The Almighty "Crank (Japan, Chrysalis Records, TOCP-8363)"

Crank is the fourth studio album released by Scottish rock band the Almighty. Two singles, "Jonestown Mind" and "Wrench", were released from the album in multiple parts in the United Kingdom. Music videos were made for both singles. Crank peaked at #15 in the UK albums chart. The cover artwork, showing an angel throwing a Molotov cocktail at a planet (earth) made out of money was created by noted British artist and anarchist Jamie Reid, who also designed the famous ransom note cover for the Sex Pistols album, Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols.

The album was remastered and re-released only in Japan under the Victor Entertainment label including all the studio b-sides from singles released from the album.

Andy Cairns, frontman of the rock band Therapy?, contributed vocals to several tracks.

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Warwick except as indicated.

1. "Ultraviolent" – 3:25
2. "Wrench" – 4:13
3. "The Unreal Thing" – 4:02
4. "Jonestown Mind" (Warwick, Friesen) – 3:42
5. "Move Right In" (Friesen, Warwick) – 3:08
6. "Crank and Deceit" (Warwick, Friesen, Del James) – 2:32
7. "United State of Apathy" – 3:27
8. "Welcome to Defiance" (Warwick, Friesen) – 3:39
9. "Way Beyond Belief" (Friesen, Warwick, London, Munroe) – 5:00
10. "Crackdown" – 2:57
11. "Sorry for Nothing" (Warwick, Friesen) – 3:15
12. "Cheat" – 2:40
13. "Shitzophrenic" (London) -2:36

Japan bonus track

1. "Knocking on Joe" – 3:57

Lorraine Frances – assistant engineer, The Manor

Chris Sheldon – producer

Matt Sime – assistant mixer, The Church, Crouch End [summer 1994]

Phil Woods – assistant engineer, Ridge Farm Studio, Rusper (overdubs)

Mastered by Andy Van Dett at Masterdisk, New York