The Height of Callousness

The Height of Callousness is the second album by the American industrial metal band Spineshank. It was released on October 10, 2000, by Roadrunner Records. The title is taken from a phrase in A Clockwork Orange.

The Height of Callousness
Studio album by
Spineshank
ReleasedOctober 10, 2000
Recorded2000
StudioMushroom Studios; Vancouver, B.C.
Genre
Length37:10
LabelRoadrunner
Producer
  • GGGarth
  • Mike Sarkisyan
  • Tommy Decker
Spineshank chronology
Strictly Diesel
(1998)		 The Height of Callousness
(2000)		 Self-Destructive Pattern
(2003)
Singles from The Height of Callousness
  1. "Synthetic"
    Released: 2000
  2. "New Disease"
    Released: February 2001

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[2]
Blabbermouth.net8/10[3]

Allmusic gave the album 2.5 stars out of 5 but praised the band's energy, saying that "The Height of Callousness is a super-charged silver bullet of 11 aggressive tracks that will get your blood flowing as if you're engaged in a stock car race gone haywire." CMJ described the album as: "Machine-charged cybercore with computerized samples aligning the band with the likes of Fear Factory and Rammstein".[4] The album has sold over 150,000 units.

Track listing

All music is composed by Spineshank (Tommy Decker/Jonny Santos/Robert Garcia/Mike Sarkisyan).

No.TitleLyricsLength
1."Asthmatic"Decker3:30
2."The Height of Callousness"Decker3:02
3."Synthetic"Decker3:09
4."New Disease"Decker3:14
5."(Can't Be) Fixed"Decker3:12
6."Cyanide 2600"Decker, Santos, Garcia3:10
7."Play God"Santos, Garcia4:02
8."Malnutrition"Decker3:30
9."Seamless"Santos3:44
10."Negative Space"Santos2:39
11."Transparent"Santos3:53
Digipack bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsLength
12."Perfect Ending"Santos3:48
13."Full Circle"Santos3:26
14."The Height of Callousness" (Force Fed Integrity Mix) 3:20
15."Asthmatic" (Punctured Lung Mix) 4:29

Note: On the American version of the digipak release, track 15 was changed from "The Height of Callousness" (Fist Fuck Integrity mix) to "Asthmatic" (Punctured Lung mix).[5]

Personnel
Spineshank
  • Jonny Santos – vocals
  • Mike Sarkisyan – guitar, co-producer
  • Robert Garcia – bass, backing vocals
  • Tommy Decker – drums, electronics, co-producer
Production
  • GGGarth – Producer
  • Ted Jensen – Mastering
  • Andre "The German" Wahl – Engineering
  • Scott Ternan – Assistant engineer
  • Anthony "Fu" Valcic - programming
  • Frank Gryner – Mixing, Additional recording, Additional programming
  • Scott Humphrey – Mixing, Additional recording, Additional programming
  • Amir Derakh - song arrangement
  • Dan Burns – Assistant mixer
  • Ben "Hairy Toes" Kaplan – Digital editing
  • Alex "The Condor" Aligizakis – Assistant digital editor

Chart positions

Album
Year Chart Position
2000 Heatseekers 13
Billboard 200 183
Top Independent Albums 23
2001 UK Albums Chart 104

Single(s)
Year Single Chart Position
2001 "New Disease" Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks 33
UK Singles Chart 84

References
  1. "The 50 best nu metal albums of all time". April 2022.
  2. "The Height of Callousness - Spineshank". Allmusic.
  3. Krgin, Borivoj. "CD Reviews - The Height Of Callousness Spineshank". Blabbermouth.net. Retrieved July 8, 2021.
  4. 9/11/00, p.34
  5. The Height of Callousness liner notes (liner notes). Roadrunner Records. RR 8563-2. Retrieved December 23, 2022.
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