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Functioning on Impatience

Functioning on Impatience is the second full-length album by American metalcore band Coalesce, originally released in 1998 through Second Nature Recordings. The LP edition of the record was repressed for the album's 10th anniversary in 2008, featuring a uniquely cut sleeve shaped after the rib cage on the cover art. The CD edition features a transparent front insert.

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Functioning on Impatience
Studio album by
Coalesce
ReleasedNovember 18, 1998
Recorded1998
StudioRed House Studios, Lawrence, Kansas
GenreMetalcore, mathcore
Length20:06
LabelSecond Nature
ProducerEd Rose
Coalesce chronology
Give Them Rope
(1998) 		Functioning on Impatience
(1998) 		There Is Nothing New Under the Sun
(1998)
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Functioning on Impatience is the second full-length album by American metalcore band Coalesce, originally released in 1998 through Second Nature Recordings. The LP edition of the record was repressed for the album's 10th anniversary in 2008, featuring a uniquely cut sleeve shaped after the rib cage on the cover art. The CD edition features a transparent front insert.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Coalesce.

Functioning On Impatience
No.TitleLength
1."You Can't Kill Us All"3:15
2."Recurring Ache of Monotony Still Running"2:11
3."A New Language"2:14
4."On Being a Bastard"3:04
5."My Love for Extremes"3:39
6."Measured in Gray"3:05
7."A Disgust for Details"2:36

Personnel

Coalesce
Production
  • Ed Rose – Producer, Engineer
  • Steve Heritage – Mastering
Design
  • Carrie Whitney – Photography
  • Matt Jones – Art direction, design
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