Through the Darkness (album)

Through The Darkness
Studio album by
D Generation
ReleasedFebruary 23, 1999
GenreRock, glam punk
LabelC2/Columbia
ProducerTony Visconti[1]
D Generation chronology
No Lunch
(1996) 		Through The Darkness
(1999) 		Nothing is Anywhere
(2016)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Christgau's Consumer Guide(choice cut)[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[4]
Hit ParaderB[5]
Los Angeles Times[6]
Rolling Stone[7]

Through The Darkness is the third album by New York City glam punk band D Generation, released on February 23, 1999.[8][9][10] It was their second released via Columbia Records, and their last release until 2016. It is the only D Generation album without founding member and guitarist Richard Bacchus, who was replaced by Todd Youth. The album was produced by T. Rex and David Bowie producer Tony Visconti. Drummer Michael Wildwood's writing credits on "Lonely" and "Cornered" are listed under his actual name of "Michael Reich."

D Generation broke up a month after its release; the band eventually regrouped to record a new album, Nothing Is Anywhere, which was released 17 years later, in 2016. "Helpless" was taken from the record as a single; the single appeared in the movie The Faculty.

Critical reception

CMJ New Music Report wrote that the album's "relentless power chords could light up all of Times Square."[11]

Track listing

  1. "Helpless" (Jesse Malin) - 3:33
  2. "Every Mother's Son" (Malin) - 2:46
  3. "Hatred" (Malin, Danny Sage) - 3:19
  4. "Rise & Fall" (Malin) - 2:53
  5. "Only a Ghost" (Malin) - 4:04
  6. "Lonely" (Malin, Sage, Howie Pyro, Michael Reich) - 4:09
  7. "Good Ship Down" (Malin, Sage) - 3:23
  8. "Sick on the Radio" (Malin, Sage) - 3:30
  9. "Chinatown" (Malin, Pyro) - 2:09
  10. "So Messed Up" (Malin) - 3:31
  11. "Sunday Secret Saints" (Malin, Todd Youth) - 3:03
  12. "Cornered" (Reich) - 3:25
  13. "Don't Be Denied (Neil Young) -16:27
  14. "Violent Love" (Malin; an unlisted track which begins at the 10:00 mark of Track 13)

Personnel

D Generation

References

  1. ^ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250083616 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Through the Darkness at AllMusic
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Through the Darkness Review".
  4. ^ Sinclair, Tom (February 19, 1999). "Through the Darkness Review". Entertainment Weekly.
  5. ^ Hit Parader Staff (August 1999). "Hit or Miss". Hit Parader. No. 419. Magma Publishing Group. p. 76 – via Internet Archive.
  6. ^ Nichols, Natalie (April 3, 1999). "D Generation, "Through the Darkness," Columbia". Los Angeles Times.
  7. ^ Ali, Lorraine (February 9, 1999). "D Generation: Through The Darkness : Music Reviews : Rolling Stone". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 26, 2008. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  8. ^ "D Generation".
  9. ^ "D Generation Break Up, Singer's Club Closes". MTV News. Archived from the original on June 29, 2020.
  10. ^ van Horn, Teri (February 18, 1999). "Rock, Rap Artists Offer Another Tuesday To Remember". MTV News. Archived from the original on March 26, 2024. Retrieved March 26, 2024.
  11. ^ Inc, CMJ Network (March 1, 1999). "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. – via Google Books. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)