Wither Blister Burn & Peel is the second album released on Columbia Records

Columbia Records

Columbia Records is an American record label, owned by Japan's Sony Music Entertainment, operating under the Columbia Music Group with Aware Records. It was founded in 1888, evolving from an earlier enterprise, the American Graphophone Company — successor to the Volta Graphophone Company...

 by the American industrial rock

Industrial rock

Industrial rock is a musical genre that fuses industrial music and specific rock subgenres. Industrial rock spawned industrial metal, with which it is often confused...

 band Stabbing Westward

Stabbing Westward

Stabbing Westward was an American industrial rock and alternative rock band. They formed in 1985 in Chicago, Illinois and began recording in the 1990s. The band announced a dissolution in 2002.- Early years :...

. The album was recorded in New York State in late 1995, and was released on January 4, 1996 in New York City and Los Angeles. The album was released throughout the rest of the United States on January 26, 1996, and includes the singles "What Do I Have To Do?" and "Shame", which helped push the album to gold status.

"What Do I Have To Do?" was the band's first hit, thanks to heavy MTV

MTV

MTV, formerly an initialism of Music Television, is an American network based in New York City that launched on August 1, 1981. The original purpose of the channel was to play music videos guided by on-air hosts known as VJs....

 exposure, first reaching the Modern Rock Tracks chart, where it would peak at #11, then achieving even greater success on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart, where it peaked at #7. "Shame" was released soon after, matching "What Do I Have To Do"'s #7 peak on the Mainstream Rock chart, and peaking at #14 on the Modern Rock chart.

Track listing

All songs written by Stabbing Westward.

1. "I Don't Believe" – 4:21
2. "Shame" – 4:54
3. "What Do I Have To Do?" – 4:09
4. "Why" – 6:08
5. "Inside You" – 3:43
6. "Falls Apart" – 3:57
7. "So Wrong" – 3:24
8. "Crushing Me" – 4:21
9. "Sleep" – 5:21
10. "Slipping Away" – 6:15
11. "Everything I Touch" - 4:23 (Japan bonus track)
12. "Dawn" - 6:06 (Japan bonus track)