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album #19
The Light User Syndrome

Original UK release:
10 June 1996
Jet Records
LP: JETLP1012; cassette: JETMC1012; CD: JETCD1012

Tracklisting:
01. D.I.Y. Meat (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 2:37
02. Das Vulture Ans Ein Nutter-Wain (Smith, ME/Hanley, S) 3:00
03. He Pep! (Smith, ME/Wolstencroft) 3:07
04. Hostile (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 3:59
05. Stay Away (Old White Train) (Paycheck) 2:49
06. Spinetrak (Smith, ME/Smith, B) 3:08
07. Interlude/Chilinism (Smith, ME/Burns/Hanley, S/Wolstencroft/Nagle/Bennett) 7:05
08. Powder Keg (Smith, ME/Burns) 3:16
09. Oleano (Smith, ME) 3:08
10. Cheetham Hill (Smith, ME/Wolstencroft/Bennett) 3:31
11. The Coliseum (Smith, ME/Spencer) 8:08
12. Last Chance To Turn Around (Milrose/Bruno/Elgin) 3:24
13. The Ballard Of J. Drummer (Smith, ME) 3:21
14. Oxymoron (Smith, ME/Nagle) 4:02
15. Secession Man (Smith, ME/Burns/Bennett) 4:49

(LP - Side 1: tracks 1-8; Side 2: tracks 9-15)
(cassette - Side 1: tracks 1-8; Side 2: tracks 9-15)
(CD: tracks 1-15)

Personnel:
Mark E Smith - vocals, tapes
Brix Smith - guitar, vocals
Steve Hanley - bass
Julia Nagle - keyboards, guitar
Simon Wolstencroft - drums, programming
Karl Burns - drums, guitar, vocals

With:
Lucy Rimmer - vocals
Mike Bennett - vocals

Other credits:
Produced by: Mike Bennett and Mark E Smith
Engineered by: Warren Bassett
Cover photograph: Peter Cronin

Recording info:
Recorded at The Dairy, London early 1996.

Notes:
Title oddities: the record label incorrectly lists songs Oliana, The Ballad Of J Drummer, and Sessession Man.

 
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Reissues:  
1999 Receiver reissue
Released on 8 February 1999 on Receiver Records.
CD: RRCD264
Original tracklisting plus bonus tracks:
16. The Chiselers (Smith/Burns/Hanley, S/Wolstencroft/Nagle) 3:14
17. Chilinist (Smith/Burns/Hanley, S/Wolstencroft/Nagle/Bennett) 6:15
Tracks 16-17 come from the single The Chiselers.

2002 Sanctuary reissue
Released on 16 September 2002 on Castle, a label of Sanctuary Records Group.
CD: CMRCD470
Same tracklisting as the 1999 Receiver reissue.


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