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Reek of Putrefaction

Artist
TypeStudio Full-length
Released
GenresGoregrind, Grindcore
LabelsEarache
Length39:41
Ranked#25 for 1988 , #1,250 all-time
Reviews :  0
Comments :  2
Total votes :  2
Rating :  82.5 / 100
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Reek of Putrefaction Information

Track listing (Songs)

Title Length Rating Votes
1. Genital Grinder 1:32 - 0
2. Regurgitation of Giblets 1:24 - 0
3. Maggot Colony 1:37 - 0
4. Pyosisified (Rotten to the Gore) 2:55 - 0
5. Carbonized Eye Sockets 1:11 - 0
6. Frenzied Detruncation 0:59 - 0
7. Vomited Anal Tract 1:45 - 0
8. Festerday 0:22 - 0
9. Fermenting Innards 2:35 - 0
10. Excreted Alive 1:21 - 0
11. Suppuration 2:19 - 0
12. Foeticide 2:46 - 0
13. Microwaved Uterogestation 1:24 - 0
14. Feast on Dismembered Carnage 1:27 - 0
15. Splattered Cavities 1:54 - 0
16. Psychopathologist 1:18 - 0
17. Burnt to a Crisp 2:43 - 0
18. Pungent Excruciation 2:31 - 0
19. Manifestation of Verrucose Urethra 1:02 - 0
20. Oxidised Razor Masticator 3:13 - 0
21. Mucopurulence Excretor 1:09 - 0
22. Malignant Defecation 2:14 - 0

Line-up (Members)

  • Jeff Walker : Bass, Vocals
  • Bill Steer : Guitars, Vocals
  • Ken Owen : Drums, Vocals

Production staff / artist

  • Digby Pearson : Executive Producer
  • Paul Talbot : Producer, Engineering, Mixing, Re-recording
  • Mike Ivory : Engineering
Additional notes
Recorded, mixed, re-recorded and re-mixed at Rich "Funeral" Bitch Studios December 1987 - March 1988 on 16 track facilities.
According to an interview with Bill Steer, the initial recording was completely ruined by Mike Ivory so the band had to hastily re-record and re-engineer the album in order to meet the label's deadline.

The above cover is the original "gore" cover, which was later banned and replaced by a "clean" cover, which was drawings of a human similar to those found in biology books. The exact same cover was used for "Symphonies Of Sickness" except with a different color scheme. In the year 2002/2003, the gore covers were put back.

"Reek Of Putrefaction" was re-released on CD for the first time in 1989 by Earache Records (cat.-no. MOSH 18CD for the uncensored version, GMOSH 18CD for the censored cover). The CD (76:25) contained both, the "Symphonies Of Sickness" and the "Reek Of Putrefaction" album, but omitted the "Reek Of Putrefaction" tracks # 5, 6, 8, 13, 19 and 21.

Reissued on vinyl 2002, European pressing x1000 on 220g black vinyl, US pressing x 1000 (700 blue vinyl, 300 clear vinyl).

September 2008 reissue: Fully remastered on a DualDisc (combined CD and DVD) in a deluxe digipak packaged in a white "medical" bag with expanded artwork. It includes part 1 of the mini-documentary series entitled "The Pathologist's Report" on the DVD side plus the 13 tracks of the "Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment" demo-tape as bonus-tracks on the CD side.

The lyrics here are taken from the booklet.

Reek of Putrefaction Comments

 (75/100)
곡들이 너무 이상해서 처음엔 맘에 안들었지만... 4, 10, 16번 트랙? 같은것은 꽤 좋았다.
 (90/100)
꿀꿀 돼지는 고기 음메 소도 고기 인간은 동물 따라서 인간도 고기나라 3등급 도장쾅!

Carcass Discography

Album title Type Released Rating Votes Reviews
(1988) Studio 82.5 2 0
(1989) Studio 92.5 2 0
(1991) Studio 80 2 1
(1993) Studio 88.3 3 1
(1996) Studio - 0 0
(2013) Studio 85 1 0
(2014) EP - 0 0
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