Opal Mantra was a single 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...

 on August 16, 1993 through A&M Records

A&M Records

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. It reached number 14 in the UK Singles Chart

UK Singles Chart

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, and reached number 6 in the Irish Singles Chart.

It was backed by three live tracks on most formats in the UK and Ireland, but the previous single "Turn

Face the Strange

Face the Strange was an EP released by the band Therapy? on May 31, 1993 through A&M Records. Its lead track is Turn, which reached number 18 in the UK Singles Chart, and reached number 5 in the Irish Singles Chart....

" on the European CD single. The lead track did not feature on any Therapy? album, but featured on the Hats Off to the Insane mini-album released in North America

North America

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 and Japan

Japan

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. All four tracks feature on the Born In A Crash

Born In A Crash

Born in a Crash is a European compilation mini-album release by the band Therapy?. It was released on August 25, 1993 on A&M Records. All tracks were previously released in the UK on different EP's...

mini-album released in Europe.

The name of the title track is a pun

Pun

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 on the name of the Opel Manta

Opel Manta

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 car. It was released on clear 7” vinyl, blue 7” vinyl, CD Digipak

Digipak

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, CD and Cassette.

Track listing (7" clear vinyl)

1. "Opal Mantra" (live)
2. "Innocent X" (live)
3. "Potato Junkie" (live)
4. "Nausea" (live)

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?:...
  
   - drums
• Michael McKeegan
  Michael McKeegan
  Michael Robert McKeegan is best known as the bassist with the rock band, Therapy?.-Evil Priest:...
  
   - bass
• Chris Sheldon
  Chris Sheldon
  Chris Sheldon is a record producer, particularly of rock music, based in London, UK. He has produced or mixed records for the Foo Fighters, Garbage, Feeder, Biffy Clyro, Oceansize and Pixies amongst others...
  
   & Therapy? - producer
• John Mallison - assistant engineer and owner of aforementioned Opel Manta
• Chris Leckie - engineer on live tracks
• Lewis Mulatero - photography
• Simon Carrington - design
• Graham Tunna - design

Trivia

• The vinyl live version of "Opal Mantra" was recorded at the Forum
  London Forum
  The London Forum, or sometimes Kentish Town Forum is a well-known venue for concerts in Kentish Town, London, United Kingdom owned by the MAMA Group. The venue was built in 1934 and was originally used as an art deco cinema. After the closure of the cinema, The Town & Country Club was established...
  
  , London
  London
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   on June 11, 1993.
• "Innocent X" was recorded live at Columbia University, New York
  New York
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   on April 16, 1993.
• "Potato Junkie" & "Nausea" recorded live at CBGB
  CBGB
  CBGB was a music club at 315 Bowery at Bleecker Street in the borough of Manhattan in New York City.Founded by Hilly Kristal in 1973, it was originally intended to feature its namesake musical styles, but became a forum for American punk and New Wave bands like Ramones, Misfits, Television, the...
  
  ’s, New York on May 25, 1993.
• The sample in the live version of "Innocent X", which does not appear on the studio version (“What I’d really hate is to have a nail banged through the back of my neck”) is taken from the 1968 movie If.... and is spoken by actor Malcolm McDowell
  Malcolm McDowell
  Malcolm McDowell is an English actor with a career spanning over forty years.McDowell is principally known for his roles in the controversial films If...., O Lucky Man!, A Clockwork Orange and Caligula...
  
  .
• 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...
  
  .