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Pleasure Ground is a studio album by American harsh noise and power electronics artist Prurient, first self-released as a double cassette and subsequently re-released by Load Records on November 14, 2006 on compact disc.

Though in consistent aesthetically in certain respects with prior releases, Pleasure Ground is regarded as a turning point in Prurient's oeuvre. The album is both the first of Prurient's digital recordings and distinct from prior releases in the album's heavy use of synthesizers.

Music and lyrics
The lyrics of Pleasure Ground are oriented around themes of mortality, sexuality, and death. In a departure from prior Prurient releases, the album's lyrics are simplistic and are described by Pitchfork's Marc Masters as Haiku-like. Fernow regards Pleasure Ground as exploring the duality and ambiguity of roles in sadomasochism, which he sees as exemplifying the conflictual nature of paradox and hypocrisy.

Personnel
Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes as represented on the album's Discogs page.


 * Dominick Fernow - performer