Better Off Dead (album)

Better Off Dead
Studio album by
Sodom
Released1 October 1990
GenreThrash metal
Length49:12
LabelSteamhammer/SPV
ProducerHarris Johns
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.[1]

Track listing

All music is composed by Chris Witchhunter, Michael Hoffmann and Tom Angelripper, except where noted

No.TitleLength
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 Tom Angelripper's late father
  • The spoken passages at the beginning of "An Eye for an Eye" is taken from the 1989 film The Punisher.

Personnel

Sodom
Production
  • Andreas Marschall - cover art
  • Harris Johns - production, mixing

References

  1. ^ "Sodom - Better Off Dead". Discogs.com. Retrieved 18 December 2021.