LetDownCrush

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Field	Value
name	LetDownCrush
type	studio
artist	16volt
cover	Letdowncrush_album_cover.jpg
released
recorded
studio	{{Collapsible list
genre
length	40:17
label	Cargo/Re-Constriction
producer
prev_title	Skin
prev_year	1994
next_title	The Remix Wars: Strike 3
next_year	1997
misc	{{Singles
name	LetDownCrush
type	studio
single1	The Dreams That Rot in Your Heart
single1date	July 23, 1996
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• Chicago Trax Recording
• (Chicago, IL)
• Dead Aunt Thelmas
• (Portland, OR)
• The Red Light Room
• (Portland, OR)
• The Litter Box
• (Portland, OR) | genre = | length = 40:17 | label = Cargo/Re-Constriction | producer = | prev_title = Skin | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = The Remix Wars: Strike 3 | next_year = 1997 | misc = {{Singles | name = LetDownCrush | type = studio | single1 = The Dreams That Rot in Your Heart | single1date = July 23, 1996

LetDownCrush is the third studio album by 16volt, released on August 7, 1996, by Cargo and Re-Constriction Records.

Reception

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AllMusic awarded LetDownCrush three out of five possible stars. Aiding & Abetting gave the album a mixed review as well, calling LetDownCrush "diverse, and while obviously not a live-to-tape session, more immediate-sounding" and praised the songs for being "tight and vicious." Alternative Press gave the album a positive review, saying "Hard beats dominate, and beefy guitar plays right into them, maximizing their power to make you wig." Black Monday noted the band's artistic progression in combining the song structure of Skin with the electronics of Wisdom but criticized the metal influences. Sonic Boom lauded Eric Powell's musical maturation and said "the best musical elements from all of his previous work appear like a trail of footprints down well trod path which ends at the edge of a precipice."

Track listing

| title1 = Swarm | writer1 = Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell | length1 = 3:23 | title2 = The Dreams That Rot in Your Heart | writer2 = Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell | length2 = 3:28 | title3 = A Cloth Like Gauze | writer3 = Eric Powell | length3 = 4:03 | title4 = Something Left | writer4 = Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell | length4 = 4:00 | title5 = The Cut Collector | writer5 = Eric Powell | length5 = 3:52 | title6 = Crush | writer6 = Marc LaCorte, Eric Powell | length6 = 4:47 | title7 = Breed | writer7 = Eric Powell | length7 = 3:15 | title8 = Two Wires Thin | writer8 = Eric Powell | length8 = 4:00 | title9 = Shameface | writer9 = Eric Powell | length9 = 3:09 | title10 = Carla's Tarantulas | writer10 = Eric Powell | length10 = 5:59 | headline = 2012 Remastered CD | title11 = We Ain't Goin' Out Like That | note11 = Cypress Hill cover | writer11 = Louis Freese, Lawrence Muggerud, Richard Todd Ray | length11 = 4:15

Accolades

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Year	Publication	Country	Accolade	Rank
1995	CMJ New Music Monthly	United States	"Dance"	16
"*****" denotes an unordered list.
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Personnel

Adapted from the LetDownCrush liner notes.

16volt

• Marc LaCorte – guitar, programming
• Eric Powell – lead vocals, programming, guitar, production, engineering, editing, recording (3, 7, 9), mixing (4)

Addition performers

• Bryan Barton – loops (8)
• Stella Katsoudas – vocals (1)
• Dan Pred – live drums (3)
• Ed Tinley (10)
• William Tucker – additional guitar (10), lead guitar (5)

Production and design

• Dave Friedlander – engineering, mixing (7, 9)
• Bill Garcelon – engineering
• Matt Gibson – engineering
• Zlatko Hukic – engineering
• Jon Irish – engineering, recording (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), mixing (4)
• Rick McMillen – mastering
• Esther Nevarez – engineering
• Jeff "Critter" Newell – production, engineering, mixing (1, 2, 5, 6, 8), recording (3, 7, 9)
• Jordan Nogood – design
• Ed Tinley – engineering

Release history

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Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1996	Cargo	CD	72324 84506 27
Re-Constriction	CS	REC-022
2012	Metropolis	CD, DL	MET 774
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References

References

1. (December 1996). "Just Out". CMJ Network, Inc..
2. Barnhart, Becky. (1996). "Schwann Spectrum". Stereophile, Incorporated.
3. Bush, John. "16 Volt > Biography". [[AllMusic]].
4. (1997). "16 Volt: ''LetDownCrush''". Sonic Options Network.
5. Christian, Chris. (February 27, 1997). "Interview with Eric Powell of 16 Volt, La Luna, Portland". Sonic Boom.
6. "16 Volt: ''LetDownCrush'' > Overview". [[AllMusic]].
7. columnist. (February 1997). "16 Volt: ''LetDownCrush''". [[Alternative Press (music magazine).
8. (January 15, 1995). "16 Volt: ''Letdowncrush''". Aiding & Abetting.
9. Gair. (1997). "16 Volt: ''LetdownCrush''". Black Monday.
10. Christian, Chris. (October 1996). "16 Volt: ''LetDownCrush''". Sonic Boom.
11. (December 1996). "Dance Top 25". CMJ Network, Inc..
12. (1996). "LetDownCrush". [[Cargo Music.

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