Last Rights, Skinny Puppy's final album before a five-year hiatus, and their second to last overall, is a hailstorm of electro-distortion ten years ahead of its time.
Even while industrial pop stars like Nine Inch Nails and Ministry were strutting their way across the charts and media outlets trumpeting the industrial revolution, Dave Ogilvie and cEvin Key's ambitious production talents reached what is easily a technical peak (and, arguably, an artistic peak).
"Inquisition" is the pinnacle, a heart-stopping single whose production contributed just as much to the air of menace as Ogre's vocals.
Skinny Puppy even attempts a ballad on "Killing Game," with surprising success.
Though the dense production occasionally masks Ogre's vocals and songwriting, Last Rights is a sonic masterpiece that undoubtedly influenced sound manipulators from Autechre to White Zombie.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Love in VeinSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 05:36 | 12 MB | 34 MB |
| 2 | Killing GameSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 03:49 | 8 MB | 24 MB |
| 3 | KnowhereSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 04:18 | 9 MB | 30 MB |
| 4 | Mirror SawSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 03:51 | 8 MB | 27 MB |
| 5 | InquisitionSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 05:17 | 12 MB | 36 MB |
| 6 | ScrapyardSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 26 MB |
| 7 | Riverz EndSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 06:40 | 15 MB | 43 MB |
| 8 | Lust ChanceSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 03:54 | 8 MB | 20 MB |
| 9 | DownloadSkinny Puppy | Skinny Puppy | Play | 11:01 | 25 MB | 44 MB |
| 10 | Circumstance | Skinny Puppy | Play | 04:36 | 10 MB | 28 MB |
| 53 mins | 121 MB | |||||
| 53 mins | 316 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brian Gardner | Mastering |
| 2 | R. Dwayne Goettel | Mixing |
| 3 | cEvin Key | Producer |
| 4 | Ken "Hiwatt" Marshall | Engineer, Mixing |
| 5 | Dave Ogilvie | Mixing, Producer |
| 6 | John Rummen | Layout Design |
| 7 | Skinny Puppy | Composer, Primary Artist |
| 8 | Anthony Valcic | Editing |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |
| CD Quality | FLAC | 16bit 44.1kHz | FLAC is an audio coding format which uses lossless compression. Digital audio in FLAC format has a smaller size and retains the same quality of the original Compact Disc (CD). |