Better Off Dead (album)

Better Off Dead

Studio album by Sodom

Released

1 October 1990

Genre

Thrash metal, speed metal

Length

49:12

Sodom chronology

Agent Orange
(1989)

Better Off Dead
(1990)

Tapping the Vein
(1992)

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Better Off Dead is the fourth studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released on 1 October 1990 by Steamhammer/SPV. The song "The Saw Is the Law" in an altered version that was released on the EP The Saw Is the Law.

Track listing

All music composed by Chris Witchhunter, Michael Hoffman and Tom Angelripper, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"An Eye for an Eye"	4:25
2.	"Shellfire Defense"	4:23
3.	"The Saw Is the Law"	4:11
4.	"Turn Your Head Around" (Tank cover)	3:23
5.	"Capture the Flag"	6:08
6.	"Cold Sweat" (Thin Lizzy cover)	3:10
7.	"Bloodtrails"	4:45
8.	"Never Healing Wound"	2:26
9.	"Better off Dead"	3:44
10.	"Resurrection"	4:50
11.	"Tarred and Feathered"	3:02
12.	"Stalinorgel"	4:41
Total length:		49:12

Trivia

"Resurrection" is dedicated to Angelripper's late father
The spoken passages at the beginning of "An Eye For An Eye" is taken from the 1989 film The Punisher, starring Dolph Lundgren.

Personnel

Sodom

Tom Angelripper - vocals/bass guitar
Michael Hoffman - guitars
Chris Witchhunter - drums

Production

Andreas Marschall - Cover art
Harris Johns - Producer, Mixing

Sodom

Tom Angelripper Makka Bernemann Michael Wulf Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek

Albums	Obsessed by Cruelty Persecution Mania Agent Orange Better Off Dead Tapping the Vein Get What You Deserve Masquerade in Blood 'Til Death Do Us Unite Code Red M-16 Sodom The Final Sign of Evil In War and Pieces Epitome of Torture

EPs & Demos	In the Sign of Evil Expurse of Sodomy Ausgebombt The Saw Is the Law Aber bitte mit Sahne Sacred Warpath Witching Metal Victims of Death

Compilations	Ten Black Years 2 in 1 30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012

Live	Mortal Way of Live Marooned Live One Night in Bangkok Lords of Depravity Part I

"The Big Teutonic Four"	Kreator Sodom Destruction Tankard

Related articles	Teutonic thrash metal

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