Aberrations: 1981-1984
Released: Aug 21, 2001
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Released: Aug 21, 2001
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At the time of its 2001 release, Aberrations: 1981-1984 evened the score between Shriekback's full-length studio albums and their compilations, at seven. An underwear-drawer compilation of...
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Priests & Kanibals: Best of Shriekback
Released: Dec 28, 1999
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Released: Dec 28, 1999
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A cash-in if there ever was one, Arista's Priests of Kanibals: The Best of Shriekback was issued in 1994, summing up Shriekback's finer moments between Jam Science and Oil and Gold, and adding a...
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Natural History
Released: Oct 17, 1994
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Released: Oct 17, 1994
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Issued on Essential in 1994, Shriekback's double-disc Natural History set merely couples The Best of Shriekback: The Infinite (Kaz, 1987) with The Best of Shriekback, Vol. 2: Evolution (Kaz, 1988)...
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Sacred City
Released: Sep 14, 1992
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Released: Sep 14, 1992
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Shriekback's final studio album, Sacred City went out of print almost immediately after its 1992 release; this reissue, with the advantages of 20/20 hindsight, proves the group to have been well...
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Naked Apes & Pond Life
Released: 2000
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Released: 2000
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Eight years after Shriekback resurfaced briefly to release Sacred City and promptly vanished from view once again, a new album made its surprising appearance on an Australian label. Apparently...
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Sexthinkone
Released: 1983
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Released: 1983
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The A side of this single, a masterfully remixed and extended version of a song from Tench, is one of the high points of the Shriekback's career. The already mysterious and charming "Sexthinkone"...
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Working on the Ground
Released: 1983
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Released: 1983
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"Working on the Ground" is a very good (though not essential) Shriekback song with a nice call-and-response chorus; the B side, "Nightwork," is a pretty pointless instrumental remix. ~ Bill Cassel,...
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