Gravity Kills is the debut studio album by American industrial rock band Gravity Kills. It was released in 1996 on TVT Records. The album sold roughly 500,000 copies.
The first song was titled "Take" on the promo version of the album. It was renamed "Forward" just before the album was released.
The song "Blame" uses a sample from the song "Illusion", composed by the Japanese group Geinoh Yamashirogumi for the highly influential 1988 anime movie Akira.
Album cover The picture in the centre on the front cover is called "Picturing the Bomb". The image is owned by Rachel Fermi and Esther Samra.
Track listing
Videos "Guilty" "Enough" (Two versions) "Down" (w/ live footages) (Unreleased video) Blame (L.A. Remix version)
In other media "Guilty" was featured in Seven (stylized as Se7en), a 1995 thriller film by David Fincher. "Last" was featured in a Doug Ellin's 1998 romantic comedy film, Kissing a Fool. A remix version of "Blame" was featured in the Escape from L.A. soundtrack. A demo version of "Goodbye" was featured in the 1995 action and adventure film, Mortal Kombat.
Appearances in video games Year Song Games1996 "Blame"Test Drive Off-Road "Guilty" "Enough" 2000 "Guilty" Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption
Personnel Gravity Kills Jeff Scheel – lead vocals Matt Dudenhoeffer – guitars Doug Firley – keyboards Kurt Kerns – drums and bass
Production Produced by John Fryer and Gravity Kills Engineered by Tim Donovan Mixed by John Fryer Photography (Inner tray) by Rocky Morton Mastering by Howie Weinberg Written by Gravity Kills Design by Robin Glowski and Greg Knoll Artwork by Greg Knoll and Kurt Kerns
Charts
Album Chart (1996)PeakpositionUS Heatseekers 1US The Billboard 200 89
Singles YearSongChartPeakposition1996"Guilty"US Mainstream Rock39US Billboard Hot 10086US Modern Rock241997UK Charts79"Enough"109
References
External links Official Gravity Kills at MySpace Official Gravity Kills at Facebook Official Gravity Kills on Twitter Gravity Kills at Discogs