| Subliminal Sandwich | ||||
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| Released | 4 June 1996 | |||
| Recorded | 1993–1996 in San Francisco, London and Chicago | |||
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| Length | 68:50 (disc 1) 69:03 (disc 2) | |||
| Label | Nothing/Interscope | |||
| Producer | Jack Dangers | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Alternative Press | [3] |
| Muzik | [4] |
| NME | 8/10[5] |
| Rolling Stone |  [6] |
| Sputnikmusic | [7] |
Subliminal Sandwich is a 1996 double album released by Meat Beat Manifesto on Interscope Records. The album is often more experimental than the group's prior material, composed of lengthier pieces that incorporate more ambient textures and drones with and fewer samples or defined song structures.
Subliminal Sandwich was composed during Meat Beat Manifesto's 1993 tour supporting their 1992 album Satyricon and would have been released in 1994 or 1995 if not for legal tangles with the band's Belgian label Play It Again Sam.[8] Two singles were released from the album, the original song "Transmission" and a version of "Asbestos Lead Asbestos" from the 1988 album Let's Play Domination by World Domination Enterprises.
- ^ Twells, John; Fintoni, Laurent (30 July 2015). "The 50 best trip-hop albums of all time". FACT Mag. Retrieved 22 December 2016.
- ^ Subliminal Sandwich at AllMusic
- ^ Alternative Press (8/96, p.80) – 4 (out of 5) – "...seduces with more elastic funk grooves, dubbier bass lines and more exotic embellishments (theremin, Mellotron, waterphone, bass clarinet, e bow, etc.)....the dub funk that predominates will more likely chill your marrow than ignite a disco inferno..."
- ^ Wyatt, Kieran (June 1996). "Meat Beat Manifesto: Subliminal Sandwich" (PDF). Muzik. No. 13. p. 119. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 April 2022. Retrieved 16 July 2022.
- ^ NME (Magazine) (6/8/96, p.51) – 8 (out of 10) – "...Tricky-esque trip-hop, blissed out atmospherics, industrial hip-hop beats....jarring, infectious....the perfect party tape for the oncoming apocalypse..."
- ^ Rolling Stone (10/3/96, p.74) – 3-1/2 Stars – Good/Excellent – "...What at first seems difficult to digest becomes more intriguing and intimidating with time—like an Escher drawing. The more you listen, the more you hear....The second disc is the pop-art coup de grace...ultraedited ambient excursions that veer well into get-out-the-butterfly-nets sonic territory..."
- ^ Trey (24 December 2007). "Meat Beat Manifesto - Subliminal Sandwich". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 24 December 2007.
- ^ "MEAT BEAT MANIFESTO :: It's all about the rhythm". Igloo Magazine. 1 April 2008. Retrieved 7 February 2010.