Leprosy is the second album by death metal band Death, released in 1988. Notably different in tone and quality from the 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.
The title track "Leprosy" 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. Finnish thrash metal band Mokoma covered the track "Open Casket", with lyrics in Finnish and titled "Avoin Hauta", on their EP Viides Vuodenaika.
In a death metal special by the German "Rock Hard" Magazine, Leprosy was voted the no. 1 of the 25 most important death metal albums of all time.
[edit] 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 (BMI).
| 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[3][4]" |
4:20 |
| 8. |
"Choke on It" |
5:54 |
| 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 |
[edit] Personnel
[edit] References
- ^ Huey, Steve. "Leprosy - Death". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r5285. Retrieved October 13th, 2011.
- ^ "Death - Leprosy review". Metal Storm. http://www.metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=828. Retrieved October 13th, 2011.
- ^ Primitive Ways as registered at BMI.com, 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 2nd, 2008. http://www.discogs.com/Death-Leprosy/release/1770531. Retrieved October 13th, 2011.
- ^ a b "Counterattack". Emptywords.org. October 3rd, 1999. http://www.emptywords.org/RHinterview12-91.htm. Retrieved October 13th, 2011.
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