Originally released on Antler records in 1988. This is the Two Gods label remastered reissue with bonus tracks from two 12 " singles on Antler and 2 tracks from the 1987 "Take Five" mini LP on Supporti Fonografici.

Gothic Beauty- USA - 2009

This album was first released in 1988, and it still impresses without sounding dated -- one wonders what happened, when a twenty-year old album comes up freshly remastered and sounds better and more innovative than a great deal of brand-new electronic music. Not to say that it is detached from its time, but when pulses and patterns recognizable from late-eighties electronic music do surface here, they've been turned and sharpened such that they've kept their edge. If it's all new to you, too, "At the Fiftieth Gate" is a good place to catch up with Attrition, with song structures influenced by Garry Cox on guitar [ "History Man"; "Two Miles Up" ], contagiously affecting electronics [ the title track; "Haydn," included here with versions previously available on 12"singles ], and unsparing, unsettling lyrics.

TRACKLIST:

01. Theme I 01:55
02. Haydn [or mine] 03:13
03. My Friend Is Golden 03:34
04. Death Truck 03:27
05. Peacemaker 03:02
06. Two Miles Up 04:06
07. Milano [auto-italian] 03:41
08. Interlude 02:13
09. History Man 03:31
10. Theme II 02:39
11. The Fiftieth Gate 05:25
12. Haydn [or mine - 12" remix] 04:09
13. Lady Look Now 03:43
14. Haydn [Biding Time] 03:21
15. Sideways Glance 03:33
16. To The Devil 03:39
17. Take Five 04:07
18. Shotgun Dream 04:02
19. Haydn [The Final Cut] 04:57