Nurse was the first major label album released by the band Therapy?

Therapy?

Therapy? is an alternative metal band from Northern Ireland. The band was formed in 1989 by guitarist–vocalist Andy Cairns from Ballyclare and drummer-vocalist Fyfe Ewing from Larne, Northern Ireland. The band initially recorded their first demo with Cairns filling in on bass guitar...

. It was released on November 2, 1992 on A&M Records

A&M Records

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. The album was mainly recorded at Loco Studio in Caerleon

Caerleon

Caerleon is a suburban village and community, situated on the River Usk in the northern outskirts of the city of Newport, South Wales. Caerleon is a site of archaeological importance, being the site of a notable Roman legionary fortress, Isca Augusta, and an Iron Age hill fort...

, Wales, apart from "Gone" which was recorded in Annamoe

Annamoe

Annamoe is small picturesque village in County Wicklow, Ireland about from Dublin located on the Avonmore river. It is on the R755 between Roundwood and Laragh on the road to Glendalough....

, Ireland. It marked a departure from the noise punk style of the two mini-albums, being a more industrial

Industrial music

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 sounding record. The album was rated favorably by critics and reached number 38 in the UK Albums Chart.

The album was released on 12” vinyl, CD and Cassette. In the US, the album was released on limited edition red 12” vinyl, CD and Cassette.

Track listing

All songs written by Therapy?

1. "Nausea" – 3:56
2. "Teethgrinder" – 3:26
3. "Disgracelands" – 3:42
4. "Accelerator" – 2:15
5. "Neck Freak" – 5:51
6. "Perversonality" – 3:52
7. "Gone" – 6:23
8. "Zipless" – 2:53
9. "Deep Sleep" – 5:14
10. "Hypermania" – 2:48
11. "Summer of Hate" – 2:29 (Japanese release only)
12. "Human Mechanism" – 3:31 (Japanese release only)
13. "Sky High McKay(e)" – 2:13 (Japanese release only)

Personnel

• Andy Cairns
  Andy Cairns
  Andrew James Cairns , is a founding member, singer, guitarist and songwriter for Therapy?, a hard rock band from Northern Ireland.- Therapy? :...
  
   - vocals/guitar
• Fyfe Ewing
  Fyfe Ewing
  Fyfe Alexander Ewing , is best known as the original drummer and founding member of rock band Therapy?.-Therapy?:...
  
   - vocals/drums
• Michael McKeegan
  Michael McKeegan
  Michael Robert McKeegan is best known as the bassist with the rock band, Therapy?.-Evil Priest:...
  
   - bass
• David James - cello on "Gone"
• Harvey Birrell - producer, live sound and samples
• Nick Atkins - engineer
• Andrew Catlin - photography
• Jeremy Pearce - design
• Simon Carrington - design

Singles

• "Teethgrinder
  Teethgrinder
  Teethgrinder was a single released by the band Therapy?, taken from their Nurse album. It was released on October 19, 1992 through A&M Records. The single reached number 30 in the UK Singles Chart, and number 19 in the Irish Singles Chart....
  
  " was released October 19, 1992 on CD and 12" with "Summer of Hate", "Human Mechanism" and "Sky High McKay(e)". A remix 12" was also released featuring "Teethgrinder (Tee Hee Dub Mix)" and "Teethrinder (Unsane Mix)". The single reached number 30 in the UK Singles Chart and reached number 19 in the Irish Singles Chart.
• "Nausea" was released as a radio only single in America in 1992 with "Teethgrinder (Tee Hee Dub Mix)".
• "Perversonality" was released as a radio only single in America in 1993 with "Totally Random Man (BBC Version)", "Neck Freak (New Recording)" and "Bloody Blue".

Trivia

• The sample in "Nausea" (“Here I am motherfuckers!”) is taken from the 1988 film Ghosts… of the Civil Dead and is spoken by Nick Cave
  Nick Cave
  Nicholas Edward "Nick" Cave is an Australian musician, songwriter, author, screenwriter, and occasional film actor.He is best known for his work as a frontman of the critically acclaimed rock band Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, established in 1984, a group known for its eclectic influences and...
  
  .
• The sample in "Teethgrinder" ("He's losing his mind and he feels it going") is taken from a 1960's information film by the US Navy warning of the dangers of LSD, a section of which was later included in a BBC documentary called The Beyond Within.
• Other samples in "Teethgrinder" are taken from a TV documentary entitled American Conversations.
• A poster of the album cover is prominently displayed in the music store in the Seinfeld
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  episode "The Old Man".
• A poster of the album cover was also featured in the 1994 film Airheads
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  .
• In the 1993 Mike Leigh
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   film Naked
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  , the anti-hero Johnny walks past several promotional posters of the album cover as he roams the underbelly of London by night; this is also mentioned in the published screenplay of the film. The street sign that is briefly visible reveals this to be Caledonian Road.
• "Accelerator" was featured on the Kalifornia
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  soundtrack.