Streetcleaner: Live at Roadburn 2011
Streetcleaner: Live at Roadburn 2011 is the first live album from English industrial metal band Godflesh. The release (which consists of the entirety of Godflesh's 1989 studio album "Streetcleaner" performed live) was recorded on 14 April 2011 at the Roadburn Festival in Tilburg, Netherlands. Apart from being the group's debut live album, it was also the first time they played "Streetcleaner" in its entirety. This performance marks the first of three times Godflesh played an entire album live at Roadburn. In 2013, the band performed their 1992 album "Pure", and in 2018 the  band performed their 1994 album "Selfless". The performance. Godflesh frontman Justin Broadrick believed that this performance was "the most coherent version of "Streetcleaner" ever played." "The Quietus" writer Jamie Thomson said this about the performance: "As [Godflesh] pummeled their way through a complete performance of "Streetcleaner" in the main theatre, the jackhammer drum machine and guitar crunch invoked more of a physical rather than emotional response – that response being: 'Ouch'." Thomson later wrote "Rather than being dwarfed by the occasion, the image of Justin Broadrick and G. C. Green stood alone on the giant stage reflected perfectly their stark, tormented  sound." While many of the original "Streetcleaner" tracks were recorded with the aid of a second guitarist, Paul Neville, Godflesh remained a duo for the 2011 performance at Roadburn. In a mixed review of the performance, Ezekiel Rodofili with "Cooltry" highlighted this discrepancy, writing that the synth employed to replace Neville "wasn't quite up to the task." Regardless, Rodofili went on to praise the way Broadrick and Green played, especially focusing on the importance of Green's bass, and summarizing by saying ""Streetcleaner: Live at Roadburn 2011" is decent, if a little uneven." Vince Bellino of "Decibel" was more  positive, saying that "Streetcleaner" is brought to life in a way different from the studio recordings and writing, "The songs are more dissonant and, at times, cacophonous, a powerful incarnation of the record more than 20 years after its release." Release. "Streetcleaner: Live at Roadburn 2011" was initially released as a limited vinyl pressing on 18 April 2013, available in black with 400 copies and in red with 100 copies. This version of the release divides the tracks "Devastator" and Mighty Trust Krusher", whereas the following releases combine them. The album only saw full digital distribution on 4 April 2017 . On 1 November 2017, the album was released on CD in digipak format and was limited to 1,000 copies. Both the digital and CD versions run six minutes longer than the original vinyl release. Track listing. Note Personnel. Godflesh Additional personnel