VIVIsectVI

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VIVIsectVI
Studio album by Skinny Puppy
Released	September 12, 1988
Recorded	Mid-1988
Genre	Industrial
Length	42:54 (original) 60:56 (re-issue)
Label	Nettwerk
Producer	Dave Ogilvie, cEvin Key
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Skinny Puppy chronology
Cleanse Fold and Manipulate (1987) VIVIsectVI (1988) Rabies (1989)

VIVIsectVI (pronounced "Vivisect Six") is a 1988 album by Skinny Puppy. The title of the album is a pun associating vivisection with satanism.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Dogshit" – 3:55
2. "VX Gas Attack" – 5:36
3. "Harsh Stone White" – 4:29
4. "Human Disease (S.K.U.M.M.)" – 6:18
5. "Who's Laughing Now?" – 5:28
6. "Testure" – 5:06
7. "State Aid" – 3:54
8. "Hospital Waste" – 4:37
9. "Fritter (Stella's Home)" – 3:31
10. "Yes He Ran" – 6:28
11. "Punk in Park Zoo's" – 2:30
12. "The Second Opinion" – 4:59
13. "Funguss" – 4:05

All songs by Ogre/Key/Goettel/Ogilvie. Tracks 10-13 appear on the CD release only.

[edit] Personnel

• Nivek Ogre (vocals)
• cEvin Key (production, engineering, various instruments)
• Dwayne Goettel (various instruments)
• Dave "Rave" Ogilvie (production, engineering, various instruments)

[edit] Notes

Cover artwork by Steven R. Gilmore.

Note in liner notes: "Play this music loud or not at all -- As always to the green guy -- To hell with any bullshit".

"Dogshit" was released as a single under the title "Censor".

This is the only Skinny Puppy album on which Dave Ogilvie (credited as "Rave") is given songwriting credit and listed as an official member of the band.

This is also the only Skinny Puppy album (until 2004's The Greater Wrong of the Right) to feature a photo of the band. Dave Ogilvie is not included in the photo.

A number of the samples from "Fritter (Stella's Home)" are taken from Roman Polanski's film The Tenant.

A number of the samples from "Testure" are taken from the animated feature film adaptation of "The Plague Dogs".

A number of the samples from "Who's Laughing Now?" are taken from the cult horror film "Evil Dead II".