Scenes from the Second Storey is the debut album by American rock band the God Machine, released in 1993 by Fiction Records and Polydor. It peaked at number 55 on the UK Albums Chart. The album opens with a sample from the film adaptation of The Sheltering Sky (the same sample also opens Neurosis' Enemy of the Sun, an album released in the same year as Scenes from the Second Storey), while the single "Home" contains an intro consisting of the beginning of the track "Pilentze Pee" by the Bulgarian State Television Female Vocal Choir from the album Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares. "Home" peaked at number 65 on the UK Singles Chart in January 1993.

Critical reception

In 2005, Scenes from the Second Storey was ranked number 312 in Rock Hard magazine's book The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.

Legacy

In 2010, as a homage to Scenes from the Second Storey, Morrigan Books published an anthology of horror short stories by Australian authors, written and titled in the same order as the album's track listing. The authors included David Conyers, Stephen Dedman, Paul Haines, Robert Hood, Cat Sparks, Andrew J McKiernan and Kaaron Warren.

Track listing

Released as CD and double LP. A double CD version including the Home EP was released in the US.

Credits

Charts