| Nurse | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 2 November 1992 (UK)[1] 12 January 1993 (US) | |||
| Recorded | 5–7 August 1992 at The Barn,Annamoe, Ireland (track 7); August 1992 at Loco Studio,Caerleon, Wales | |||
| Genre | ||||
| Length | 40:28 48:40 (JPN) | |||
| Label | A&M[2] | |||
| Producer | Harvey Birrell[3] | |||
| Therapy? chronology | ||||
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| Singles from Nurse | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| Robert Christgau |  [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C[7] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [3] |
Nurse is the first major label album released by the rock bandTherapy?[8][9] It was released in 1992 onA&M Records.[10]
The album was written in a farm house inCounty Carlow, Ireland.[11] It was mainly recorded at Loco Studio inCaerleon, Wales, apart from "Gone" which was recorded inAnnamoe, Ireland.[12] The album was rated favourably by critics and reached number 38 in theUK Albums Chart.[13]
The album was released on 12" vinyl, CD and cassette. In the US, the album was released on limited edition red 12" vinyl, CD and cassette.
A remastered CD version of the album by the original producer, Harvey Birrell, was included inThe Gemil Box, released on 18 November 2013.
The original master of the album was used for a 'Music on Vinyl'audiophile re-issue, released on mixed red and gold 180g vinyl on 22 February 2016, limited to 1000 numbered copies[14] It was also released on standard black vinyl release.
The first vinyl reissue featuring the 2013 remaster was released byCaroline Records on 12 June 2021 forRecord Store Day in the UK and Ireland, on red vinyl and limited to 800 copies.
Furthermore, the album was reissued on 26 November 2021 byCaroline Records featuring the 2013 remaster on black vinyl and 2CD format. The CD version contains an extra disc of b-sides and previously unreleased demos.
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music wrote that the album "featured more complex arrangements and themes than the punk-descended speed burn-outs of earlier releases."[6]Trouser Press called the album an "unforgettable bomb blast of a record [that] fine-tunes the atmosphere of the first two EPs by adding a little more crunch to the low end."[2]
All tracks are written by Therapy?.
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Nausea" | 3:56 |
| 2. | "Teethgrinder" | 3:26 |
| 3. | "Disgracelands" | 3:42 |
| 4. | "Accelerator" | 2:15 |
| 5. | "Neck Freak" | 5:51 |
| 6. | "Perversonality" | 3:52 |
| 7. | "Gone" | 6:23 |
| 8. | "Zipless" | 2:53 |
| 9. | "Deep Sleep" | 5:14 |
| 10. | "Hypermania" | 2:48 |
| Total length: | 40:28 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 11. | "Summer of Hate" | 2:29 |
| 12. | "Human Mechanism" | 3:31 |
| 13. | "Sky High McKay (E)" | 2:13 |
| Total length: | 48:40 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Summer of Hate" ("Teethgrinder" single) | 2:32 |
| 2. | "Human Mechanism" ("Teethgrinder" single) | 3:32 |
| 3. | "Sky High McKay (E)" ("Teethgrinder" single) | 2:14 |
| 4. | "Teethgrinder" ("Teethgrinder" single - Unsane Mix) | 6:33 |
| 5. | "Teethgrinder" ("Teethgrinder" single - Tee Hee Dub Mix) | 4:24 |
| 6. | "Nausea" (1992 demo) | 3:26 |
| 7. | "Teethgrinder" (1992 demo) | 3:30 |
| 8. | "Disgracelands" (1992 demo) | 3:36 |
| 9. | "Zipless" (1992 demo) | 2:59 |
| 10. | "Human Mechanism" (1992 demo) | 3:19 |
| 11. | "Accelerator" (1992 demo) | 2:14 |
| 12. | "Deep Sleep" (1992 demo) | 4:36 |
| 13. | "Hypermania" (1992 demo) | 2:41 |
| 14. | "Sky High McKay (E)" (1992 demo) | 2:14 |
| 15. | "Nausea" (Live from the Studio Floor) | 4:04 |
| 16. | "Summer of Hate" (Live from the Studio Floor) | 2:40 |
| 17. | "Neck Freak" (Live from the Studio Floor) | 5:33 |
| Total length: | 59:59 | |
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The album cover is prominently on display in a Seinfeld episode, The Old Man, in the scenes in Bleeker Bob's record store.
