Speak and Destroy (My Ruin album)

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Speak and Destroy
Studio album by
Released23 August 1999
GenreNu metal
Length60:00
LabelSnapper
Spitfire
ProducerPaul Naylor, Tairrie B
My Ruin chronology
Speak and Destroy
(1999)
A Prayer Under Pressure of Violent Anguish
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal3/10[2]
NME7/10[3]

Speak and Destroy is the first full-length album released by the metal band My Ruin.[4][5] It contains a cover of Soft Cell's "Tainted Love". It also contains the singles "Blasphemous Girl" and "Terror". It was the first album lead singer Tairrie B made since her metal band Tura Satana.

Track listing[edit]

UK release[edit]

  1. "Prologue" - 0:06
  2. "Terror" - 5:25
  3. "Preacher" - 3:33
  4. "Tainted Love" - 3:45
  5. "Blasphemous Girl" - 3:43
  6. "Close Your Eyes" - 5:30
  7. "Absolution" - 3:27
  8. "Horrible Pain (Within My Heart)" - 4:07
  9. "Monster" - 3:41
  10. "Sick With It" - 3:41
  11. "My Beautiful Flower" - 4:17
  12. "Diavolina" - 4:45
  13. "June 10" - 4:38
  14. "Bright Red Scream" - 4:01
  15. "Cosmetic" - 4:05
  16. "Sycophant" - 3:59
  17. "Epilogue" - 0:43
  18. "Beware Of God" - 0:28

US release[edit]

  1. "Prologue"
  2. "Terror"
  3. "Preacher" (Live)
  4. "Tainted Love" (Remix)
  5. "Blasphemous Girl"
  6. "Close Your Eyes"
  7. "Absolution"
  8. "Horrible Pain (Within My Heart)"
  9. "Fever"
  10. "Sick With It"
  11. "My Beautiful Flower"
  12. "Diavolina"
  13. "June 10"
  14. "Masochrist"
  15. "Cosmetic"
  16. "Sycophant"
  17. "Epilogue"
  18. "Beware Of God"

References[edit]

  1. ^ Gary Hill. "Speak and Destroy Overview". AllMusic. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 303. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  3. ^ "Speak & Destroy Review". NME. 12 September 2005. Retrieved 16 August 2019.
  4. ^ Hendry, Steve (2 September 1999). "She'll Be the Ruin of You". Edinburgh Evening News. p. 1.
  5. ^ Mathur, Paul (4 September 1999). "Speak and Destroy". Melody Maker. Vol. 76, no. 35. p. 44.