock Hard placed www.pitchshifter.com at number 263 on their list of the "500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time".^[14] Also in 2005, Kerrang! ranked the album as the 45th greatest British rock album of all time.^[15] In 2016, Metal Hammer named it the 10th best industrial metal album.^[16]

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Microwaved"	3:28
2.	"2nd Hand"	3:31
3.	"Genius"	4:06
4.	"Civilised"	4:38
5.	"Subject to Status"	3:34
6.	"W.Y.S.I.W.Y.G." (acronym for "What You See Is What You Get")	3:45
7.	"Please Sir"	3:47
8.	"Disposable"	3:38
9.	"A Better Lie™"	3:13
10.	"Innit"	2:52
11.	"What's in It for Me?"	2:56
12.	"I Don't Like It"	3:53
13.	"ZX81"	6:33
14.	"Free Samples"	1:48

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Album Cover

The album cover features a heavily edited and distorted image of a man and a woman smiling while looking at two babies. The background contains snippets of computer code and what appears to be Japanese text. The band’s logo is displayed at the top, and the album title is written as a web address at the bottom.

Personnel

Pitchshifter

• J.S. Clayden - vocals, beats, programming
• Mark Clayden - bass, sampler
• Jim Davies - guitars
• Johnny A. Carter - guitars, programming
• D.J. Walters - drums

Additional musicians

• Keith York - drums, percussion samples
• Pablo Yeadon - acoustic guitar on "Disposable"

Production

• H. Forbes, Paul Williams, Nick Philip and Unknown Graphic Services - artwork
• Johnny Carter and Neil Simmons - engineering
• Jodie Zalewski - assistant engineer
• Johnny Carter and J.S. Clayden - programming
• Bob Ludwig - mastering
• Ralph Barklam and Tony Woolliscroft - photography
• Machine - production
• Clinton Bradley - additional analog synthesizer manipulation
• Johnny Carter and JS Clayden - writer

See also

• J-Tull Dot Com