Junk (Shinjuku Filth album)

Junk is the debut studio album of Shinjuku Filth, released in 1995 by Iridium Records. On May 21, 1996 the album was reissued on Full Contact Records.

Reception
Aiding & Abetting called Junk a "strident, brutal and ultimately beautiful work" and that "Shinjuku Filth has sonic construction (and reconstruction) down, and has ventured into a few previously unexplored territory here." Jason Ankeny of AllMusic awarded the album three out of five stars and said "the music ranges from hard-body dance to more ambient soundscapes; the penultimate track is, of all things, a cover of the Split Enz chestnut "Log Cabin Fever." Sonic Boom said "part of the musical allurement is derived from the fact for once a band with extensive musical training is now experimenting with some of the more popular electronic musical styles and as an end result is advancing the genre beyond the tunnel vision sights of some of the other premier electronic club bands."

Personnel
Adapted from the Junk liner notes.

Black Lung
 * Darrin Verhagen – keyboards

Additional performers
 * Peter Breuer – instruments
 * Paul McDermott – instruments
 * Anthony Norris – instruments
 * Paul Schütze – instruments
 * Mark Stafford – instruments

Production and design
 * Zalman Fishman – executive-producer
 * Richard Grant (I+T=R) – design