Napalm Death "Enemy Of The Music Business"

Enemy of the Music Business is the ninth studio album by the British band Napalm Death, released in 2000. This album, along with Words from the Exit Wound, are the only Napalm Death studio albums that were released only on CD until 2013. London-based Secret Records has re-issued the album on CD (with covers EP Leaders Not Followers included as bonus tracks) and 180g LP. This is the last release that has Jesse Pintado actually performing. Kerrang put it on the list of the best 50 albums of the 2000, at the position number 19.

Tracklist:

1. Taste the Poison 01:49  
2. Next on the List 03:36   
3. Constitutional Hell 02:37
4. Vermin 02:18   
5. Volume of Neglect 03:20   
6. Thanks for Nothing 02:45  
7. Can't Play, Won't Pay 03:25   
8. Blunt Against the Cutting Edge 03:03   
9. Cure for the Common Complaint 02:44   
10. Necessary Evil 02:56   
11. C.S. (Conservative Shithead) (Part 2) 02:18   
12. Mechanics of Deceit 03:21   
13. (The Public Gets) What the Public Doesn't Want 03:15   
14. Fracture in the Equation 03:47   

Time:    41:14

The title and influence for the corporate hatred lyrics on the album came from the frustrations and troubles that Napalm Death were having with Earache Records. This album saw the band return to a more extreme death metal sound instead of their experimental material witnessed on the last few albums.

There is a hidden track after "Fracture in the Equation" (01:13) (the track's total length is 11:08 with silence included), which includes a humorous spoken word segment in Serbian by Saša Janković, who also engineered the album.

Tracks number 7 and 13 are misspelled as "Cant Play Wont Pay" and "(The Public Get) What The Public Doesn't Want" in the back of the album. "Taste The Poison" is credited as "Take The Poison" in the booklet.

Recording information:

Recorded at Parkgate Studios, England 26 May - 8 June 2000 Mixed 13 - 19 June.

Produced for The House of Absurd.

Mastered at Soundmasters.

Simon Efemey – production

Russ Russell – production

Saša Janković – engineering

Kevin Metcalf – mastering

MID – cover artwork

Duncan Bullimore – design, additional artwork