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Cracked Brain is the fourth full-length studio album by German thrash metal band Destruction, released in June 1, 1990. It is the band's only album to feature André Grieder of Poltergeist, replacing Schmier, who was fired after the initial sessions for the album. Also featured is a cover of The Knack song "My Sharona".

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Cracked Brain
Studio album by Destruction
Released	1 June 1990
Recorded	1989–1990
Studio	Union Studios, Munich Sky Track, Berlin
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	39:01
Label	Noise Records
Producer	Guy Bidmead and Destruction
Destruction chronology
Live Without Sense (1989) Cracked Brain (1990) Destruction EP (1994)

Recording and production

Recording for Cracked Brain first started in 1989 but came to a halt when Destruction fired their vocalist and bassist Schmier. Guitarist Mike Sifringer recalled, "We recorded the basic tracks – drums and riff-guitars – at Union-Studios in Munich, a very expensive place. But Schmier was not happy with the music anymore, so what to do? We had to stop the recording session and went back home, everybody was pissed. In hindsight I know we made a wrong decision, we didn't talk enough. We did not meet for years after the split."[1]

On the album's recording process, Sifringer said, "To save a bit of money we recorded bass and vocals in Berlin at Sky Track. A funny bloke named Gerdy, that's all I remember, was behind the desk there. Finally, the producer Guy Bidmead, Oli, Harry and I mixed the whole thing back in Munich."[1] Destruction began re-recording Cracked Brain shortly after hiring André Grieder of Poltergeist as Schmier's replacement. Drummer Oliver Kaiser recalled, "André had been a long-time friend of ours – and still is. We asked him if he would like to finish Cracked Brain with us because we liked his melodious approach to thrash, his style was a bit Testament-influenced you might say. We knew there would never be another Schmier so we thought it'd be better to go into a different direction with the vocals. André really did a great job on Cracked Brain." He added, "When André flew up to Berlin for the recording sessions, I had everything already laid out for him. I sang the songs to him and he nailed them just like that."[1]

Track listing

All songs by Sifringer, Wilkens and Kaiser, except track 5 written by Doug Fieger and Berton Averre

Personnel

Destruction

• André Grieder – vocals
• Harry Wilkens – lead guitar, bass
• Mike Sifringer – rhythm guitar, bass
• Oliver Kaiser – drums

Additional musician

• Christian Engler – additional bass

Production

• Andreas Marschall – cover art
• Guy Bidmead – production

References

На других языках

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- [en] Cracked Brain

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[es] Cracked Brain

Cracked Brain es el cuarto álbum de estudio de la banda alemana de Thrash Metal Destruction.[2] Es el único álbum de la discografía oficial de la banda en no presentar a Schmier en la voz. En su lugar aparece André Grieder.[3]

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[ru] Cracked Brain

Cracked Brain (с англ. — «Треснувший мозг») — четвёртый студийный альбом немецкой треш-метал-группы Destruction, выпущенный на Steamhammer в июне 1990 года. Это единственный альбом группы, в котором участвует Андре Гридер из Poltergeist, заменивший Марселя Ширмера, уволенного после первых сессий альбома. Также есть кавер на песню The Knack «My Sharona».

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