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Godflesh - Streetcleaner
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8.6 | 187 votes |
Release date: 13 November 1989
Style: Industrial metal

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Disc I
01. Like Rats
02. Christbait Rising
03. Pulp
04. Dream Long Dead
05. Head Dirt
06. Devastator
07. Mighty Trust Krusher
08. Life Is Easy
09. Streetcleaner
10. Locust Furnace
11. Tiny Tears [CD bonus]
12. Wound [CD bonus]
13. Dead Head [CD bonus]
14. Suction [CD bonus]

Disc II [2010 Remaster re-release]
01. Like Rats [original unreleased mix]
02. Christbait Rising [original unreleased mix]
03. Pulp [original unreleased mix]
04. Dream Long Dead [original unreleased mix]
05. Head Dirt [original unreleased mix]
06. Streetcleaner [Live In Geneva 1990]
07. Head Dirt [Live In Geneva 1990]
08. Pulp [rehearsal May 1989]
09. Dream Long Dead [rehearsal April 1989]
10. Christbait Rising [rehearsal April 1989]
11. Deadhead [original demo Guitar & Machine 1988]
12. Suction [original demo Guitar & Machine 1988]

Top 20 albums of 1989: 18
Reviews (2) Lyrics (11)

Additional info
Releases:
- (12") Mosh 15, 1989 - Earache
- (CS) Mosh 15, 1989 - Earache
- (CS) 88561-2023-4, 1989 - Relativity / Earache
- (CD) Mosh 15CD, 1989 - Earache Records
- (CD) 88561-2023-4, 1989 - Relativity / Earache
- (CD) Mosh 15CD, 1994 - Earache Records (Re-issue)
- (12") KR-21, 2008 - Kreation Records
- (2xCD) Mosh 1501, 2010 - Earache Records (Remaster)

Tracks 1-5 were recorded at Soundcheck in Birmingham, May - August 1989, without Paul Neville.

Tracks 6-10 were recorded at Square Dance in Derby, May 1989, with Paul Neville.

Tracks 11-14 are bonus tracks and were recorded for an EP called Tiny Tears that was never released.

Remastered and re-released in 2010 shipped with an extra disc with rough and original mixes from the Streetcleaner studio sessions, also rehearsal versions and live versions.

Guest review by
Gothic Metalhead
Rating:
9.7
Godflesh really hates humanity and Streetcleaner is the example that shows you the many failures of humanity.

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Guest review by
BitterCOld
Rating:
9.5
"Streetcleaner", to cut right down to it, is a thoroughly crushing, punishing, unforgiving, and unrelenting album.

The album cover itself foreshadows the content within - about a dozen bodies strewn up on crosses against a napalm-colored haze background. The music within is every bit as bleak as that image.


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published 06.11.2005 | Comments (24)

Staff pick by
BitterCOld
01.07.2010
2010 saw the Godflesh reunite for a (marred) performance at Hellfest, and saw Earache re-release a special 2cd anniversary version of this classic with remastered versions of the original tracks on one disk, and unreleased mixes and live versions of the same track order on the second disk.

Whether the original Streetcleaner or the MMX reissue, it's a slow, crushing, claustrophobic, bleak, and asphyxiating album that will leave you roadkill.

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Comments: 16   Visited by: 602 users
08.07.2010 - 16:50
Goricyde
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Lookin forward to checkin this out.
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15.10.2012 - 21:24
Rating: 8
Alex F
The only Godflesh album i enjoyed thoroughly, thoroughly being quite a bit. The others just felt too clean, but I've only listened to each about twice so i might have to run back through them all
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12.03.2013 - 16:15
Rating: 10
mz
Easily the most crushing music I've ever heard.
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Giving my ears a rest from music.
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12.03.2013 - 16:32
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Alex F on 15.10.2012 at 21:24

The only Godflesh album i enjoyed thoroughly, thoroughly being quite a bit. The others just felt too clean, but I've only listened to each about twice so i might have to run back through them all

I've always preferred the s/t debut EP to this, and the pre-Godflesh stuff under the 'Fall of Because' name even more than that. Much more dense, noisy and satisfying than this I feel.



The approaches on on this vary a fair amount from plodding industrial, to punk and grind and noise rock.
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12.03.2013 - 16:42
Rating: 10
X-Ray Rod
Skandino
Staff
Well, to me this stuff owns. That is all.
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Written by BloodTears on 19.08.2011 at 18:29
Like you could kiss my ass

Written by Milena on 20.06.2012 at 10:49
Rod, let me love you.

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12.03.2013 - 16:44
Rating: 8
Alex F
Written by [user id=4365] on 12.03.2013 at 16:32

I've always preferred the s/t debut EP to this, and the pre-Godflesh stuff under the 'Fall of Because' name even more than that. Much more dense, noisy and satisfying than this I feel.

Never heard their earlier stuff, which currently feels like a stupid move by me. I'm quite liking the sound of those tracks. Too much industrial, or a primarily industrial focus is a tad off-putting for me (usually). However, when you mix industrial with other genres, I find that wonderful things can happen.
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12.03.2013 - 16:47
!J.O.O.E.!
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Written by Alex F on 12.03.2013 at 16:44

Never heard their earlier stuff, which currently feels like a stupid move by me. I'm quite liking the sound of those tracks

I only discovered them a year or so ago. All in all, given my tastes, the sound on Fall of Because is much more my thing,
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28.05.2013 - 09:48
Rating: 8
Demerzel
Holy crap, that Fall of Because stuff is awesome. They/he should've stuck with that sound, I much prefer it to Streetcleaner and co. And I love Streetcleaner.
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19.06.2013 - 12:34
Rating: 10
mz
The fall of because was good, but I still prefer Godflesh and this album in particular
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14.08.2015 - 15:30
Rating: 8
musicalkaratekid
Soundtrack to a man-made apocalypse methinks.

But seriously, this is really great industrial metal. I just think a few songs would have benefited from not being extended beyond the four minute mark, but that's just me (I'm talking about "Mighty Trust Krusher" and the title track, if anyone's curious), but then again, I guess in the long run it adds to the harrowing personal experience of listening to an album like this without any outside distractions. Not my favourite industrial metal album, for sure, but still an excellent debut from one of the genre's founding fathers.
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16.03.2020 - 03:36
Rating: 8
blackwreath13
Do I put this in my 80's playlist or my 90's playlist... things that keep me up at night...

Love the bass though.:love:
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30.11.2020 - 01:01
Rating: 9
Boxcar Willy
yr a kook
This album rocks. Punishing and claustrophobic. Just repetitive enough to build atmosphere and not get boring. Awesome bass tone.
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14:22 - Marcel Hubregtse
I do your mum

DESTROY DRUM TRIGGERS
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28.06.2021 - 08:37
Rating: 10
Gothic Metalhead
Pro Introvert
If someone told me what hell truly sounds like... This is the first album I show them
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28.06.2021 - 09:45
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
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Written by Gothic Metalhead on 28.06.2021 at 08:37

If someone told me what hell truly sounds like... This is the first album I show them

You made me want to listen to this album now!
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29.06.2021 - 05:00
Rating: 10
Gothic Metalhead
Pro Introvert
Quote:
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You made me want to listen to this album now!

Do it! It's a really crushing album!
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26.01.2023 - 07:53
Rating: 8
AndyMetalFreak
A Nice Guy
Contributor
Yep it's bone crushingly heavy and the industrial sound is unforgiving. It's the perfect sound track to what it must have been like during Birmingham or Manchester's age of industrial revolution, nasty stuff!
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