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Born in a Crash is a compilation EP by the Northern Irish rock band Therapy?. It was released in Europe on 25 August 1993 via A&M Records.

Born in a Crash
Compilation album by Therapy?
Released	25 August 1993
Recorded	March 1993 at Livingstone Studios, London; April–May 1993 live in New York City
Genre	Rock
Length	26:03
Label	A&M
Producer	Chris Sheldon
Therapy? chronology
Nurse (1992) Born in a Crash (1993) Hats Off to the Insane (1993)

Background

All tracks were previously released in the UK on different EP's. Tracks 1, 2, 3 and 4 were originally featured on the Face the Strange EP, and tracks 5, 6, 7 and 8 were featured on the Opal Mantra EP.[1]

The mini-album was released on CD only; some editions had colour sleeves while others had black and white sleeves.

All tracks were included on disc 3 of the Troublegum deluxe edition released by Universal Music on 31 March 2014.[2]

Track listing

All songs written by Therapy?

Personnel

Therapy?

• Andy Cairns – vocals, guitar
• Fyfe Ewing – vocals, drums
• Michael McKeegan – bass

Technical

• Chris Sheldon – producer (tracks 1–5)
• Chris Leckie – engineer (tracks 6–8)

Promo videos

• "Turn": directed by Julie Hermelin
• "Opal Mantra": directed by Benjamin Stokes

Trivia

• Track 6 recorded live at Columbia University, New York City on 16 April 1993.
• Tracks 7 & 8 recorded live at CBGB's, New York City on 25 May 1993.
• The sample in "Innocent X" ("What I'd really hate is to have a nail banged through the back of my neck") is taken from the 1968 film If.... and is spoken by actor Malcolm McDowell.
• The sample in "Nausea" ("Here I am motherfuckers!") is taken from the 1988 film Ghosts… of the Civil Dead and is spoken by Nick Cave.

References

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