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- Manic Compression
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Quicksand
Released 1995

Delusional
03:57
4,015 plays

Backward
01:43
3,499 plays

Thorn In My Side
02:37
3,390 plays

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- 1
- Backward
- 01:43
- 3,499 plays

- 2
- Delusional
- 03:57
- 4,015 plays

- 3
- Divorce
- 01:44
- 2,544 plays

- 4
- Simpleton
- 02:35
- 2,535 plays

- 5
- Skinny (It's Overflowing)
- 02:27
- 2,608 plays

- 6
- Thorn In My Side
- 02:37
- 3,390 plays

- 7
- Landmine Spring
- 03:40
- 3,017 plays

- 8
- Blister
- 02:08
- 2,404 plays

- 9
- Brown Gargantuan
- 04:04
- 2,115 plays

- 10
- East 3rd St.
- 04:01
- 2,055 plays

- 11
- Supergenius
- 02:52
- 2,261 plays

- 12
- It Would Be Cooler If You Did
- 06:27
- 1,933 plays

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album review

Quicksand's heavy metal is distinguished not by the band's hooks but by its precision -- they grind their riffs into the ground, never alleviating their intensity. Manic Compression isn't as murky as Quicksand's major-label debut and it contains tighter, better-constructed songs, all of which makes the band's deliberate lack of melody excusable. Then again, the point isn't melody -- Quicksand is about sheer sound, in all of its distorted glory. If you like that sound, the album delivers the goods. ~ Stephen Thomas Erlewine, All Music Guide