Maximum Security (Alien Sex Fiend album)

Maximum Security is the third studio album by English gothic rock band Alien Sex Fiend, released in October 1985 by Anagram Records.

Maximum Security
Studio album by
ReleasedOctober 1985
Recorded1985
Genre
Length42:42
LabelAnagram
ProducerAlien Sex Fiend
Alien Sex Fiend chronology
Acid Bath
(1984)
Maximum Security
(1985)
"It" the Album
(1986)

Release

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Maximum Security peaked at No. 100 in the UK Albums Chart, and is to date their only charting album.[1]

The record was reissued in 1986 in CD format, retitled as The First Alien Sex Fiend Compact Disc and featuring four additional tracks including the single "E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon)". The entire album appeared on the B-side of the 1986 cassette "It" the Cassette.

Reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]

Trouser Press described the album as "bleak and predominantly slow" and that it "suffers from a somewhat monotonous sameness".[3]

Track listing

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Side A
No.TitleLength
1."I'm Doing Time in a Maximum Security Twilight Home"6:01
2."Mine's Full of Maggots"5:44
3."Do You Sleep?"4:03
4."In and Out of My Mind"4:45
Side B
No.TitleLength
1."Spies"4:45
2."Fly in the Ointment"3:45
3."Seconds to Nowhere"2:34
4."The Beaver Destroys Forests"1:28
5."Do You Sleep? (Version)"3:58
6."Depravity Lane (Think I'll Take a Trip...)"5:39
Total length:42:42
CD reissue bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
11."E.S.T. (Trip to the Moon) (7" Version)" 
12."Boneshaker Baby" 
13."Ignore the Machine (Electrode Mix)" 
14."Attack!!! (12" Version)" 

References

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  1. ^ "Official Charts Company". Official Charts. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  2. ^ "Maximum Security – Alien Sex Fiend | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards | AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
  3. ^ Fasolino, Greg; Robbins, Ira. "TrouserPress.com :: Alien Sex Fiend". Trouser Press. Retrieved 23 February 2015.
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