1988 studio album by Death
Leprosy is the second studio album by American death metal band Death , released on November 16, 1988, by Combat Records .[ 3] [better source needed ] The album is notable in its different tone and quality from the band's 1987 debut , it is the first example of Scott Burns ' work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era. The cover is featured in Metal: A Headbanger's Journey . It is the first album to feature drummer Bill Andrews and the only one to feature guitarist Rick Rozz .
In a poll by the German Rock Hard magazine, Leprosy was voted the number one of the 25 most important death metal albums of all time. On April 29, 2014, a three-disc remastered edition containing bonus tracks was released via Relapse Records .[ 4]
The title track was covered by the blackened death metal band Akercocke on their 2007 album Antichrist . Dutch melodic death metal band Callenish Circle covered "Pull the Plug" as a bonus on their Flesh Power Dominion album, released in 2002; shortly thereafter, Norwegian band Zyklon also recorded "Pull the Plug" to be used as a bonus track. Finnish thrash metal band Mokoma covered the track "Open Casket", with lyrics in Finnish and titled "Avoin Hauta", on their EP Viides Vuodenaika . "Pull the Plug" was also covered by American band Revocation .
Track listing
All music written by Chuck Schuldiner and Rick Rozz , unless stated. All lyrics written by Chuck Schuldiner. All songs published by Mutilation Music.[ 5] [ 6]
Title Music 1. "Leprosy" Schuldiner 6:19 2. "Born Dead" 3:25 3. "Forgotten Past" 4:33 4. "Left to Die" 4:35 5. "Pull the Plug" Schuldiner 4:25 6. "Open Casket" 4:53 7. "Primitive Ways" Rozz 4:33 8. "Choke on It" 5:54
2008 Century Media remastered digipak version[ 7] Title 9. "Open Casket" (live) 4:49 10. "Choke on It" (live) 5:50 11. "Left to Die" (live) 4:35 12. "Pull the Plug" (live) 4:26 13. "Forgotten Past" (live) 4:33
2014 reissued Relapse Records version (bonus disc 1) Title 1. "Open Casket" (Rehearsals September 23, 1987) 4:55 2. "Choke on It" (Rehearsals September 23, 1987) 6:15 3. "Left to Die" (Rehearsals September 23, 1987) 4:41 4. "Left to Die - Take 2" (Rehearsals September 23, 1987) 4:34 5. "Left to Die" (Rehearsals May 12, 1987) 4:27 6. "Open Casket" (Rehearsals May 12, 1987) 4:42 7. "Pull the Plug" (Rehearsals May 12, 1987) 4:17 8. "Choke on It" (Rehearsals May 12, 1987) 5:37 9. "Born Dead" (Rehearsals May 12, 1987) 3:19 10. "Forgotten Past" (Rehearsals May 12, 1987) 4:26
2014 reissued Relapse Records version (bonus disc 2) Title 1. "Leprosy" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 6:24 2. "Open Casket" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 4:59 3. "Zombie Ritual" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 4:40 4. "Pull the Plug" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 4:20 5. "Left to Die" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 4:41 6. "Mutilation" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 3:40 7. "Forgotten Past" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 4:35 8. "Born Dead" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 3:23 9. "Denial of Life" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 3:24 10. "Primitive Ways" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 4:22 11. "Infernal Death" (Live at Backstreets, Rochester, NY - December 13, 1988) 4:21 12. "Leprosy" (Live at The Dirt Club, Bloomfield, NJ - December 11, 1988) 7:29 13. "Pull the Plug" (Live at The Dirt Club, Bloomfield, NJ - December 11, 1988) 4:43 14. "Forgotten Past" (Live at The Dirt Club, Bloomfield, NJ - December 11, 1988) 4:51 15. "Primitive Ways" (Live at The Dirt Club, Bloomfield, NJ - December 11, 1988) 4:45 16. "Open Casket" (Live at The Dirt Club, Bloomfield, NJ - December 11, 1988) 5:09 17. "Mutilation" (Live at The Dirt Club, Bloomfield, NJ - December 11, 1988) 4:29 18. "Infernal Death" (Live at The Dirt Club, Bloomfield, NJ - December 11, 1988) 3:31
Personnel
Death
Production
Dan Johnson – production
Scott Burns – engineering
Michael Fuller – mastering
Edward Repka – artwork
Eric Greif – management
Frank White – photography
David Bett – art direction
Alan Douches – mastering (2014 reissue)
References
^ Huey, Steve. "Leprosy - Death" . AllMusic . Retrieved October 13, 2011 .
^ Popoff, Martin (November 1, 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties . Burlington, Ontario , Canada : Collector's Guide Publishing . p. 88. ISBN 978-1-894959-31-5 .
^ "On this day, November 16th 1988, "Leprosy" was released. One of the most influential death metal albums of all time. A Masterpiece \m/" .
^ Huey, Steve (March 20, 2014). "DEATH's 'Leprosy' Album To Be Reissued With Bonus Material" . Blabbermouth. Retrieved April 1, 2014 .
^ Primitive Ways as registered at BMI.com Archived November 6, 2015, at the Wayback Machine , the percentage filed is 75% Schuldiner, 25% DeLillo (Rozz)
^ Death (Official) , Facebook page administered by Relapse Records and Eric Greif (the lawyer for Chuck Schuldiner's Estate) , (retrieved November 18, 2011)
^ "Death (2) - Leprosy (CD, Album) at Discogs" . Discogs.com. June 2, 2008. Retrieved October 13, 2011 .
^ Frank Albrecht (December 1991). "Counterattack" . Rock Hard . Retrieved July 7, 2022 .
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