Manic Frustration

Manic Frustration
Studio album by Trouble
Released	June 16, 1992
Recorded	1991
Studio	Indigo Ranch Studios (Malibu, California), Studio II (Culver City, California), and Hollywood Sound Recorders (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Heavy metal, psychedelic rock, stoner rock
Length	43:12
Label	Def American
Producer	Rick Rubin and Trouble
Trouble chronology
Trouble (1990) Manic Frustration (1992) Plastic Green Head (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	10/10
Kerrang!
Rock Hard	9.0/10

Manic Frustration is the fifth studio album by American doom metal band Trouble, released on June 16, 1992. The album marked a change in style toward a faster-paced, psychedelic sound, as opposed to the slower, doom metal style on their previous albums. It was the band's last release via the label Def American. A promotional disc was released with the songs "'Scuse Me," "The Sleeper," and "Memory's Garden" in 1992, the last song of which also had a music video. The album was reissued and remastered by Hammerheart Records in 2020.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eric Wagner, Bruce Franklin and Rick Wartell, except "Breathe..." by Donovan Leitch, which is a partial cover of his song Atlantis.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Come Touch the Sky"		2:53
2.	"'Scuse Me"		3:24
3.	"The Sleeper"		3:14
4.	"Fear"		3:37
5.	"Rain"		4:16
6.	"Tragedy Man"		4:16
7.	"Memory's Garden"		4:23
8.	"Manic Frustration"		4:10
9.	"Hello Strawberry Skies"		3:03
10.	"Mr. White"		3:25
11.	"Breathe..."	Donovan Leitch	6:31
Total length:			43:12

Personnel

Trouble

• Eric Wagner – vocals
• Bruce Franklin – guitars
• Rick Wartell – guitars
• Ron Holzner – bass
• Barry Stern – drums

Additional musicians

• Rick Seratte – keyboards
• Ron Anderson, Gary Hoey – vocal guidance & inspiration

Production

• Rick Rubin – producer with Trouble
• Chris Kupper, Brendan O'Brien – engineers
• Dave Sardy – mixing at Hollywood Sound, Los Angeles
• Howie Weinberg – mastering at Masterdisk, New York
• Kim Champagne – art direction
• Trouble – front cover concept
• Jean-Francois Podevin – front cover illustration
• Chris Cuffaro – individual photos