Powertrippin' is the third studio album released by Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

 heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band The Almighty

The Almighty (band)

The Almighty are a hard rock/heavy metal band, from Glasgow in Scotland who formed in 1988. They have released seven studio albums, two anthologies and one live album.-1988-1993:...

. It was released in the United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

 in 1993 by Polydor Records

Polydor Records

Polydor is a record label owned by Universal Music Group, headquartered in the United Kingdom.-Beginnings:Polydor was originally an independent branch of the Deutsche Grammophon Gesellschaft. Its name was first used as an export label in 1924, the British and German branches of the Gramophone...

 and was the band's last studio album for that label. It was The Almighty's first album with new guitarist Pete Friesen

Pete Friesen

Pete Friesen is a guitarist who has toured the world and recorded with such acts as Alice Cooper, The Almighty and Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson.-Biography:...

 who replaced founding guitarist Tantrum who had left the band in 1992. Friesen contributed to the songwriting and was a major part of the new sound presented on this album, introducing a heavier, riff based grunge sound compared to the punk leanings of earlier efforts. The subject of the cover art is taken directly from a psychedelic

Psychedelic

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 concert poster for MC5

MC5

The MC5 is an American rock band formed in Lincoln Park, Michigan and originally active from 1964 to 1972. The original band line-up consisted of vocalist Rob Tyner, guitarists Wayne Kramer and Fred "Sonic" Smith, bassist Michael Davis, and drummer Dennis Thompson...

 designed by the legendary poster artist Gary Grimshaw

Gary Grimshaw

Gary Grimshaw is a graphic artist and poster designer specializing in the music business. He was born on February 25, 1946 in Linclon Park, Michigan. His high school best friend was Rob Derminer who later started a band called the MC5...

 in 1966.

Three singles were released from the album in multiple formats in 1993. "Addiction" (CD, 12" vinyl), "Out of Season" (2-CD, 7" vinyl & 12" vinyl) and "Over the Edge" (CD, Cassette

Compact Cassette

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, 12" & 7" vinyl). The album was re-released in the United Kingdom and later in Japan with a bonus disc which contained a live show from August 22, 1992 at Donington Park

Donington Park

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. An EP that was released in Japan only contains 4 live track from The Almighty's 1993 European tour supporting Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

. The EP is called Liveblood and also has 2 studio tracks called "F***in' Up" (a Neil Young

Neil Young

Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...

 cover) and "In a Rut" which is also a cover. These studio tracks were put out on the "Out of Season" singles.

Track listing

All lyrics by Ricky Warwick

Ricky Warwick

Ricky Warwick is possibly best known as the frontman for the Scottish band The Almighty. Starting out as a rhythm guitarist in New Model Army, Ricky formed The Almighty in 1988. Warwick was the lead vocalist and played guitar in various formats of the band. In 1996 he left The Almighty...

 except as indicated; All music by Warwick and Pete Friesen except tracks 3 & 4 (Warwick), 8 (Warwick, Floyd London & Stump Munroe) and 10 (Friesen, London)

1. "Addiction" - 5:40
2. "Possession" - 4:27
3. "Over the Edge" (Warwick, Del James) - 4:36
4. "Jesus Loves You... But I Don't" - 6:01
5. "Sick and Wired" - 4:48
6. "Powertrippin'" - 2:50
7. "Takin' Hold" - 5:15
8. "Out of Season" - 5:35
9. "Lifeblood" - 5:27
10. "Instinct" (Warwick, James) - 5:16
11. "Meathook" - 4:40
12. "Eye to Eye" (Warwick, Friesen) - 4:01

Bonus disc: Live from Donington '92

1. "Crucify" - 4:57
2. "Full Force Lovin' Machine" - 3:41
3. "Love Religion" - 5:06
4. "Addiction" - 6:21
5. "Sin Against the Light" - 5:00
6. "Free N' Easy" - 5:12
7. "Wild and Wonderful" - 7:35

B-Sides

1. "Soul Destruction (1989 Demo)" - 5:49
2. "Blind" (Warwick, Friesen) - 6:40
3. "In a Rut"
4. "Insomnia"
5. "Wild & Wonderful (Demo)"
6. "Free 'n' Easy (Demo)"
7. "Fuckin' Up" - 4:33
   • Neil Young
     Neil Young
     Neil Percival Young, OC, OM is a Canadian singer-songwriter who is widely regarded as one of the most influential musicians of his generation...
     
      cover
8. "Keep On Rockin' in the Free World
   Rockin' in the Free World
   "Rockin' in the Free World" is a song by Neil Young, released on his 1989 album Freedom. Two versions of the song were released, similar to the song "Hey Hey, My My " of Young's Rust Never Sleeps album, one of which is performed with a predominantly acoustic arrangement, and the other with a...
   
   " - 4:40
   • Neil Young Cover

The Almighty

• Pete Friesen
  Pete Friesen
  Pete Friesen is a guitarist who has toured the world and recorded with such acts as Alice Cooper, The Almighty and Iron Maiden vocalist Bruce Dickinson.-Biography:...
  
   - rhythm
  Rhythm guitar
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   and lead guitars
• Floyd London
  Floyd London
  Floyd London is the longtime bassist for the Scottish metal band, The Almighty.London was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia in September 2004 and underwent intensive chemotherapy....
  
   - bass guitar
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
  , vocals
• Stump Monroe - drums
  Drum kit
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  , percussion, sand pipe
• Ricky Warwick
  Ricky Warwick
  Ricky Warwick is possibly best known as the frontman for the Scottish band The Almighty. Starting out as a rhythm guitarist in New Model Army, Ricky formed The Almighty in 1988. Warwick was the lead vocalist and played guitar in various formats of the band. In 1996 he left The Almighty...
  
   - lead vocals, rhythm, acoustic
  Acoustic guitar
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   and 12-string electric guitar

Additional musicians

• Blaze Bayley
  Blaze Bayley
  Blaze Bayley is an English singer and songwriter. He has been the lead singer of Wolfsbane from 1984 to 1994, and nowadays since their recent reunion. Blaze is however world-known for having been the lead singer of British metal band Iron Maiden from 1994 to 1999...
  
   - additional backing vocals on "Jesus Loves You..."
• Mark Dodson
  Mark Dodson
  Mark Dodson is a prolific record producer and sound engineer, who mostly works with artists in the heavy metal genre. He is best known for producing albums by Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies.-Biography:...
  
   - additional guitar on "Taking Hold"
• James Taylor - piano
  Piano
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   on "Jesus Loves You...", Hammond B3 organ on "Instinct", "Sick and Wired" and "Out of Season".
• Additional backing vocals by The Crazy Gang

Production

• Steve Bray - assistant engineer
• Mark Dodson
  Mark Dodson
  Mark Dodson is a prolific record producer and sound engineer, who mostly works with artists in the heavy metal genre. He is best known for producing albums by Anthrax and Suicidal Tendencies.-Biography:...
  
   - producer, engineering and mixing
• Ian Huffam - engineering and mixing
• Dave Taylor - assistant engineer
• Phil Woods - assistant engineer

Mastered by Greg Calbi at Sterling Sound, New York, NY