This includes Skinny Puppy's earliest work and proves they were ahead of their time; one of the first to establish a spooky yet ryhtmic Industrial sound. I would give this 3.5 stars if I could, but the albums that followed (Bites, MTPI, and CFAM) the material on this are essentially perfected recordings of what you here on this first compilation of SP's previously unreleased material.

This is the earliest Skinny Puppy (despite the release date listed above). Some of the songs are actually heavier than their mid-80s releases. It's hard to believe that music was this heavy and weird even back in 1982. The album as a whole is not completely consistent. Some of the tracks hold up better than others, but overall the album is great. If you have this in your iTunes and the songs come up at random you will be in for a pleasant surprise. My favorite tracks are "Univos on a Stick" and "A.M./Meat Flavor". Headphone listening is a must.

Dead Of Winter is my favorite Skinny Puppy song ever. This is some of their earliest work, when they still sounded like a cross between Portion Control and Nocturnal Emissions. Great work and a great way for kids today to learn where Industrial/EBM/Powernoise all came from!

This album is not the best of their work, but still good in its own right. The tracks are from their formative days, after all. There are a few gems on this, my favorite is "Sore in a Masterpiece/Dead of Winter". It's epic sounding and simply amazing, worth it for this track alone. The sound they had for this period was crunchy, funky, metallic sounding; pretty unique and interesting. I wouldn't recommend this as an introduction to a new listener, but more for a fan who is interested in their early music.