Miss Machine [Import]

miss machine [import]

Editorial Reviews

Product Description
Japanese limited edition pressing of 2004 release includes a bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 2).

Miss Machine,Dillinger Escape Plan,3d,Heavy Metal,Rock
Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration
Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
  • A good value
  • The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann
  • Good mix of film music
  • A mixed collection of movie music
  • Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens
Varese Sarabande 25th Anniversary Celebration

Manufacturer: Varese Sarabande
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00008WI90
Release Date: 2003-04-22

Tracks:

  1. The Man from Snowy River (Bruce Rowland)
  2. The Winds of War (Bob Cobert)
  3. Blue Velvet (Angelo Badalamenti)
  4. Witness (Maurice Jarre)
  5. Raising Arizona (Carter Burwell)
  6. Pee Wees Big Adventure (Danny Elfman)
  7. Halloween (John Carpenter)
  8. A Nightmare On Elm Street (Charles Bernstein)
  9. The Fly (Howard Shore)
  10. RoboCop (Basil Poledouris)
  11. The Empire Strikes Back (John Williams)
  12. The Right Stuff (Bill Conti)
  13. The Final Conflict (Jerry Goldsmith)
  14. The Abyss (Alan Silvestri)
  15. Brainstorm (James Horner)
  16. Peggy Sue Got Married (John Barry)
  17. My Left Foot (Elmer Bernstein)
  18. The Dead (Alex North)
  19. Stanley & Iris (John Williams)
  20. The Milagro Beanfield War (Dave Grusin)
  21. Driving Miss Daisy (Hans Zimmer)

Tracks:

  1. Steel Magnolias (Georges Delerue)
  2. Unforgiven (Lennie Niehaus and Clint Eastwood)
  3. Raggedy Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
  4. The Grifters (Elmer Bernstein)
  5. Green Card (Hans Zimmer)
  6. City Slickers (Marc Shaiman)
  7. Father Of The Bride (Alan Silvestri)
  8. While You Were Sleeping (Randy Edelman)
  9. Babe (Nigel Westlake)
  10. The Adventures Of The Great Mouse Detective (Henry Mancini)
  11. The Adventures of Robin Hood (Erich Wolfgang Korngold)
  12. The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (Laurence Rosenthal)
  13. The Secret Garden (Zbigniew Preisner)
  14. A Little Princess (Patrick Doyle)
  15. Rudy (Jerry Goldsmith)
  16. Iron Will (Joel McNeely)
  17. Memphis Belle (George Fenton)
  18. Eye Of The Needle (Mikl)
  19. Total Recall (Jerry Goldsmith)
  20. Back To The Future Part III (Alan Silvestri)

Tracks:

  1. To Die For (Danny Elfman)
  2. The Player (Thomas Newman)
  3. Black Robe (Georges Delerue)
  4. Medicine Man (Jerry Goldsmith)
  5. 2001 (Alex North)
  6. Star Wars: Shadows Of The Empire (Joel McNeely)
  7. The Crow (Graeme Revell)
  8. Blade (Mark Isham)
  9. The Omen (Jerry Goldsmith)
  10. Vertigo (Bernard Herrmann)
  11. Scream (Marco Beltrami)
  12. The Sixth Sense (James Newton Howard)
  13. Xena: Warrior Princess (Joseph LoDuca)
  14. Air Force One (Jerry Goldsmith)
  15. Starship Troopers (Basil Poledouris)
  16. The Matrix (Don Davis)
  17. The Iron Giant (Michael Kamen)
  18. Youve Got Mail (George Fenton)
  19. A Little Romance (Georges Delerue)
  20. Pleasantville (Randy Newman)

Tracks:

  1. Sunset Boulevard (Franz Waxman)
  2. L.A. Confidential (Jerry Goldsmith)
  3. Rounders (Christopher Young)
  4. The Score (Howard Shore)
  5. The Replacements (John Debney)
  6. Gone In 60 Seconds (Trevor Rabin)
  7. The Bourne Identity (John Powell)
  8. Rush Hour 2 (Lalo Schifrin)
  9. XXX (Randy Edelman)
  10. Die Hard (Michael Kamen)
  11. The Last of the Mohicans (Trevor Jones)
  12. Moby Dick (Christopher Gordon)
  13. The Mists Of Avalon (Lee Holdridge)
  14. Cleopatra (Alex North)
  15. Life As A House (Mark Isham)
  16. Emma (Rachel Portman)
  17. In The Bedroom (Thomas Newman)
  18. Cast Away (Alan Silvestri)
  19. One True Thing (Cliff Eidelman)
  20. Unfaithful (Jan A.P. Kaczmarek)
  21. Far From Heaven (Elmer Bernstein)
  22. Ice Age (David Newman)
  23. Shrek (Harry Gregson-Williams and John Powell)

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars A good value.......2007-05-17

I wasn't expecting to have 4 discs for this price, and the music is a quality selection of film music, giving a good scope of the genre, and a very listenable transfer.

4 out of 5 stars The Sound Track Since Bernard Hermann.......2006-07-25

This collection is bound to capture your heart and evoke a tin ear on successive tracks. I found much to like and some duds - easy to skip over.
Very good value.

4 out of 5 stars Good mix of film music.......2006-07-02

Good mix of films!
I'm a big fan of this soundtrack music and will be looking for more CD's like this.

4 out of 5 stars A mixed collection of movie music.......2006-02-23

For the price, this CD is a great bargain. The musical selections, as you might expect, are mixed in quality ranging from extraordinary to so so, the balance being worthwhile and interesting. Sonically the CD is excellent.

5 out of 5 stars Uplifts your soul, takes your mind into the heavens.......2006-01-06

I have been listening to great scores for many years and this collection is truly inspirational in so far as the choice of different scores takes you on a journey of listening pleasure matched by only a few collections.The price is incredibly reasonable for hours of listening pleasure. Don't pass this one up
Miss Machine
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • eeh....
  • Music of the future
  • Dillinger Goes Industrial
  • An Alabama kragdangle to the sloppybone
  • These guys have changed.
Miss Machine
Dillinger Escape Plan
Manufacturer: Relapse
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B00029J24O
Release Date: 2004-07-20

Tracks:

  1. Panasonic Youth
  2. Sunshine The Werewolf
  3. Sunshine The Werewolf
  4. Sunshine The Werewolf
  5. Sunshine The Werewolf
  6. Sunshine The Werewolf
  7. Sunshine The Werewolf
  8. Sunshine The Werewolf
  9. Sunshine The Werewolf
  10. Sunshine The Werewolf
  11. Sunshine The Werewolf
  12. Sunshine The Werewolf
  13. Sunshine The Werewolf
  14. Sunshine The Werewolf
  15. Sunshine The Werewolf
  16. Sunshine The Werewolf
  17. Highway Robbery
  18. Highway Robbery
  19. Highway Robbery
  20. Highway Robbery
  21. Highway Robbery
  22. Highway Robbery
  23. Highway Robbery
  24. Highway Robbery
  25. Highway Robbery
  26. Highway Robbery
  27. Highway Robbery
  28. Highway Robbery
  29. Highway Robbery
  30. Highway Robbery
  31. Highway Robbery
  32. Highway Robbery
  33. Van Damsel
  34. Van Damsel
  35. Van Damsel
  36. Van Damsel
  37. Van Damsel
  38. Van Damsel
  39. Van Damsel
  40. Van Damsel
  41. Van Damsel
  42. Van Damsel
  43. Van Damsel
  44. Van Damsel
  45. Phone Home
  46. Phone Home
  47. Phone Home
  48. Phone Home
  49. Phone Home
  50. Phone Home
  51. Phone Home
  52. Phone Home
  53. Phone Home
  54. Phone Home
  55. Phone Home
  56. Phone Home
  57. Phone Home
  58. Phone Home
  59. Phone Home
  60. Phone Home
  61. We Are The Storm
  62. We Are The Storm
  63. We Are The Storm
  64. We Are The Storm
  65. We Are The Storm
  66. We Are The Storm
  67. We Are The Storm
  68. We Are The Storm
  69. We Are The Storm
  70. We Are The Storm
  71. We Are The Storm
  72. We Are The Storm
  73. Crutch Field Tongs
  74. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  75. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  76. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  77. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  78. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  79. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  80. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  81. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  82. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  83. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  84. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  85. Baby's First Coffin
  86. Unretrofied
  87. Unretrofied
  88. Unretrofied
  89. Unretrofied
  90. Unretrofied
  91. The Perfect Design
  92. The Perfect Design
  93. The Perfect Design
  94. The Perfect Design
  95. The Perfect Design
  96. The Perfect Design
  97. The Perfect Design
  98. The Perfect Design
  99. The Perfect Design

Customer Reviews:

2 out of 5 stars eeh...........2007-06-26

subpar performance from a once-great, cutting edge band. Calculating Infinity and Under the Running board are leaps and bounds above this mediocre album. I don't blame them for switching up their style and trying something different, but if you're looking for the DEP you're used to...this ain't it.

5 out of 5 stars Music of the future.......2007-03-15

I had never heard of The Dillinger Escape Plan before I got this album but I had read some very good reviews about them and I also learned they had collaborated on their previous EP with Mike Patton. So I picked this album not knowing what to expect. My first impression : this album is amazing! This is one of the most complex albums I have ever heard and gives a new meaning to the term Mathcore. While not necessarily hardcore music, The Dillinger have it all in their music. The Faith No More influences are there, especially in the vocals section but worry not, The Dillinger Escape Plan are very original to go off ripping other bands. The album is pretty short in length but each of the songs is so full of ideas that every one of them seems so complete. Give this album a try, since words cannot describe the perfection that lies in it. The Dillinger Escape Plan are leading music to the future!

4 out of 5 stars Dillinger Goes Industrial.......2006-07-21

A much different Dillinger Escape Plan than they showed us before. It is a great CD they toned down the more crazy stuff a little for a much more commercial sound. Don't worry, there are still polyrhythms and various boggling time changes throughout the entire CD. If you haven't heard it yet, pick it up and give it a chance. At first listen I thought it was a bit too commercial for my tastes, but after a few more listens and seeing them perform live just recently. I decided that the boys are still running strong and doing their own thing. Though it may seem kind of like, Dillinger met up with Nine Inch Nails and My Chemical Romance.

4 out of 5 stars An Alabama kragdangle to the sloppybone.......2006-03-15

Okay, any jackass who calls this music "screamo" obviously knows nothing about hardcore music or emo, for that matter.
From the other reviews of some of the DEP haters, these guys "scream incoherently" and noodle around on their guitars.
If you like cheeseball nu-metal (just look at Pantera dude down there) then you're not going to like this album.
If anything, the music's just as technical.
Just because this time around they don't play ridiculously fast polyrhythms like a grindcore song on repeat doesn't mean their new stuff isn't technical.
Honestly, they've gotten stronger as a band.
The only problems I have are a few of the songs, like "Phone Home," "Setting Fire" and "Unretrofied."
Honestly, though, this CD is almost more an excuse to tour (at least in my mind) than it is a Converge-style masterpiece.
They have yet to learn how to make cohesive CDs (like the aforementioned Converge) but they know how to get their current formula down on disc and make it sound goooood.
If you still don't like them, just go see them live; Ben will skewer you on the end of his ESP while Greg shouts in your ear, wiping out the scenesters with a cymbal stand after his legendary firebreathing schtick.
Then they'll murder you, and you'll say, "okay, NOW I get it."

4 out of 5 stars These guys have changed........2005-12-09

Besides the obvious comparisons to former vocalists Mike Patton and Dmitri Minakakis, new DEP vocalist Greg Puciato has created a credible outing here with the (revamped?) Dillinger. I have to wonder about this a little-- the music has been simplified a great deal. This is not Calculating Infinity. But it is rather fascinating all the same, and I recommend it highly. I'm interested in seeing what these guys will do for a follow-up.
Miss Machine
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Some Of The Best stuff ive ever heard
  • Thinking Man's Hardcore (if there is such a thing) 4.5 stars
  • Innovative songwriting unleashed with an avalanche of boulders
  • Awesome
  • Oww, my brains!
Miss Machine
Dillinger Escape Plan
Manufacturer: Relapse
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

GeneralGeneral | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
PunkPunk | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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Experimental RockExperimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
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ASIN: B00029J24Y
Release Date: 2004-07-20

Tracks:

  1. Panasonic Youth
  2. Sunshine the Werewolf
  3. Highway Robbery
  4. Van Damsel
  5. Phone Home
  6. We Are The Storm
  7. Crutch Field Tongs
  8. Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants
  9. Baby's First Coffin
  10. Unretrofied
  11. The Perfect Design

Album Description

"The sound of the future now." - KERRANG! "Raging, intricate, screaming prog-metal" - SPIN

THE DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN unveil Miss Machine, the much-anticipated follow up to their groundbreaking Calculating Infinity album. Merging unparalleled musical bravery, prodigious musicianship, flawless execution and an angular landscape of forward thinking ideas, DILLINGER reinvent the rock 'n roll idiom while pleasing their harshest critics: themselves. Miss Machine's modernist clang proves once and for all why the DILLINGER ESCAPE PLAN is a paradigm to be followed, a yardstick by which other bands are measured. If you can suspend your musical belief, you may never return.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars Some Of The Best stuff ive ever heard.......2007-01-12

Im going to say this flat out. I think this album is better than Calculating. It has songs that are brutal and fast like calculating, but it also has interisting groove tunes that are interesting. The vocals on this album are also more dynamic and better. This album is techinical as hell, and the drums are amazing.So pretty much it takes everything from Calculating and expands upon it and makes it better. a must buy.

4 out of 5 stars Thinking Man's Hardcore (if there is such a thing) 4.5 stars.......2006-12-03

Anyone who has heard DEP's music know that they are unrelenting, brutal, and downright friggin scary at times. With this album, they literally rewrite the entire hardcore music scene. Intense screaming from new singer Greg Paciuto, (who I must say actually sounds better than their old one), interspersed with Mike Pattonish moments of melody, chaotic, complicated and extremely technical guitar that goes from odd chords played at extreme speeds to soft, jazzy breakdowns, great basswork, and drumming that would make any Killswitch Engage or As I Lay Dying fan pee in their pants. Each song, save Crutch Field Tongs (a filler song for which this album only gets 4.5 stars), is almost an album within itself, as they take all kinds of sharp turns, leaving the listener with nothing to latch onto for too long of a time. If one can enter Miss Machine with an open mind, they may be rewarded with all of its delicate intricacies-which the band offers in spades. If they decide that DEP is a little too much for them then that it is understandable. This is certainly not mainstream, and unlike many new albums out there, it is not in the least bit, predictable.

5 out of 5 stars Innovative songwriting unleashed with an avalanche of boulders.......2006-09-30

After hearing much buzz surrounding this band, I decided to check them out. Being a fan of Mike Patton, I was dismayed to find this is not an album he sang on, and that his stint with the band was more of a side project for both instead of a long tenured journey. I'm open-minded when it comes to music and decided to throw this thing in anyways.

Good grief, I have not heard anything this intense since Pantera, and nothing this eccentric since I can't remember when! DEP is often dubbed "mathcore" which means its metal that is executed with a higher degree of musicianship than usual. I can hear it now, as despite intensive growlers and smashing chaos, the band is able to mix in quirky beats, melodic guitars, and well-written songs. Think of it maybe as a Da Vinci painting coming at you in thousands of shards 100mph. Good enough visual?

"Panasonic Youth" starts off the album and has some crushing drums and guitars as well as an extremely angry sounding vocalist in Greg Puciato. Puciato's yell is to me reminiscent of Pantera, which is not a bad thing as I am not much of a fan of the actual black metal/doom metal growl. The key here is he is able to alter his vocals to various ranges throughout the songs and do it quickly (again, 100mph). This opening track has some great layers in guitars and percussion without falling back to far from the front of the madness that is punching you in the gut with a smile over and over again. Track two is "Sunshine the werewolf" and mixes things up a bit by having some slow, melodic guitar before breaking into a chanting, rolling rhythm that has some deep bass on it and is very atmospheric in overall sound. Perhaps the band felt they need to add that "extra" oddity in there with track "Crutch Field Tongs", which is nothing more than some static noise with a pulsating beat in the background. Less than a minute long, I found it not necessary, but since it's in the middle of the album's track listing, perhaps it's simply a good break before busting into the second half of this party.

"Setting Fire to Sleeping Giants" is also another notable track. The overall tempo and mood are fast, fun and furious. Despite this, the song still has many parts where things slow down to reveal many jazz/fusion parts that are an added treat.

Overall I am extremely impressed with this record, and look forward to listening to more of their discography in the future. Despite the genres this band may be thrown into, they are artistic, intelligent and innovative. What's wrong with mixing some metal with math? I find that the sound here is something often performed by bands with a darker, more depressing message and vision. With Miss Machine, the power is there and the overall mood and message are much more enjoyable. Eleven tracks in all; Miss Machine was released in 2004.

5 out of 5 stars Awesome.......2006-09-13

If you have any appreciation at all for musical technicality, you will at least appreciate this album, if not love it completely. While the genre is notoriously hard to pin down, and its probably not worth worrying about, elements of hardcore, metal, grind, industrial, alt-rock, latin, and jazz can be identified at one point or another. In general this album isnt as frantic and insane as "Calculating Infinity", and Gregs voice is a throatier roar than Dmitri's anguished screams. That being said, if you liked "Calculating Infinity" you will not be dissapointed by songs like "Panasonic Youth", "Van Damsel", and "The perfect design". All of which churn out DEP's patented furiously jarring riffs at 100 mph. On the other side you have tracks like "Phone Home", a seethingly spiteful NIN-esque industrial/metal track thats slow pace belies a horrifyingly heavy bridge at the end. Perhaps the most out of place (but still enjoyable) songs on the album are "Setting fire to sleeping giants" which sounds halfway between Ricky Martin and the furious mathcore DEP is normally known for, and "Unretrofied" which contains melodies and harmonies not unfamilier to listeners of "Top 40" radio stations. The take home message here is that the Dillinger Escape Plan has branched out, and like it or not, this is the face of hard music to come.

4 out of 5 stars Oww, my brains!.......2006-07-19

"Miss Machine" was a landmark, important release for Dillinger Escape Plan. A series of band-shaking events followed the release of 1999's "Calculating Infinity," including (original vocalist) Dimitri Minakakis' departure, and a car wreck that left bassist Adam Doll paralyzed. DEP also recorded an EP ("Irony Is A Dead Scene") in 2002 with singer Mike Patton, and finally found a new singer in Greg Puciato. Finally, a long five years after their last full length, Dillinger managed to gather their pieces and release this disc in 2004.

"Miss Machine" is doubtlessly the band's most mainstream release to date, because they probably drew influences from their work with Mike Patton. In fact, even though they didn't get much radio play, three of these songs ("Panasonic Youth", "Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants", and "Unretrofied") were released as singles (take a minute to pick your jaw up off the floor)!

But this album is still, as a unit, very heavy. It's so bludgeoning, that most people (especially those who are unaffiliated with this type of music) will probably find it impossible to listen to in its entirety. And, of course, the insane, mind-jumbling tempo changes, and polyrhythms still remain in effect. Listening to this C.D. is like driving a corvette on a crowded street with a cement block tied around your foot (motion sickness and whiplash are almost inevitable). Plus, Puciato does a nice job filling in for Minakakis' shoes, because the vocals usually still evoke tortured, sickening, psychopathic freak-outs.

"Panasonic Youth" is a somewhat prototypical song by this band. It serves as a rather startling door-opener to the album, because it begins with a bobbing beat, pounding power chords, and very high-pitched screams. Songs like this one (and track eleven, "The Perfect Design") should make longtime fans think that this album is business as usual for the members of Dillinger Escape Plan.

But, the more "Miss Machine" plays, the more it seems that those two songs were throw-off tracks, because there is almost as much melody in these songs as heaviness. None of this album is beautiful or even really pretty, but it can be quite harmonic and even tuneful. "Sunshine The Werewolf" starts out with barbed guitar riffs, a fast, heavy double bass drum, and one of DEP's world renowned surging tempos, but it eventually segues into a melodic breakdown. Track six, "We Are The Storm", follows in that same vein, because it begins as a brutal song (with a pounding rhythm and immense, lung-stretching screams), but it, too, becomes very melodic when a long, melodic interlude kicks in.

"Phone Home", which is a very slow song (especially when compared to the other material on here), is another notable track, because it almost falls into the "industrial-techno music" category, and features a vocal style which is very reminiscent of Nine Inch Nails' Trent Reznor. The record's pinnacle, and most daring song, however, is definitely "Unretrofied." This song, the tenth track and third single, should be darn near (or maybe completely) unlistenable to a vast majority of the Dillinger faithful. And one should not blame them for hating this song, because it is, after all, the closest thing they've ever come to making a ballad. It's a completely melodic song with honest-to-goodness keyboards, guitar harmonies, huge choruses, and limpid, even semi-sweet singing! As another reviewer said, if you can handle this song on a Dillinger Escape Plan record, you can handle anything!

Many people understandably shouted "sell-out!" after this album was released. And whether DEP actually sold-out is completely in the eye of the beholder. Other fans think that the changed sound was solely due to the addition of the new singer (who had previously sung in an industrial band). But, whether they were after radio play and record sales or not, "Miss Machine" is still their best, most creative, expansive, diverse, and definitely most adventurous and daring album to date. It may take some longtime fans to accept this album (and new singer Greg Puciato), but Greg is the future of this band. And, regardless of who they have behind the mic, this boundary-pushing album shows that they are clearly moving on to bigger and better things.
Miss Machine
Average customer rating: 4 out of 5 stars
  • Information regarding the Japanese Release of Miss Machine
Miss Machine
Dillinger Escape Plan
Manufacturer: 3d
ProductGroup: Music
Binding: Audio CD

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ASIN: B0002FQMX2
Release Date: 2004-07-21

Tracks:

  1. Panasonic Youth
  2. Sunshine The Werewolf
  3. Highway Robbery
  4. Van Damsel
  5. Phone Home
  6. We Are The Storm
  7. Crutch Field Tongs
  8. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
  9. Baby's First Coffin
  10. Unretrofied
  11. Perfect Design
  12. My Michelle (Bonus Track)
  13. Damaged & 2 (Bonus Track)

Album Description

Details TBA. Ritual. 2004.

Album Details

Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks

Customer Reviews:

4 out of 5 stars Information regarding the Japanese Release of Miss Machine.......2005-01-07

The primary purpose of this text is to inform the reader of the two bonus tracks rather than a substantive review of the album. At the time of this writing, Amazon does not specify the two bonus tracks. Both of the bonus tracks on this Japanese release are cover songs. The first bonus track is a cover of Guns & Roses, "My Michelle" while the second bonus track, entitled, "Damaged1&2" is taken from Black Flag. The CD arrives sealed and enveloped by a slipcase.

In general, this album is infectious. Miss Machine treats the listener to challenging angular music that is flawlessly executed in a post-hardcore/grindcore vein. DEP is often labeled as Math Rock since the band employs odd time signatures, polyrhythms, varying tempos and dynamics in their songs. However, DEP should not be reduced to mere labels. The album was met with critical success and has garnered several accolades. For more detailed information, please read the reviews as submitted by others.
Miss Machine
Average customer rating: Not rated
    Miss Machine
    Dillinger Escape Plan
    Manufacturer: 3d
    ProductGroup: Music
    Binding: Audio CD

    GeneralGeneral | Rock | Styles | Music
    GeneralGeneral | Hard Rock & Metal | Styles | Music
    Experimental RockExperimental Rock | Rock | Alternative Styles | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
    Post HardcorePost Hardcore | Hardcore & Punk | Alternative Rock | Styles | Music
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    ASIN: B0002FQMXC
    Release Date: 2004-07-21

    Tracks:

    1. Panasonic Youth
    2. Sunshine The Werewolf
    3. Highway Robbery
    4. Van Damsel
    5. Phone Home
    6. We Are The Storm
    7. Crutch Field Tongs
    8. Setting Fire To Sleeping Giants
    9. Baby's First Coffin
    10. Unretrotied
    11. Perfect Design
    12. My Michelle
    13. Damaged 1 & 2

    Album Description

    Japanese limited edition pressing of 2004 release includes a bonus DVD (NTSC/Region 2).

    Album Details

    Japanese Release featuring Two Bonus Tracks and a Bonus Dvd (Ntsc/Rc-2).

    Rock Music:

    1. Mutilate, Torture And Kill
    2. My Own Best Enemy [Import]
    3. Nothin' But Right
    4. Ocean Avenue [Import]
    5. Original 80's V.2 [Import]
    6. Original Doo Wop [Import]
    7. Original Love Album [Import]
    8. Princesse Rose
    9. Process of Illumination [Import]
    10. Prog Rock Ultimate Collection [Import]

    Rock Music

    Rock Music