| La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 | ||||
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| Studio album by White Zombie | ||||
| Released | March 17, 1992 | |||
| Recorded | May, 1991 at 321 Studios, New York | |||
| Genre | Heavy metal, groove metal, alternative metal | |||
| Length | 57:30 | |||
| Label | Geffen | |||
| Producer | Andy Wallace | |||
| White Zombie chronology | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | [1] |
| Rolling Stone | [2] |
La Sexorcisto: Devil Music, Vol. 1 is the third album by metal band White Zombie. It is the last album to feature drummer Ivan de Prume.
The album's sound is a mix of groove metal and funk metal with lots of B-movie samples. Rob Zombie explained he "wanted to keep a groovable dance element in the music", a trait which is often absent in metal music. Contrary to rumors, a "Devil Music, Vol. 2" was never planned for recording or release. Almost every song on the album made an appearance on the 1994 video game Way of the Warrior.
The album was both a critical and commercial success for White Zombie, climbing up the charts in the US and gaining massive MTV video airplay and mainstream rock radio airplay with "Thunder Kiss '65" and "Black Sunshine." It was certified Double Platinum by the RIAA.It has been certified by CAN gold.
Jacob N. Lunders of Allmusic praised the album with 4.5 out of 5 stars and claimed "Perhaps co-defining the future of heavy metal, White Zombie's major-label debut nearly equals fellow classics Guns N' Roses's Appetite for Destruction, The Cult's Electric, and Soundgarden's Badmotorfinger in significance".[1]
| Year | Publication | Country | Accolade | Rank | |
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| 1996 | Visions | Germany | "The Eternal Readers Charts" | 36 | [3] |
| 2006 | Rock Sound | United Kingdom | "Les 150 Albums De La Génération" | 95 | [4] |
| "*" denotes an unordered list. | |||||
All lyrics written by Rob Zombie, all music composed by White Zombie.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "Welcome to Planet Motherfucker/Psychoholic Slag" | 6:21 |
| 2. | "Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A)" | 0:21 |
| 3. | "Thunder Kiss '65" | 3:53 |
| 4. | "Black Sunshine" | 4:49 |
| 5. | "Soul-Crusher" | 5:07 |
| 6. | "Cosmic Monsters Inc." | 5:13 |
| 7. | "Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)" | 5:01 |
| 8. | "I Am Legend" | 5:08 |
| 9. | "Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B)" | 0:25 |
| 10. | "Thrust!" | 5:04 |
| 11. | "One Big Crunch" | 0:21 |
| 12. | "Grindhouse (A Go-Go)" | 4:05 |
| 13. | "Starface" | 5:02 |
| 14. | "Warp Asylum" | 6:44 |
Some pressings of the CD incorrectly divide tracks 12 and 13, beginning track 13 at 3:31 of "Grindhouse (A Go-Go)."
"Welcome to Planet Motherfucker/Psychoholic Slag" is the first track on the album. It is a two-part song, the first part having its own music video.
"Knuckle Duster (Radio 1-A)" is the second track and the first of two radio channel imitations on the album. It takes its name from a metal weapon worn over the knuckles used in hand-to-hand combat, otherwise known as brass knuckles. The track contains numerous short audio samples from movies and songs which play in a fashion similar to that of someone changing radio channels every few seconds.
"Thunder Kiss '65" is the third track on the album. It helped the band gain some notoriety through its music video and chart success (and again through its inclusion in the first Guitar Hero game, thirteen years later) and was nominated the Grammy for Best Metal Performance of 1993.
"Black Sunshine" is the fourth track on the album. Though minimally successful as a single, the song has gone on to become a fan favorite and is still played live with Zombie's solo act as well as appearing on his greatest hits albums. The spoken intro and end were provided by Iggy Pop. It also appears in the video game Guitar Hero III and as downloadable content for the Rock Band series.
"Soul-Crusher" is the fifth track on the album. The lyrics "Speed kills, I'm alive yeah, in my ... Durango '95, yeah!" and "Motherfucker scream horrorshow!" are both references to Stanley Kubrick's classic 1971 film A Clockwork Orange. Also, the lyrics "Time a Diamond Ass right on my line" is a reference to their song "Diamond Ass" off the Soul-Crusher album. Iggy Pop speaks the words "Burning like fat in the fire the smell of red, red kroovy(krovvy) screamed mega-flow; a stalking ground without prey. A flash of superstition whimpering like a crippled animal. Dogs of the Soul-Crusher pulling closer like the blue steel jaws of hell" in the middle of the song. According to Rob, it was this song that inspired Geffen Records to sign the band to its label.[5]
"Cosmic Monsters Inc." is the sixth track on the album.
"Spiderbaby (Yeah-Yeah-Yeah)" is the seventh track on the album. It takes its name from the 1968 cult film Spider Baby.
"I Am Legend" is the eighth track on the album. The song is closely based on the 1954 horror novel I Am Legend, written by Richard Matheson. The song was featured in the trailer for the 2007 movie I Am Legend.
"Knuckle Duster (Radio 2-B)" is the ninth track and the second of two radio channel imitations on the album.
"Grindhouse (A Go-Go)" is the twelfth cut on the album. It was featured in Woody Allen's 2002 film Hollywood Ending. In 2000, the song was covered by Habeas Corpus for the White Zombie tribute album Super-Charger Hell.
"Starface" is the thirteenth track on the album. The audio sample at the beginning of the track, "One. We are one. One is the beginning ...", is from the episode The Way To Eden from Star Trek: The Original Series. "X minus 5 seconds...4...3...2...1" is from the 1950 sci-fi film Rocketship X-M.
"Warp Asylum" is the fourteenth and last track on the album.
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