Is God in Showbusiness Too?

Is God in Showbusiness Too?
Studio album by The Watchmen
Released	1991 (1991)
Studio	Sounds Bueno Studios (San Diego, California)
Genre	Electro-industrial
Length	42:46
Label	Prescient Thought
Producer	Dave Mansfield
The Watchmen chronology
Is God in Showbusiness Too? (1991) Plague (1992)

Is God in Showbusiness Too? is the debut studio album of The Watchmen, released in 1991 by Prescient Thought.[1][2]

Reception

X Magazine gave Is God in Showbusiness Too? a mixed review and said "overall, these guys are really tight, more so than any unsigned band I've ever listened to. Bandleader Dave Creadeau has a good ear for blending the evil and the ethereal, and that comes out especially well on instrumental tracks such as "Brave New ; World," "Nine-Eleven" and the haunting sample-narrated "Black Rain"." The magazine noted that "the only things that make it sound like it's not a full-on pro-level industrial-dance album are a handful of rough-sounding synth patches and a couple of samples that are kind of clumsily used."[3][4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by The Watchmen

Side one

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Brave New World"	2:01
2.	"Mutual Assured Destruction"	4:54
3.	"Redemption"	3:13
4.	"Under the Steeple"	4:16
5.	"Black Rain"	3:16
6.	"Gangland"	4:21

Side two

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Fury"
2.	"Crash!"	4:16
3.	"Nine-Eleven"	1:32
4.	"Obsession"	3:05
5.	"Merciful Release"	4:26
6.	"The End..."	2:28

Personnel

Adapted from the Plague liner notes.[5]

The Watchmen

• Boom Fernandez (as Boom Christopher) – guitar
• Dave Mansfield (as Dave Creadeau) – programming, guitar, vocals, production, engineering, cover art, design

Additional performers

• David Secore (as !x! Blaze) – programming, vocals

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United States	1991	Prescient Thought	CS	PTP-02, WATC1
			DL

References

1. "Society Burning". Option (66–71). Sonic Options Network: 118. 1996. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
2. Mayo, James (November 13, 1997). "Burn, Baby, Burn". Westword. Scott Tobias. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
3. "The Watchmen: Is God in Showbusiness Too?". X Magazine (8). July 1991. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
4. "The Watchmen: Is God in Showbusiness Too?". Pascal. 1991. Archived from the original on December 8, 2007. Retrieved August 14, 2020.
5. Is God in Showbusiness Too? (booklet). The Watchmen. Los Alamos, New Mexico: Prescient Thought. 1991.

External links

• Is God in Showbusiness Too? at Discogs (list of releases)