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{{Infobox album
| name = 34.788%...Complete
| type = studio
| artist = [[My Dying Bride]]
| cover = 34 788 Complete Album Cover.jpg
| alt =
| released = 6 October 1998
| recorded = 1998
| studio =Academy Studios
| genre = [[Doom metal]], [[gothic metal]]
| length = 56:42
| label = [[Peaceville Records|Peaceville]]
| producer = 'Mags', assisted by [[Calvin Robertshaw]]
| prev_title = [[Like Gods of the Sun]]
| prev_year = 1996
| next_title = [[The Light at the End of the World (My Dying Bride album)|The Light at the End of the World]]
| next_year = 1999
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r376980}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
|rev2score = 9/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |page=302}}</ref>
}}

'''''34.788%...Complete''''' is the fifth studio album by English [[doom metal]] band [[My Dying Bride]], released on 6 October 1998. The track "Under Your Wings and into Your Arms" appears on both ''[[The Voice of the Wretched]]'' CD and the ''[[Sinamorata]]'' DVD, and the opening track, "The Whore, the Cook and the Mother" appeared on their latest live DVD, ''[[An Ode to Woe]]''.

The Japanese version of the album featured a bonus track, entitled "Follower". This track was also featured on the 2003 re-release digipak of the album.

The album was dedicated to the memory of Richard Jackson, father of bassist Adrian.

==Album information==
This is the only album by My Dying Bride to feature the drumming of Bill Law. It is also the first not to feature long-time keyboardist and violinist [[Martin Powell]], who became a live member of [[Anathema (band)|Anathema]] shortly afterwards.

The spoken word interlude during "The Whore, The Cook and The Mother" is based on the replicant interrogation method from the movie ''[[Blade Runner]]''. Questions are asked in Cantonese and reversed, and singer [[Aaron Stainthorpe]]'s replies can be heard.

The album's title was derived from a dream that guitarist [[Calvin Robertshaw]] had where he was told the human race had a limited lifespan on Earth, 34.788% of which had already expired.<ref>[http://www.metal-rules.com/interviews/MDB-May2004.htm Aaron Stainthorpe interview] metal-rules.com. Retrieved on 2010-02-27.</ref>

==Musical style==
Despite a more experimental sound, the album continues the clean [[doom metal]] style of 1996's ''[[Like Gods of the Sun]]'', highlighting the interplay of guitars played by Calvin Robertshaw and [[Andrew Craighan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/34788-complete-mw0000601065 |last=Ankeny |first=Jason |title=34.788% Complete Review |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=April 3, 2024}}</ref>

== Track listing ==
* All songs published By VILE Music.

{{tracklist
| total_length = 56:42
| title1 = The Whore, the Cook and the Mother
| length1 = 12:00
| title2 = The Stance of Evander Sinque
| length2 = 5:31
| title3 = Der Überlebende
| note3 = "The Survivor"
| length3 = 7:39
| title4 = Heroin Chic
| length4 = 8:03
| title5 = Apocalypse Woman
| length5 = 7:38
| title6 = Base Level Erotica
| length6 = 9:55
| title7 = Under Your Wings and into Your Arms
| length7 = 5:57
}}

===Japanese Edition===
{{tracklist
| total_length = 61:54
| title8 = Follower
| note8 = Japanese bonus track
| length8 = 5:12
}}

== Personnel ==

=== My Dying Bride ===
* [[Aaron Stainthorpe]] – vocals
* [[Andrew Craighan]] – guitars
* [[Calvin Robertshaw]] – guitars
* [[Adrian Jackson (musician)|Adrian Jackson]] – bass
* [[Bill Law (musician)|Bill Law]] – drums

=== Additional personnel ===
* [[Keith Appleton]] and Mags – keyboards
* [[Michelle Richfield]] – female vocals on "Heroin Chic"

== Production ==
* Arranged by My Dying Bride
* Produced and mixed by Mags and Calvin Robertshaw
* Engineered by Mags, with assistance from James Anderson and Stevie Clow

== References ==
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