For Whose Advantage
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| For Whose Advantage | ||||
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| 📅 Released | 21 August 1990 | |||
| 🎙️ Recorded | June 1990 | |||
| Studio | Loco Studios, South Wales | |||
| ⏳ Length | 43:11 (original release) | |||
| 🏷️ Label | R/C Records | |||
| 🤑 Producer | John Cuniberti | |||
| Xentrix chronology | ||||
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Buy this album For Whose Advantage? or listen to it on amazon
| Professional ratings | |
|---|---|
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllAboutTheRock |   .[1] |
| Rock Hard | 8.0/10[2] |
| Lost in Chaos | 9/10 |
For Whose Advantage? is the second album by the British thrash metal band Xentrix. It was released on 21 August 1990. A music video was made for the song "For Whose Advantage?".
Reception[edit]
The album has received mostly positive reviews from critics and fans. A reviewer on Rock Hard spoke highly of the record, saying "Killer tunes like 'Questions', 'Desperate Remedies', 'The Bitter End' or 'Black Embrace' don't just shake other, well-known bands out of their sleeves that easily. BASTA! For whose benefit was this disc made? Don't ask stupid questions, run to the nearest record store and find out for yourself!" One reviewer from All About the Rock thought well of it, ending their review with "I would not call it a masterpiece but Xentrix still maintains that punk metal and melodic thrash metal feel to show that they are indeed one of the United Kingdom’s best thrash metal bands ever." Following up on Cherry Red Records' reissuing of the classic-era Xentrix records, The Razors Edge gave the album a high review by saying how all the elements of their debut are on display here, only even better. "The guitars sound crisp and cutting when necessary, low and chugging when serving up those killer riffs; the rhythm section support the edifice with aplomb, Dennis’ hits landing with the precision of an atomic clock and Macca’s bass rumbling like a far-off earthquake."[3] Lost in Chaos spoke highly of the album as well in their review, saying "The album does not feature any real standout tracks but as a whole it's a nice laid back thrash experience with some excesses. Nothing bad about 'For Whose Advantage? Nor anything even remotely classic. Just decent."[4]
Background[edit]
In an interview with founder and guitarist Kristian Stan Havard on the record, he reflected on the album saying "[the album], was more thought out and technical, we spent more time on the songs and had more musical capabilities, we actually all hate the sound of that record, particularly the guitar sound and would change it if we could, but most of the songs are pretty good and stand up even today"[5] Former guitarist Chris Astley reflected on his time in the band during an interview commenting "In that period if you weren’t Nirvana or House music… y’know, there was no Metal music and all the Metal clubs had shut down. At that period we’d just recorded our third album (‘For Whose Advantage’) which hadn’t really done very much and people were doing all sorts of (musically) weird things, y’know." When asked about a marked change in the sound of the ‘For Who Advantage’ album and the band's follow-up, ‘Kin’, he mentioned that they trying to do something different and that "a lot of people have always said to us ‘Yeah, you’re just trying to be Metallica’, but we weren’t!" [6]
Track listing[edit]
All songs written by Xentrix, except where mentioned.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Questions" | 5:10 |
| 2. | "For Whose Advantage?" | 6:21 |
| 3. | "The Human Condition" | 3:37 |
| 4. | "False Ideals" | 5:49 |
| 5. | "The Bitter End" | 5:18 |
| 6. | "New Beginnings" (instrumental) | 1:16 |
| 7. | "Desperate Remedies" | 4:50 |
| 8. | "Kept in the Dark" | 4:13 |
| 9. | "Black Embrace" | 3:51 |
| 10. | "Running White Faced City Boy" (Ian Gillan cover) | 2:46 |
| Total length: | 71:51 | |
| Limited Edition reissue bonus tracks | ||
|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Length |
| 11. | "Pure Thought" | 5:38 |
| 12. | "Shadows of Doubt" | 6:05 |
| 13. | "Balance of Power" | 4:48 |
| 14. | "Kept in the Dark" | 3:58 |
| 15. | "Crimes" | 5:30 |
| 16. | "Ghostbusters" (Ray Parker Jr. cover) | 2:41 |
Notes[edit]
- Bonus tracks are taken from the Dilute to Taste EP.
Personnel[edit]
- Band
- Chris Astley – vocals, rhythm guitar
- Kristian "Stan" Havard – lead guitar
- Paul "Macka" MacKenzie – bass
- Dennis Gasser – drums
- Session members
- John Cuniberti – backing vocals
- Phlombe Pik – backing vocals
- Professor Smithy Nicks – speech on track 2
- Miscellaneous staff
- Brian Burrows – design
- Doug Bennett – engineering assistant
- John Cuniberti – producer, engineering, mixing
- Andrew Horsfield – photography
- Mark Flannery – engineering
- Dave Higginson – cover art
References[edit]
- ↑ Deaux, John. "Xentrix - The - CD - Remasters - Review". allabouttherock.co.uk. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ↑ "XENTRIX - For Whose Advantage". rockhard.de. Retrieved 21 July 2022.
- ↑ Dan Barnes (April 20, 2022). "Album Review: Xentrix – For Whose Advantage? / Kin". Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ↑ Herry SIC (March 13, 2015). "Xentrix - For Whose Advantage? 1990 CD". Retrieved October 10, 2022.
- ↑ "Xentrix - A Cup Of English Thrash". metalist.co.il.
- ↑ "Interview with Chris Astley of Xentrix". metaltalk.net. 13 March 2014.
External sites[edit]
- Xentrix - for Whose Advantage (Official Music Video) on YouTube
- Discography at Xentrix official website
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