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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
Name = Wounded Land |
Type = studio |
Artist = [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]] |
Cover = Threshold - Wounded Land.jpg |
Released = 1993<br />2001 |
Recorded = 1992 |
Genre = [[Progressive metal]] |
Length = 57:30 |
Label = [[Giant Electric Pea]] <br /> [[InsideOut Music]] |
Producer = [[Karl Groom]] |
Reviews = * [[Allmusic]] {{Rating|2.5|5}} [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:dxfyxqyhldke link] |
Last album = ''Cult of The Immortal (demo tape)'' |
This album = '''''Wounded Land'''''<br />(1993) |
Next album = ''[[Psychedelicatessen]]''<br /> (1994)
{{Extra album cover 2
| Upper caption = Alternative cover
| Type = studio
| Cover =
| Lower caption = 2006 reissue.
}}
}}

'''''Wounded Land''''' is the debut [[album]] from [[United Kingdom|British]] [[progressive metal]] band [[Threshold (band)|Threshold]], released in 1993. It is the first of two non-consecutive albums to feature vocalist [[Damian Wilson]], who returned for 1997's ''[[Extinct Instinct]]'', and the only one to feature [[Tony Grinham]] on drums. It was rereleased as a Special Edition in 2001.

The songs deal with the issues of environmental destruction, drug abuse, the [[Gulf War]] and, in the bonus track "Intervention," the [[Bosnian War]].

== Track List ==
# "Consume To Live" – 8:13
# "Days Of Dearth" – 5:28
# "Sanity's End" – 10:23
# "[[Paradox (Threshold song)|Paradox]]" – 7:17
# "Surface To Air" – 10:16
# "Mother Earth" – 5:54
# "Siege Of Baghdad" – 7:44
# "Keep It With Mine" – 2:28
# "Intervention" – 6:38 *

''* Not on original pressing; this song originally appeared on a Dutch compilation released in 1992.

Additionally, the Special Edition release of the album contains demo recordings of "Paradox" and "Days of Dearth" from this album, and the early song "Conceal the Face," which appeared on the single for Paradox and eventually saw release in acoustic form on the fan club album, [[Wireless (album)|Wireless]]. Each of the demo recordings features singing from Jon Jeary, the band's original bassist and vocalist.

== Special Edition features ==
*Extended booklet with slipcase and liner notes
*Bonus track: Intervention (1992 version)
*Multimedia section including: introductory notes, demo versions (''Days of Dearth'', ''Paradox'', ''Conceal the Face'' - previously unreleased), screensaver, photo gallery, hidden track *

''* To find the hidden track in the multimedia, go to the exit screen and click on the © symbol at the foot of the screen.

== Musicians ==
*[[Damian Wilson]]: [[Singing|vocals]]
*[[Karl Groom]]: [[guitar]], [[bass pedals]]
*[[Nick Midson]]: guitar
*[[Jon Jeary]]: bass, acoustic guitar, backing vocals
*[[Richard West]]: [[Keyboard instrument|keyboards]]
*[[Tony Grinham]]: [[Drum kit|drums]]

{{Threshold}}

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