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{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
{{Infobox album
| Name = The Church Within
| Type = studio
| name = The Church Within
| Artist = [[The Obsessed]]
| type = studio
| Cover = Obsessedchurch.jpg
| artist = [[The Obsessed]]
| Released = 1994
| cover = Obsessedchurch.jpg
| Recorded =
| alt =
| Genre = [[Doom metal]]
| released = 1994
| Length = 48:25
| recorded =
| studio = [[Alpha & Omega Recording]], San Rafael and SPL Studios, Van Nuys, California
⚫
| Label = [[Hellhound Records]]<br/>[[Columbia Records]]
| genre = [[Doom metal]], [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]], [[stoner metal]]
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| Producer = M.C. Snoob and The Obsessed
| length = 48:25
| Reviews = *[[All Music]] {{Rating|4|5}} [{{Allmusic|class=album|id=r198531|pure_url=yes}} link]
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| label = [[Hellhound Records|Hellhound]], [[Columbia Records|Columbia]]
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| Last album = ''[[Lunar Womb]]''<br/>1991
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| producer = M.C. Snoob and The Obsessed
| This album = '''''The Church Within'''''<br/>1994
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| prev_title = [[Lunar Womb]]
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| Next album = ''[[Incarnate (album)|Incarnate]]''<br/>1999
| Misc =
| prev_year = 1991
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| next_title = [[Incarnate (The Obsessed album)|Incarnate]]
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-church-within-mw0000109837 |title=The Obsessed - The Church Within review |last=Kantor |first=Matt |publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=July 10, 2021 }}</ref>
| rev2 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 8/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last = Popoff | first = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = August 1, 2007 | location = Burlington, Ontario, Canada | page=324|isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
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'''''The Church Within''''' is the final album by [[The Obsessed]]. It was released in 1994 by [[Columbia Records]] and [[Hellhound Records]]. The back reads "No Love Stronger/No Pain Greater/No Hate Deeper/The Church Within." Columbia released two singles to support this album, "Streetside"/"Blind Lightning" and "To Protect and to Serve"/"Mental Kingdom."
'''''The Church Within''''' is the third studio album by American metal band [[The Obsessed]]. It was released in 1994 by [[Columbia Records]] and [[Hellhound Records]], and was their final album before their 16-year breakup from 1995 to 2011. [[Columbia Records]] released two promo singles to support the album, "Streetside"/"Blind Lightning" and "To Protect and to Serve"/"Mental Kingdom".

The album was reissued on CD and 2LP in 2013 on Real Gone Music with unseen photos, [[liner notes]], and two bonus tracks from the same sessions in 1994.


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
All lyrics written by [[Scott Weinrich|Scott "Wino" Weinrich]], all music by the Obsessed
# "To Protect and to Serve" - 3:05
# "Field of Hours" - 5:38
# "To Protect and to Serve" – 3:05
# "Streamlined" - 2:09
# "Field of Hours" – 5:38
# "Blind Lightning" - 3:39
# "Streamlined" – 2:09
# "Neatz Brigade" - 6:49
# "Blind Lightning" – 3:39
# "A World Apart" - 1:32
# "Neatz Brigade" – 6:49
# "Skybone" - 3:50
# "A World Apart" – 1:32
# "Streetside" - 3:25
# "Skybone" – 3:50
# "Climate of Despair" - 3:04
# "Streetside" – 3:25
# "Mourning" - 4:05
# "Climate of Despair" – 3:04
# "Touch of Everything" - 4:37
# "Mourning" – 4:05
# "Decimation" - 4:08
# "Touch of Everything" – 4:37
# "Living Rain" - 2:24
# "Decimation" – 4:08
# "Living Rain" – 2:24
# "Mental Kingdom" – 2:54 (1994 version, bonus track on 2013 edition)
# "Melancholy Grey" – 3:03 (1994 version, bonus track on 2013 edition)


==Personnel==
==Personnel==
*[[Scott Weinrich|Scott "Wino" Weinrich]] - [[singer|vocals]] and [[electric guitar|guitar]]
*[[Scott Weinrich|Scott "Wino" Weinrich]] – vocals and guitar
*Guy Pinhas - [[bass guitar|bass]]
*Guy Pinhas – bass
*Greg Rogers - [[drum]]s
*Greg Rogers – drums

;Production
*Mathias Schneeberger (M.C. Snoob) – producer, engineer
*Curt Kroeger, Gregg Schnitzer, Pat Lydon, Terry Weeks – assistant engineers
*Joshua Sarubin – executive producer

==References==
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{{The Obsessed}}

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Latest revision as of 10:34, 12 February 2024

The Church Within
Studio album by
The Obsessed
Released1994
StudioAlpha & Omega Recording, San Rafael and SPL Studios, Van Nuys, California
GenreDoom metal, heavy metal, stoner metal
Length48:25
LabelHellhound, Columbia
ProducerM.C. Snoob and The Obsessed
The Obsessed chronology
Lunar Womb
(1991) 		The Church Within
(1994) 		Incarnate
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

The Church Within is the third studio album by American metal band The Obsessed. It was released in 1994 by Columbia Records and Hellhound Records, and was their final album before their 16-year breakup from 1995 to 2011. Columbia Records released two promo singles to support the album, "Streetside"/"Blind Lightning" and "To Protect and to Serve"/"Mental Kingdom".

The album was reissued on CD and 2LP in 2013 on Real Gone Music with unseen photos, liner notes, and two bonus tracks from the same sessions in 1994.

Track listing

[edit]

All lyrics written by Scott "Wino" Weinrich, all music by the Obsessed

  1. "To Protect and to Serve" – 3:05
  2. "Field of Hours" – 5:38
  3. "Streamlined" – 2:09
  4. "Blind Lightning" – 3:39
  5. "Neatz Brigade" – 6:49
  6. "A World Apart" – 1:32
  7. "Skybone" – 3:50
  8. "Streetside" – 3:25
  9. "Climate of Despair" – 3:04
  10. "Mourning" – 4:05
  11. "Touch of Everything" – 4:37
  12. "Decimation" – 4:08
  13. "Living Rain" – 2:24
  14. "Mental Kingdom" – 2:54 (1994 version, bonus track on 2013 edition)
  15. "Melancholy Grey" – 3:03 (1994 version, bonus track on 2013 edition)

Personnel

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Production
  • Mathias Schneeberger (M.C. Snoob) – producer, engineer
  • Curt Kroeger, Gregg Schnitzer, Pat Lydon, Terry Weeks – assistant engineers
  • Joshua Sarubin – executive producer

References

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  1. ^ Kantor, Matt. "The Obsessed - The Church Within review". AllMusic. Retrieved July 10, 2021.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 324. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
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