Slowly We Rot
| Slowly We Rot | ||||
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| Studio album by Obituary | ||||
| Released | May 16, 1989 | |||
| Recorded | 1988–1989 at Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida. | |||
| Genre | Death metal | |||
| Length | 35:09 | |||
| Label | Roadrunner | |||
| Producer | Scott Burns | |||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
Slowly We Rot is the debut album by American death metal band Obituary. It was released on May 16, 1989 and is also the only album on which Obituary used E standard guitar tuning, as all of Obituary's other albums use D standard tuning. Despite this, it is widely considered to be Obituary's heaviest album. It was re-released in 1997. The only album to feature bassist Daniel Tucker.
Track listing
- Lyrics By John Tardy. Music By Obituary.
| No. | Title | Length | |
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| 1. | "Internal Bleeding" | 3:01 | |
| 2. | "Godly Beings" | 1:55 | |
| 3. | "'Til Death" | 3:56 | |
| 4. | "Slowly We Rot" | 3:36 | |
| 5. | "Immortal Visions" | 2:25 | |
| 6. | "Gates to Hell" | 2:49 | |
| 7. | "Words of Evil" | 1:55 | |
| 8. | "Suffocation" | 2:35 | |
| 9. | "Intoxicated" | 4:40 | |
| 10. | "Deadly Intentions" | 2:09 | |
| 11. | "Bloodsoaked" | 3:11 | |
| 12. | "Stinkupuss" | 2:59 | |
Total length: |
35:09 | ||
| Bonus Tracks 1997 Roadrunner Remasters | ||||||||||
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| No. | Title | Length | ||||||||
| 13. | "Find the Arise" (Demo) | 2:39 | ||||||||
| 14. | "Like the Dead" (Demo) | 2:34 | ||||||||
Personnel
- Obituary
- John Tardy – Vocals
- Allen West – Lead guitar
- JP Chartier - Lead Guitar on Find the Arise & Like the Dead
- Trevor Peres – Rhythm guitar
- Daniel Tucker – Bass
- Donald Tardy – Drums
- Productions
- Executive Producer: Monte Conner
- Arranged By Obituary
- Produced, Recorded & Engineered By Scott Burns
- Mixed By Scott Burns, Donald Tardy & John Tardy
- Mastered By Mike Fuller
References
- ↑ Birchmeier, Jason. "Slowly We Rot - Obituary". Allmusic. Retrieved October 13, 2011.
External links
- Slowly We Rot at Media Club
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