Skinny Puppy - Bites

What would a Skinny Puppy fan be without this release? Totally lost. This release is exactly what the band was about during the 80's. Some tracks like "Church" and "Christianity" are nothing spectacular but they need to be there for some reason. All the great hits one here; Assimilate, Dead Lines, Icebreaker, Love, The Choke and Last Call.

The "hidden track" One Day sounds very much like a Tear Garden track and I wouldn’t doubt that it was seeing as how Tear Garden released their first album during the same time with them. No SP Fan is a SP Fan without BITES!

What would a Skinny Puppy fan be without this release? Totally lost. This release is exactly what the band was about during the 80's. Some tracks like "Church" and "Christianity" are nothing spectacular but they need to be there for some reason. All the great hits one here; Assimilate, Dead Lines, Icebreaker, Love, The Choke and Last Call.
No SP Fan is a SP Fan without BITES! I just wish I could get my hands on the LP now.

The cd version of this album is extremely dissapointing. I have the original LP, and the original 9 songs work perfectly together. I bought the CD for the bonus tracks, and not only are all of them worthless, but the order of all the tracks are rearranged, ruing the original "continuity" and feeling of the LP. I don't know whether this is Skinny Puppy's fault or their label's fault, but the original album only had 9 songs for a reason. The 17 track re-release is a waste of money and time spent sifting through the garbage "interlude" like tracks to find the original ones that you really want to hear.

This is by far my favorite Skinny Puppy album. I loved listening to this one during summers off from school. I agree with previous posters that Assimilate, Deadlines, The Choke and Last Call are the most focused songs on this release. Assimilate is arguably the best single they ever recorded but this record is not as straight forward as other puppy releases. It has loads of instrumentals that are musically beautiful with some that will leave you scratching your head. The tracklistings varied on the vinyl and cassette editions, both domestically and over seas. This CD version was released in 1993 and combines all of the tracks onto one disc with the outtakes included. Highly recommended for any fan of industrial, alternative or exotic music. 5/5

I have found Dead Lines, Assimilate, and Last Call to be the most powerful, driving tunes on this dated and strange album. It contains almost every element of music other than classical and pop. They utilize ambient structures, heavy metal guitars, rap-like verbiage, and a techno-ish foundation. The lyrics are so focused that they somewhat repeat themselves, but they do address all issues worth discussing. Live shows seem to be disturbing in that they are covered in "blood" and vomit constantly during the show. Who cares though? I've only been to less than 10 shows because they are so expensive and time consuming. I'd rather hear one song with 100% effort rather than 20 songs half-heartedly sung.

A record that is a HUGE influence on music today, and one the biggest musical influences on me growing up, probably as much as "Computer World," but in a different way.
Hard, evil electronic music? How could this be? With an sinister cover featuring skulls and corpses? And with vocals that sound like the devil? Were these guys serious? All I knew up to the point that I heard/saw this LP was electronic music like Depeche Mode, Kraftwerk, Cabaret Voltaire, and the like.
I still listen to this record, as well as Remission, regularly. Unfortunately, those 2 releases are head and shoulders above anything else Skinny Puppy put out later, although there were some good singles.