Smear Campaign (album)

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Smear Campaign
Studio album by Napalm Death
Released	15 September 2006
Genre	Deathgrind
Length	45:09
Label	Century Media
Producer	Russ Russell
Professional reviews
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Napalm Death chronology
The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code (2005) Smear Campaign (2006)

Smear Campaign is the twelfth album by the band Napalm Death released in 2006. It was released as a regular CD and as a digipak edition, featuring two bonus tracks and a sticker of the cover artwork. Differently coloured version of the cover art exist.

Shortly before the release, Barney Greenway mentioned that the album features a guest appearance by Anneke van Giersbergen, ex-vocalist for the Dutch rock band The Gathering: "(She) has offered up a few parts to a track, which I've yet to hear. But before some people recoil in horror about Napalm going operatic rock or whatever, this was done for good effect and relevance to the track. It will work. It will rock. I'm sure. And we're grateful to Anneke (who is an awesome vocalist in her own right) in advance for giving it a stab."^{[citation needed]}

[edit] Track listing

1. "Weltschmerz" – 1:27
2. "Sink Fast, Let Go" – 3:22
3. "Fatalist" – 2:50
4. "Puritanical Punishment Beating" – 3:25
5. "When All Is Said and Done" – 3:00
6. "Freedom Is the Wage of Sin" – 3:08
7. "In Deference" – 3:13
8. "Short-Lived" – 3:05
9. "Identity Crisis" – 2:43
10. "Shattered Existence" – 3:10
11. "Eyes Right Out" – 3:13
12. "Warped Beyond Logic" – 1:59
13. "Rabid Wolves (For Christ)" – 1:23
14. "Deaf and Dumbstruck (Intelligent Design)" – 2:45
15. "Persona Non Grata" – 2:46
16. "Smear Campaign" – 2:47
17. "Call That an Option?" – 3:02 *
18. "Atheist Runt" – 6:43 *

* bonus tracks on the digipak edition

• Japanese edition has an extended version of "Weltschmerz" - 4:38

[edit] Credits

• Mark "Barney" Greenway – Vocals
• Shane Embury – Bass
• Mitch Harris – Guitar, Backing vocals
• Danny Herrera – Drums
• Anneke van Giersbergen – Guest vocals on "Weltschmerz" and "In Deference"

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