Reek of Putrefaction
| Artist | |
|---|---|
| Type | Studio Full-length |
| Released | 1988-07 |
| Genres | Goregrind, Grindcore |
| Labels | Earache |
| Length | 39:41 |
| Ranked | #25 for 1988 , #1,240 all-time |
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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.
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
Carcass Discography
| Album title | Type | Released | Rating | Votes | Reviews |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| ▶ Reek of Putrefaction (1988) | Studio | 1988-07 | 82.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Symphonies of Sickness (1989) | Studio | 1989-12-04 | 92.5 | 2 | 0 |
| Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrios (1991) | Studio | 1991-10-30 | 80 | 2 | 1 |
| Heartwork (1993) | Studio | 1993-10-18 | 88.3 | 3 | 1 |
| Swansong (1996) | Studio | 1996-06-10 | - | 0 | 0 |
| Surgical Steel (2013) | Studio | 2013-09-13 | 85 | 1 | 0 |
| Surgical Remission / Surplus Steel (2014) | EP | 2014-11-14 | - | 0 | 0 |
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