Sept. 22 — Devin Townsend’s 1998 album, Infinity, will get the re-issue treatment this year.
Townsend and InsideOut Music will mark the 25th anniversary of the album’s release by re-issuing the record — tentatively — on Nov. 24. The record will be re-issued on a 2LP presentation and will be available digitally. Pre-orders are open now.
The forthcoming re-issue will feature the bonus tracks included in the album’s original release as well as new artwork and new liner notes crafted by Townsend.
Townsend talked extensively in a prepared statement about Infinity, recollecting his time working on the album and its release.
“As I move into a new phase of my work, (one that requires the next two years to be spent writing and recording), I reflect on the Infinity album and the period it all happened in many ways,” Townsend said. “This was my first attempt at engineering and mixing an album, and without it, I wouldn’t have gotten where I am now on a technical level. It was like going to college at the time, and although it is primitive in many ways, it also reminded me of the amount of passion it takes to reach a new level.”
Townsend continued, “The whole process during the making of this album was fraught with learning, turmoil, growth, and psychological development. In fact: I didn’t think at the time that I would even get through it, (let alone be here 25 years later writing and working with the hard-won experience that came as a direct result of making ‘Infinity’). I realize now how pivotal this period of expression was for me, and how it was a testament to tenacity in the long run. As such, I’m proud that we’ve decided to re-release the record with all the bonus tracks and personal artwork from that period in one place. I was even asked to do an updated version of the naked cover album cover (!!!) so in the name of authenticity… I did that too.”
He concluded, “The whole process during the making of this album was fraught with learning, turmoil, growth, and psychological development. In fact: I didn’t think at the time that I would even get through it, (let alone be here 25 years later writing and working with the hard-won experience that came as a direct result of making ‘Infinity’). I realize now how pivotal this period of expression was for me, and how it was a testament to tenacity in the long run. As such, I’m proud that we’ve decided to re-release the record with all the bonus tracks and personal artwork from that period in one place. I was even asked to do an updated version of the naked cover album cover (!!!) so in the name of authenticity… I did that too.”
Along with the bonus tracks featured in Infinity‘s original release, the forthcoming re-issue will also feature all seven of the songs featured in his 1998 EP, Christeen. It will mark the first time the EP has been released on vinyl. The re-issue’s track listing is noted below:
CD1:
1.Truth 03:58
2.Christeen 03:41
3.Bad Devil 04:52
4.War 06:29
5.Soul Driven Cadillac 05:14
6.Ants 02:01
7.Wild Colonial Boy 03:04
8.Life Is All Dynamics 05:08
9.Unity 06:07
10.Noisy Pink Bubbles 05:22
CD2:
1.Om (Demo) 06:18
2.Sit In The Mountain (Demo) 03:16
3.Processional (Demo) 11:42
4.Love-Load (Demo) 05:01
5.Sister (Live Acoustic) 02:16
6.Hide Nowhere (Live Acoustic) 05:03
7.Man (1996 Demo) 05:12
The re-issue of Infinity will come almost a year after the release of Townsend’s then latest album, Lightwork, which was also released through InsideOut Music.
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