Manic Frustration is the fifth album

Album

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 by the American

United States

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 doom metal

Doom metal

Doom metal is an extreme form of heavy metal music that typically uses slower tempos, low-tuned guitars and a much "thicker" or "heavier" sound than other metal genres...

 band Trouble

Trouble (band)

Trouble is an American doom metal band noted as one of the pioneers of their genre, alongside bands such as Candlemass and Saint Vitus. The band created a distinct style taking influences of the British heavy metal bands Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, and psychedelic rock of the 1970s...

, released in 1992. The album marked a change in style for Trouble, featuring a faster-paced, psychedelic sound (as opposed to the slower, doom metal style featured on their earlier albums). It was the band's last release on Def American.

The album is currently available as a digital download via Amazon.com

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Track listing

All songs by Trouble

Trouble (band)

Trouble is an American doom metal band noted as one of the pioneers of their genre, alongside bands such as Candlemass and Saint Vitus. The band created a distinct style taking influences of the British heavy metal bands Black Sabbath and Judas Priest, and psychedelic rock of the 1970s...

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1. "Come Touch the Sky" – 2:54
2. "'Scuse Me" – 3:25
3. "The Sleeper" – 3:14
4. "Fear" – 3:38
5. "Rain" – 4:17
6. "Tragedy Man" – 4:17
7. "Memory's Garden" – 4:24
8. "Manic Frustration" – 4:10
9. "Hello Strawberry Skies" – 3:04
10. "Mr. White" – 3:26
11. "Breathe..." – 6:30

Credits

• Eric Wagner
  Eric Wagner
  Eric Wagner is an American heavy metal singer who is best known for his work with doom metal band Trouble. He briefly left Trouble in the mid-nineties and formed Lid with guitarist Danny Cavanagh, resulting in 1997's In The Mushroom. Wagner returned to Trouble in 2002...
  
   - Vocals
• Bruce Franklin
  Bruce Franklin (guitarist)
  Bruce Franklin is a metal guitarist. He is the guitarist for the band Trouble. He is also in the band Supershine featuring King's X frontman Doug Pinnick and longtime Trouble drummer, Jeff Olson. Franklin appeared as a guest lead guitarist on Tourniquet's 2003 album Where Moth and Rust Destroy...
  
   - Guitars
• Rick Wartell - Guitars
• Ron Holzner - Bass
• Barry Stern - Drums

• Produced by Rick Rubin
  Rick Rubin
  Frederick Jay "Rick" Rubin is an American record producer and the co-president of Columbia Records. Along with Russell Simmons, Rubin was the co-founder of Def Jam Records and also established American Recordings...
  
   & Trouble
• Engineered by Chris Kupper & Brendan O'Brien
  Brendan O'Brien (music producer)
  Brendan O’Brien is a record producer, mixer, engineer, and musician.At age 14, O'Brien played guitar for the Atlanta-based cover band Pranks. In the late 1970s, he moved on to writing, performing and recording with the Samurai Catfish band...
  
  
• Mixed by Dave Sardy
  Dave Sardy
  David Sardy is a Brooklyn born-and-raised composer, musician, songwriter, and record producer- Biography :...
  
  
• Recorded at Indigo Ranch Studios, Malibu, CA; Studio II, Culver City, CA; and Hollywood Sound, L.A., CA
• Mixed at Hollywood Sound, L.A., CA
• Mastered by Howie Weinberg
  Howie Weinberg
  Howie Weinberg is a music mastering engineer who has worked with numerous bands.- Career :He has worked at Masterdisk, New York City, since 1977...
  
   at Masterdisk, NYC
• Keyboards by Rick Seratte
• Vocal guidance & inspiration by Ron Anderson & Gary Hoey
• Art direction: Kim Champagne
• Front cover concept: Trouble
• Front cover illustration: Jean-Francois Podevin
• Band photo: Neil Zlozower
• Individual photos: Chris Cuffaro