{{Infobox album | name = Torture Tech Overdrive | type = compilation | artist = Various artists | cover = Various Artists - Torture Tech Overdrive.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1991}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = [[Electro-industrial]] | length = 42:25 | label = [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] | producer = | chronology = [[Re-Constriction Records]] V/A | prev_title = | prev_year = | next_title = [[The Cyberflesh Conspiracy]] | next_year = 1992 | misc = {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = compilation | cover = Various Artists - Torture Tech Overdrive (1994).jpg | caption = 1994 CD cover }} }}
'''''Torture Tech Overdrive''''' is a various artists compilation album released in 1991 by [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]].<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=mw0000122277|pure_url=yes}}|title=Various Artists: ''Torture-Tech Overdrive'' > Overview |publisher=Allmusic |accessdate=July 26, 2019}}</ref> In October 1994 the album was reissued for a limited run of 1000 pressings by [[Cleopatra Records]] with an extended track listing additional versions of tracks.<ref name="sonicboom">{{cite journal|first=Chris |last=Christian |url=http://www.sonic-boom.com/review/torture.tech.overdrive.html |title=Various Artists: ''Torture Tech Overdrive'' |journal=Sonic Boom |date=October 1995 |volume=3 |issue=8 |accessdate=July 26, 2020}}</ref><ref name="schwannspectrum1">{{cite journal |first=Becky |last=Barnhart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oQw5AQAAIAAJ |title=Schwann Spectrum |journal=[[Schwann Catalog|Schwann Spectrum]] |publisher=Stereophile, Incorporated |date=1995 |volume=7 |issue=1 |pages=209 |accessdate=July 26, 2020}}</ref><ref name="schwannspectrum2">{{cite journal |first=Becky |last=Barnhart |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OOwZAQAAIAAJ |title=Schwann Spectrum |journal=[[Schwann Catalog|Schwann Spectrum]] |publisher=Stereophile, Incorporated |date=1996 |volume=Winter 1996-1997 |pages=255 |isbn=9781575980386 |accessdate=July 26, 2020}}</ref> The uncredited song is "Back in Black", an cover of the [[hard rock]] band [[AC/DC]] by [[Chase (label manager)|Chase's]] musical outlet [[Rendering Service]]. The song "Lupe Velez" by Jimmy Jazz is about the illogicality of attempting to create a "beautiful suicide."<ref>{{cite book |first=Michelle |last=Vogel |author-link=Michelle Vogel |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0Qt_kZTt4JYC |title=Lupe Velez: The Life and Career of Hollywood's "Mexican Spitfire" |publisher=[[McFarland & Company]] |date=July 10, 2012 |page=222 |isbn=9780786489978 |accessdate=July 26, 2019}}</ref>
==Reception== ''Sonic Boom'' gave ''Torture Tech Overdrive'' a positive review and said "definitely a compilation to try and find regardless of its limited edition status."<ref name="sonicboom"/>
==Track listing== {{tracklist | headline = Side one | extra_column = Artist | title1 = Fight! | extra1 = Biohazard PCB | writer1 = Keith Arem, Jack Boughner | length1 = 3:49 | title2 = Character Machine | note2 = Reanimated Edit | writer2 = Anthony Floriano, Kenneth Spain, Stephen Synoski | extra2 = Fixed Image | length2 = 4:47 | title3 = CDB | note3 = Gizmo Edit | writer3 = R. Orret, Steve Watkins | extra3 = [[Scar Tissue (band)|Scar Tissue]] | length3 = 3:41 | title4 = Countdown to Meltdown '94 | note4 = Gate Edit | writer4 = [[Überzone|Timothy Wiles]] | extra4 = Death Method | length4 = 4:28 | title5 = Shallow Grave (Date With an Embalmer Mix) | writer5 = Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde Sartin | extra5 = STG | length5 = 4:21 }} {{tracklist | headline = Side two | extra_column = Artist | title1 = Numbing Device | note1 = 1991 V. Remix | writer1 = Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn | extra1 = Sweat Engine | length1 = 4:26 | title2 = White Noise | writer2 = William Hayden, Keith York | extra2 = [[Apolitiq]] | length2 = 4:18 | title3 = So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix) | writer3 = Peter Stone | extra3 = [[Xorcist]] | length3 = 5:05 | title4 = [[Back in Black (song)|Back in Black]] | note4 = [[AC/DC]] cover | writer4 = [[Brian Johnson]], [[Angus Young]], [[Malcolm Young]] | extra4 = Rendering Service | length4 = 3:27 | title5 = Freedom | writer5 = Jeremy Daw, Lynda Sterling | extra5 = [[Yeht Mae]] | length5 = 4:04 }} {{tracklist | headline = 1994 CD track listing | extra_column = Artist | title1 = Fight! | extra1 = Biohazard PCB | writer1 = Keith Arem, Jack Boughner | length1 = 3:49 | title2 = Numbing Device | extra2 = Sweat Engine | writer2 = Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn | length2 = 4:26 | title3 = CDB | note3 = Gizmo Edit | writer3 = R. Orret, [[Steve Watkins (musician)|Steve Watkins]] | extra3 = [[Scar Tissue (band)|Scar Tissue]] | length3 = 3:41 | title4 = Shallow Grave (Date With an Embalmer Mix) | writer4 = Chad Bishop, Allan King, Shayde Sartin | extra4 = STG | length4 = 4:21 | title5 = White Noise | extra5 = [[Apolitiq]] | writer5 = William Hayden, Keith York | length5 = 4:18 | title6 = Crock of Shit | writer6 = Shonn Bratlien, Barry Dost, Johan Sherriffs, Thomas Patrick Smith | extra6 = [[Pain Emission]] | length6 = 2:59 | title7 = Character Machine | writer7 = Anthony Floriano, Kenneth Spain, Stephen Synoski | extra7 = Fixed Image | length7 = 4:47 | title8 = Secret Hate | writer8 = Michael Gunn, Jeff Tatman | extra8 = Death Industry | length8 = 4:52 | title9 = Manifesto Primitive | writer9 = Jeremy Goody | extra9 = A Release Project | length9 = 3:36 | title10 = So Big (Original Un-Edited Mix) | writer10 = Peter Stone | extra10 = [[Xorcist]] | length10 = 5:05 | title11 = Countdown to Meltdown '94 | writer11 = [[Überzone|Timothy Wiles]] | extra11 = Death Method | length11 = 4:28 | title12 = Flesh Feeds Soul (Perversion '94) | note12 = Razormaid Mix | writer12 = Steven Seibold | extra12 = [[Hate Dept.]] | length12 = 4:17 | title13 = Freedom | writer13 = Jeremy Daw, Lynda Sterling | extra13 = [[Yeht Mae]] | length13 = 4:04 | title14 = Technocality | writer14 = Mark Deadrick, Trevor Henthorn | extra14 = Sweat Engine | length14 = 5:01 | title15 = Roundhouse | writer15 = Larry Rainwater | extra15 = [[Ex-Voto]] | length15 = 4:03 | title16 = Glass | note16 = Clean Mix | writer16 = James Basore, John Belew, Marc Phillips, Christian Void | extra16 = [[Killing Floor (American band)|Killing Floor]] | length16 = 4:41 | title17 = Lupe Velez | writer17 = Justin Hopkins | extra17 = Jimmy Jazz | length17 = 0:49 | title18 = [[Back in Black (song)|Back in Black]] | note18 = [[AC/DC]] cover | writer18 = [[Brian Johnson]], [[Angus Young]], [[Malcolm Young]] | extra18 = Rendering Service | length18 = 3:27 }}
==Personnel== Adapted from the ''Torture Tech Overdrive'' liner notes.<ref name="linearnotes">{{cite AV media notes |title=Torture Tech Overdrive |title-link=Torture Tech Overdrive |others=Various artists |year=1991 |type=sleeve |publisher=[[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] |location=San Diego, California}}</ref>
* Carol – [[Compiler|compiling]], [[design]] * [[Chase (label manager)|Chase]] – compiling * Billy Peculiar – [[cover art]]
==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- |rowspan="2"| United States | 1991 | [[Re-Constriction Records|If It Moves...]] | [[vinyl record|LP]] | IIM-001 |- | 1994 | [[Cleopatra Records|Cleopatra]] | [[compact disc|CD]] | CLEO 9499 |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == * {{Discogs master |master=58463 |name=Torture Tech Overdrive |type=album}}
[[Category:1991 compilation albums]] [[Category:Electro-industrial compilation albums]] [[Category:Cleopatra Records compilation albums]] [[Category:Re-Constriction Records compilation albums]]