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Journey Through a Body

1982 album by Throbbing Gristle

Journey Through a Body

Studio album by

Throbbing Gristle

Released

April 1982

Recorded

March 1981

Genre

Industrial

Length

39:17

Label

Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien

Throbbing Gristle chronology

Greatest Hits
(1981)

Journey Through a Body
(1982)

Three Psychick Sacrifice
(1982)

Alternate cover

1993 UK reissue cover

Journey Through a Body is the fourth studio album by English industrial music group Throbbing Gristle, released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.

Background

Journey Through a Body was a piece of "radio art" commissioned by Italian national radio. The album was freely improvised and recorded in Rome in March 1981 at the RAI studios.^[1]

Release

Journey Through a Body was released in Germany in April 1982 through record label Walter Ulbricht Schallfolien.^[2] The album was reissued in the UK in 1993.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Sounds	^[3]

The Wire called Journey Through a Body the group's "scariest" album.^[4]

Track listing

Side A
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Medicine"	15:22
2.	"Catholic Sex"	8:10

Side B
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Exotic Functions"	4:18
2.	"Violencia (The Bullet)"	8:00
3.	"Oltre La Morte, Birth and Death"	3:27

References

^ Thompson, Dave (2002). Alternative Rock. San Francisco, CA: Miller Freeman. p. 687. ISBN 0-87930-607-6. LCCN 00-58249. OCLC 1193377576 – via the Internet Archive.
^ Journey Through a Body (Media notes). Throbbing Gristle. Germany: Walter Ulbricht Scahllfolien. April 1982. Retrieved 13 July 2013.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
^ Robertson, Sandy (3 July 1982). "Throbbing Gristle: Journey Through A Body". Sounds. p. 35.
^ Herrington, Tony, ed. (1999). "The Wire: Volumes 185–189". The Wire. C. Parker.