Gravity Kills (album)

Gravity Kills is the debut studio album by American industrial rock band Gravity Kills. It was released in 1996 on TVT Records. The album sold roughly 500,000 copies.

Gravity Kills
Studio album by Gravity Kills
Released	US March 5, 1996[1] Europe March 12, 1996[2]
Recorded	1995–1996
Studio	Mr. Blood, St. Louis and Battery Studios, New York
Genre	Industrial rock
Length	39:13
Label	TVT
Producer	John Fryer, Gravity Kills
Gravity Kills chronology
Gravity Kills (1996) Manipulated (1997)
Singles from Gravity Kills
"Guilty" Released: February 13, 1996 "Enough" Released: 1996 "Blame" Released: 1996 "Down" Released: 1997

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
eMusic	[4]

The first song was titled "Take" on the promo version of the album. It was renamed "Forward" just before the album was released.^{[citation needed]}

The song "Blame" uses a sample from the song "Illusion", composed by the Japanese group Geinoh Yamashirogumi for the highly influential 1988 anime movie Akira.^{[citation needed]}

Album cover

The picture in the centre on the front cover is called "Picturing the Bomb". The image is owned by Rachel Fermi and Esther Samra.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Forward"	1:31
2.	"Guilty"	4:02
3.	"Blame"	4:35
4.	"Down"	4:10
5.	"Here"	4:21
6.	"Enough"	4:17
7.	"Inside"	2:53
8.	"Goodbye"	3:12
9.	"Never"	3:10
10.	"Last"	3:14
11.	"Hold"	3:53

All tracks are written by Gravity Kills.

"Picturing the Bomb" image or drawing of a destroyed industry or building

Videos

• "Guilty"
• "Enough" (Two versions)
• "Down" (w/ live footages) (Unreleased video)
• Blame (L.A. Remix version)

In other media

• "Guilty" was featured in Seven (stylized as Se7en), a 1995 thriller film by David Fincher.
• "Last" was featured in a Doug Ellin's 1998 romantic comedy film, Kissing a Fool.
• A remix version of "Blame" was featured in the Escape from L.A. soundtrack.
• A demo version of "Goodbye" was featured in the 1995 action and adventure film, Mortal Kombat.

Appearances in video games

Year	Song	Games
1996	"Blame"	Test Drive Off-Road
	"Guilty"
	"Enough"
2000	"Guilty"	Vampire: The Masquerade – Redemption

Personnel

Gravity Kills

• Jeff Scheel – lead vocals
• Matt Dudenhoeffer – guitars
• Doug Firley – keyboards
• Kurt Kerns – drums and bass

Production

• Produced by John Fryer and Gravity Kills
• Engineered by Tim Donovan
• Mixed by John Fryer
• Photography (Inner tray) by Rocky Morton
• Mastering by Howie Weinberg
• Written by Gravity Kills
• Design by Robin Glowski and Greg Knoll
• Artwork by Greg Knoll and Kurt Kerns

Charts

Album Chart (1996) Peak position US Heatseekers[5] 1 US The Billboard 200[6] 89

Singles Year Song Chart Peak position 1996 "Guilty" US Mainstream Rock[7] 39 US Billboard Hot 100[8] 86 US Modern Rock[9] 24 1997 UK Charts[10] 79 "Enough" 109