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Doom Abuse is the sixth studio album by the Nebraska dance-punk band The Faint. SQE Music released the record in the United States on April 8, 2014. The album blends new wave, dance-punk, and indie rock elements and earned a Metacritic score of 71 from professional reviews. To mark the tenth anniversary, the Faint issued a deluxe edition on April 8, 2024 that adds tracks from the previously unavailable "Evil Voices" 12-inch single.

Track listing

Original release

The original 2014 release runs 35 minutes.

Original edition
No.TitleLength
1."Help in the Head"4:22
2."Mental Radio"2:46
3."Evil Voices"3:41
4."Salt My Doom"2:18
5."Animal Needs"3:50
6."Loss of Head"2:58
7."Dress Code"1:47
8."Scapegoat"2:00
9."Your Stranger"2:47
10."Lesson from the Darkness"3:52
11."Unseen Hand"4:15
12."Damage Control"4:28
Total length:35:02

Deluxe edition

The deluxe edition combines the original sequence with bonus recordings sourced from the "Evil Voices" 12-inch single and related sessions.

Deluxe edition
No.TitleLength
1."Help in the Head"4:22
2."Mental Radio"2:46
3."Evil Voices"3:41
4."Salt My Doom"2:18
5."Animal Needs"3:50
6."Loss of Head"2:58
7."Dress Code"1:47
8."Scapegoat"2:00
9."Your Stranger"2:47
10."Lesson from the Darkness"3:52
11."Unseen Hand"4:15
12."Damage Control"4:28
13."Evil Voices (Original 12" Version)"3:43
14."This is is IS IS Pain"4:13
15."Unseen Hand (Pre-Version)"5:23
16."Circuit Jerk"2:37
17."Skylab1979"3:46
18."ESP"4:41
Total length:63:27

Personnel

  • Todd Fink
  • Jacob Thiele
  • Dapose (Michael Dappen)
  • Clark Baechle

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