Reek of Putrefaction

Infobox Album |
Name = Reek of Putrefaction
Type = studio
Artist = Carcass


Released = July 1988
Recorded = December 1987-March 1988 at Ritch Bitch Studios
Genre = Grindcore
Goregrind
Length = 39:41
Label = Earache
Producer = Carcass
Paul Tabot
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:0xkzikx6bb79 link]
Last album = "Flesh Ripping Sonic Torment" (1987)
This album = "Reek of Putrefaction" (1988)
Next album = "Symphonies of Sickness" (1989)

"Reek of Putrefaction" is the debut album by the British grindcore band Carcass. It was released by Earache Records in 1988.

Production

"Reek of Putrefaction" was recorded in four days at a small studio in Birmingham. According to Bill Steer, the studio's engineer "ruined" the record, especially its drum tracks. Carcass had only had a few hours available of mixing, so they had to release the LP as it was to meet the label's deadline. The band were "everything but happy" with the end result, declared Steer. [cite web|url=http://www.goddamnbastard.org/carcass/interviews/rockhard40.html|title= Carcass - Perverted Sickos|date= June 1990|publisher= [http://www.rockhard.de Rock Hard] |accessdate= 2008-04-27 Archived at [http://www.goddamnbastard.org/carcass Sex. Money. Food.] ]

When the master recording was first sent to the pressing plant, the original vinyl LP had to be pressed at lower volumes, because the bass frequencies were so low (sometimes reaching 25 Hz) that they were in danger of rendering higher frequencies inaudible. [cite web|url=http://www.goddamnbastard.org/carcass/interviews/peardrop.html|title= THE GLAMMER, BILL, IS SPEAKING|author= Merle, Laurent|date= 1990|publisher= Peardrop|accessdate= 2008-04-27 Archived at [http://www.goddamnbastard.org/carcass Sex. Money. Food.] ]

Overview

When released, "Reek of Putrefaction" reached #6 on the UK Indie Chart, establishing Carcass as one of the pioneers of the grindcore genre. [cite web|url=http://www.goddamnbastard.org/carcass/interviews/bio.html|title= Carcass: Bio|publisher= [http://www.metalmaniacs.com Metal Maniacs] |accessdate= 2008-04-27 Archived at [http://www.goddamnbastard.org/carcass Sex. Money. Food.] ] The late BBC Radio 1 DJ John Peel declared it his favorite album of 1988, in an interview for British newspaper "The Observer".Mudrian (2004), page 132.]

The original album cover consisted of a collage of autopsy photographs collected from medical journals.Mudrian (2004), page 132.] "Reek of Putrefaction" was later re-released with a "clean" cover. [See the British 1994 rerelease, available on the "References" section below.] In the year 2002 / 2003, the album was reissued with a censored outer cover proclaiming "Original album artwork inside".

Track listing

#"Genital Grinder" – 1:32
#"Regurgitation of Giblets" – 1:24
#"Maggot Colony" – 1:37
#"Pyosisified" (Rotten to the Gore) – 2:55
#"Carbonized Eye Sockets" – 1:11
#"Frenzied Detruncation" – 0:59
#"Vomited Anal Tract" – 1:45
#"Festerday" – 0:22
#"Fermenting Innards" – 2:35
#"Excreted Alive" – 1:21
#"Suppuration" – 2:19
#"Foeticide" – 2:46
#"Microwaved Uterogestation" – 1:24
#"Feast on Dismembered Carnage" – 1:27
#"Splattered Cavities" – 1:54
#"Psychopathologist" – 1:18
#"Burnt to a Crisp" – 2:43
#"Pungent Excruciation" – 2:31
#"Manifestation of Verrucose Urethra" – 1:02
#"Oxidized Razor Masticator" – 3:13
#"Mucopurulence Excretor" – 1:09
#"Malignant Defecation" – 2:14

Credits

* Ken Owen - Vocals, Drums
* Jeffrey Walker - Vocals, Bass
* Bill Steer - Vocals, Guitar

Notes

References

* Carcass (1994). "Reek of Putrefaction". [CD] . Nottingham, UK: Earache Compact Discs, Cassettes & Records.
* Mudrian, Albert (2004). "Choosing Death: the Improbable History of Death Metal and Grincore". Los Angeles, CA: Feral House.