No Place for Disgrace
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No Place for Disgrace
- Artist: Flotsam & Jetsam
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- Release Date: 1988
- Total Time: 50:15
- Genre: Rock
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Though they had recently lost lyricist and principal songwriter Jason Newsted to Metallica, Arizona thrashers Flotsam & Jetsam neatly avoided the sophomore slump with 1988's No Place for Disgrace. The album basically repeats the formula of their debut but benefits from a cleaner yet still-in-your face production job. And while Newsted collects a few co-writing credits, guitarist Michael Gilbert takes over, guiding the band through the excellent title track, the morbid "Dreams of Death," and a chaotic version of Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting." "Escape from Within" is one of the album's two standouts, slowly building from its melodic intro into full-on thrashing intensity, gliding toward an apparent finale, then exploding again. The second standout has to be the brutal "I Live You Die," which gallops along on its massive bassline, twin guitar harmonies, and abrupt start-stop dynamics. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia, Rovi| No Place for Birds to Rest (2008 Album by Mary Johnson Rockers) | |
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| Studio album by Flotsam and Jetsam | ||||
| Released | 1988 | |||
| Recorded | December 1987 - February 1988 | |||
| Genre | Thrash metal, speed metal | |||
| Length | 54:29 | |||
| Label | Elektra (US) | |||
| Producer | Bill Metoyer, Flotsam and Jetsam | |||
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No Place for Disgrace is the second studio album by Flotsam and Jetsam. It was recorded between December 1987 and February 1988, and released later in 1988. This is the band's major label debut on Elektra Records. It was also their first album to feature bassist Troy Gregory, who replaced Jason Newsted. Newsted had left the band in 1986 to join Metallica. Gregory would later depart to join Prong. No Place for Disgrace is the last Flotsam and Jetsam album to contain material written by Newsted.
The album sleeve illustration was painted by Boris Vallejo.
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Track listing
- "No Place for Disgrace" (Michael Gilbert, Jason Newsted, Kelly Smith, Eric AK Knutson, Ed Carlson) - 6:13
- "Dreams of Death" (Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson) - 5:39
- "N.E. Terror" (Gilbert, Newsted, Eric Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson) - 5:57
- "Escape from Within" (Gilbert, Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson, Michael Spencer) - 6:47
- "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" (Elton John, Bernie Taupin) - 3:52
- "Hard on You" (Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson, Spencer) - 4:50
- "I Live You Die" (Gilbert, Newsted, Smith, Knutson, Carlson) - 5:49
- "Misguided Fortune" (Gilbert, Smith, Troy Gregory, Knutson, Carlson) - 5:41
- "P.A.A.B." (Gilbert, Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson) - 5:32
- "The Jones" (Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson) - 4:07
Credits
- Kelly David-Smith: drums
- Edward Carlson: guitars
- Eric A.K.: vocals
- Troy Gregory: bass guitar
- Michael Gilbert: guitars
- Bill Metoyer and Flotsam and Jetsam: producers
- Bill Metoyer: engineering
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