Last Rights

Last Rights is an album released in 1992 by Canadian electronic group Skinny Puppy. The album included an attempt at a ballad ("Killing Game"), a first for the group, as well as the dance-floor friendly track "Inquisition", and dense sound sculptures like "Download" and "Riverz End". The album was supported by a tour, which would be Skinny Puppy's last for over 12 years.

Last Rights
Album by Skinny Puppy
Released	1992
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	Industrial
Length	52 min 48 sec
Record label	Nettwerk
Producers	David Ogilvie , cEvin Key
Professional reviews
AMG	4 stars out of 5	link
Skinny Puppy Chronology
Too Dark Park (1990)	Last Rights (1992)	The Process (1996)

Contents

1 Track listing 2 Personnel 3 Notes 4 Disambiguation

Track listing

1. Love in Vein - (5:35)
2. Killing Game - (3:48)
3. Knowhere? - (4:18)
4. Mirror Saw - (3:51)
5. Inquisition - (5:17)
6. Scrapyard - (3:54)
7. Riverz End - (6:40)
8. Lust Chance - (3:54)
9. Circustance - (4:36)
10. Left Handshake [See "Notes"]
11. Download - (11:01)

All songs by Ogre/Key/Goettel.

Personnel

• Nivek Ogre (vocals)
• cEvin Key (production, various instruments)
• Dwayne Goettel (various instruments, mixing)
• David Ogilvie (production, mixing)
• Ken Marshall (recording, mixing)
• Anthony Valcic (editing)
• I, Braineater (cover painting)
• John Rummen (cover layout)

Notes

Track 10, "Left Handshake", was omitted from the album because the band was unable to get clearance for the Timothy Leary samples used. Bootlegs of the track were highly sought after by fans. It was later released as a limited edition CD called "Track 10" in 2000. Ironically, the same samples were also used on the Nine Inch Nails remix album Fixed. Some releases of the album have a blank track 10 where the song should be; others were mastered as if the song never existed and make "Download" track 10.

This was Skinny Puppy's last studio release for Nettwerk.

The original release on Nettwerk included ornate, hand-painted lettering by cover artist Jim Cummins (aka "I, Braineater"). Other releases, including the U.S. edition on Capitol Records, simply say "Skinny Puppy / Last Rights" in block type on the cover.

No lyrics are included in the packaging, as Ogre considered them to be too personal.

Disambiguation

Last Rights is also a TV miniseries that aired on 24 March, 2005 on Channel 4.