{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Mankind | type = studio | artist = [[Factory 81]] | cover = Factory 81 Mankind.jpg | alt = | released = October 3, 2000 | recorded = 1999 in [[Detroit, Michigan]] | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Nu metal]]<ref name="blabbermouth">{{Cite web|url=https://www.blabbermouth.net/cdreviews/mankind/|title=Mankind - FACTORY 81|date=17 December 2001|website=Blabbermouth.net|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> | length = | label = [[Mojo Records|Mojo]] | producer = [[Factory 81]] | prev_title = Crawl Space | prev_year = 1997 | next_title = Factory 81 | next_year = 2019 | misc = {{Singles | name = Mankind | type = Studio | single1 = Nanu | single1date = January 23, 2000 }} }}
{{Music ratings | rev1 = [[AllMusic]] | rev1Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref name=Allmusic>{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r502019|pure_url=yes}} |title=Factory 81 - ''Mankind'' |author= |date= |website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=3 August 2011}}</ref> | rev2 = [[Blabbermouth]] | rev2Score = 5/10<ref name=blabbermouth /> }} '''''Mankind''''' is an album by American [[nu metal]]<ref name="blabbermouth"/> band [[Factory 81]]. Originally released in late 1999 via Medea Records, the album marked the band's debut on the Detroit independent music scene, and its 2000 reissue on Motown/Universal introduced the band to a national audience.
The album, which derives influence from [[hardcore punk]], [[heavy metal music|metal]], [[jazz fusion]] and [[world music]] was the band's only album.
== Production == The album was self-produced by the band under the title ''Manking''.<ref name=Vox>{{cite web|url=http://www.voxonline.com/alternative/factory81/factory_81.htm|title=INTERVIEWS : FACTORY 81|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081203164534/http://www.voxonline.com/alternative/factory81/factory_81.htm|access-date=28 December 2021|archive-date=2008-12-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.hybridmagazine.com/reviews/1200/factory81.shtml|title=HYBRIDMAGAZINE.COM | REVIEWS | FACTORY 81 - MANKIND|website=Hybridmagazine.com|access-date=28 December 2021}}</ref> A Detroit promoter sent out advertisements with the incorrect title ''Mankind'' instead.<ref name=Vox/> The band liked the sound of this title and decided that since they had not printed any materials with their original title, they changed the name of the album.<ref name=Vox/>
== Music == [[AllMusic]] described ''Mankind'' as a fusion of "stomp-paced metal"<ref name="DaRonco">{{cite web |url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=p425418|pure_url=yes}} |title=Biography of Factory 81 |access-date=30 November 2008 |last=DaRonco |first=Mike |website=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> and "'new school' hardcore".<ref name="DaRonco"/> Drummer Andy Cyrulnik cited genres such as [[jazz]], [[jazz fusion|fusion]], and [[world music]],<ref name=Vox/> and the [[progressive metal]] band [[Tool (band)|Tool]]<ref name=Vox/> as influences on his drumming style.
== Release history == ''Mankind'' was originally issued on Medea Records in 1999.<ref name="DaRonco"/> It was reissued by Orchard in 2000<ref name=Allmusic/> and [[Uptown Records|Uptown]]/[[Universal Records|Universal]] on October 3, 2000.<ref name=Allmusic/> In 2001, the album was reissued by the independent record label Mojo Music.<ref name=Allmusic/>
==Reception== [[Blabbermouth.net]]'s Borivoj Krgin gave the album a 5 out of 10. He praised its clean production, but criticized the album saying that the album is "a faceless, generic nu-metal band who possess neither the songwriting ability nor the ingenuity to compete with the big boys".<ref name="blabbermouth"/>
== Track listing == {{Track listing | total_length = 57:46 | all_lyrics = Nathan Wallace | all_music = [[Factory 81]] | title1 = Nanu | length1 = 4:43 | title2 = Peace Officer | length2 = 5:11 | title3 = 14 Left | length3 = 4:08 | title4 = Rotten Strawberries | length4 = 5:46 | title5 = Belligerence | length5 = 4:53 | title6 = 3 O'Clock Love Letter | length6 = 4:32 | title7 = Ephedrine | length7 = 4:44 | title8 = Diary of a Serial Killer | length8 = 4:24 | title9 = Cheese Wheel | length9 = 4:59 | title10 = Sludge | length10 = 5:26 | title11 = Peace Officer (Black and Blue Mix) | length11 = 4:29 | length81 = 4:27 }}
==Personnel== '''Factory 81''': *Andy Cyrulnik - drums *Kevin Lewis - bass *Bill Schultz - guitars *Nathan Wallace - vocals
'''Production''': *Robert Alford - Photography *Dan Dinsmore - Graphic Design, Layout Concept, Layout Design *Rhys Fulber - Remixing *Joe Gastwirt - Mastering *Tony Hamera - Engineer, Mixing, Producer *Victor Minetola - Engineer, Mixing, Producer *Mike Plotnikoff - Engineer *Adam Redner - Art Direction, Layout Concept, Layout Design
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