Number One is the debut album from the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

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 band Pist.On

Pist.On

Pist.On was a heavy metal band from Brooklyn, New York. The band released two albums in the 1990s.-Original members:...

 (or Piston). It was first released in 1996 by Fierce Recordings/Futurist Label Group, before being repackaged and re-released by Atlantic Records

Atlantic Records

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 in the following year.

Track listing

All tracks by Henry Font except were noted

1. "Parole"
2. "Turbulent"
3. "Grey Flap"
4. "Shoplifters of the Word Unite" (Smiths
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    cover)
5. "I Am No One"
6. "Eight Sides"
7. "I'm Afraid of Life"
8. "Electra Complex"
9. "Down & Out"
10. "Mix Me with Blood"
11. "My Feet"
12. "Exit Wound"

Credits

The performers are:

• Henry Font - lead & backing vocals, rhythm guitar
• Paul Poulos - lead guitar & backing vocals
• Val Ium - bass guitar, backing vocals, and sarcasm
• Danny Jam Kavadlo - drums & percussion

All songs written by Henry Font for Cobra Music/BMI, except "Shoplifters of the World Unite" (Morrissey/Marr, c1987)

Recorded at Systems Two Recording, Brooklyn, NY

Engineered by Michael Marciano

Produced by Josh Silver

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Mastered by Rick Essig at Frankford/Wayne, NYC

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Atlantic Records version

The band signed with Atlantic Records in 1996 and the new label re-released Number One in 1997. The Atlantic

Atlantic Records

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 version of contained new artwork and a reworked lineup:

• Henry Font - lead vocals & rhythm guitars
• Burton Gans* - lead guitar
• Val Ium - bass guitar, backing vocals & cerebral torture
• Jeff McManus* - drums, percussion & gambling problems

However, the recording itself remained the same, so the liner notes included the following message:

Note: We are forced to mention (for legal purposes), that all lead guitars and backing vocals (on "I Am No One"), on this recording, were played by Paul Poulos and drums & percussion played by Danny "Jam" Kavadlo.

Name change

Another notable change, between the original album and the Atlantic version, is the spelling of the band's name, from Pist*On to simply Piston. The issue of the band having "sold out

Selling out

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" to Atlantic became the focal point of their next album, the aptly titled $ell.Out.