Utopia Banished

Utopia Banished
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released	23 June 1992
Recorded	10 February 1992–19 February 1992 and 23 February 1992–2 March 1992
Studio	The Windings, Wrexham, Wales
Genre	Death metal, grindcore
Length	39:04
Label	Earache, Relativity
Producer	Colin Richardson, Napalm Death
Napalm Death chronology
Death by Manipulation (1992) Utopia Banished (1992) Live Corruption (1992)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
MetalReviews	73/100[2]

Utopia Banished is the fourth album by the UK band Napalm Death. The album was released in 1992 by Earache Records.^[3] It is the first album featuring Danny Herrera on drums following the departure of Mick Harris.

Release

A limited edition of this album included a 3" bonus CD; the vinyl release included a bonus 7" containing the same material.^[3]

The 2007 re-release came as part of Earache's Classic Metal series with The DVD as bonus disc.^[4]

In 2012, Earache Records released a remastered edition on limited edition coloured vinyl and CD digipak.^[5]

Single

The EP "The World Keeps Turning" was released in July 1992 on vinyl and CD and contains two non-album tracks, "A Means to an End" and "Insanity Excursion".^[6]

Writing

Samples

Napalm Death make use of samples in some songs on Utopia Banished. The tracks "Discordance" and "Awake (To a Life of Misery)" sample snippets from 1988 science fiction film They Live while the track "Contemptuous" takes a line from 1987 war film Full Metal Jacket.^[7]

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Discordance"			1:26
2.	"I Abstain"	Mark Greenway	Jesse Pintado	3:30
3.	"Dementia Access"	Shane Embury	Mitch Harris	2:27
4.	"Christening of the Blind"	Embury	Embury	3:21
5.	"The World Keeps Turning"	Greenway	Pintado	2:55
6.	"Idiosyncratic"	Greenway	Embury, Pintado	2:35
7.	"Aryanisms"	Greenway	Embury, Harris	3:08
8.	"Cause and Effect (Part II)"	Greenway	Pintado	2:07
9.	"Judicial Slime"	Embury	Embury	2:36
10.	"Distorting the Medium"	Greenway	Pintado	1:58
11.	"Got Time to Kill"	Greenway	Embury	2:28
12.	"Upward and Uninterested"	Greenway	Pintado, Harris	2:07
13.	"Exile"	Embury	Harris	2:00
14.	"Awake (To a Life of Misery)"	Embury	Harris	2:05
15.	"Contemptuous"	Embury	Embury, Harris, Pintado	4:21

Bonus 3" CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"One and the Same"	1:50
2.	"Sick and Tired"	1:26
3.	"Malignant Trait"	2:20
4.	"Killing with Kindness"	2:01

Personnel

Napalm Death

• Mark "Barney" Greenway – vocals
• Mitch Harris – guitar, vocals
• Jesse Pintado – guitar
• Shane Embury – bass
• Danny Herrera – drums

Technical personnel

• Colin Richardson – production, engineering
• Pete Coleman – co-engineering
• Matt Anker – photography
• Mid – cover art
• J. Barry – layout

Chart positions

Chart (1992)	Peak position
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[8]	60
Dutch Albums (MegaCharts)[9]	77
UK Albums (OCC)[10]	58

References

1. Birchmeier, Jason. Napalm Death: Utopia Banished > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
2. Goat. "Napalm Death - Utopia Banished". MetalReviews. Retrieved 17 October 2014.
3. "Napalm Death 'Utopia Banished'". Earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
4. Utopia Banished at Discogs
5. Sheila (14 May 2012). "Napalm Death – 'Utopia Banished' remastered edition out now!". PlanetMosh. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
6. "Napalm Death 'The World Keeps Turning'". Earache.com. Earache. Retrieved 24 November 2014.
7. "(Film) samples in (metal) songs". Rate Your Music. Retrieved 16 November 2014.
8. "Napalm Death - Utopia Banished". Offizielle Deutsche Charts. Germany. Retrieved 24 September 2015.
9. "Dutchcharts.nl – Napalm Death – Utopia Banished" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 19 October 2014.
10. "Napalm Death | Artist | Official Charts". UK Albums Chart Retrieved 11 October 2014.