Released May 20, 1988 Artist Flotsam and Jetsam Producer Bill Metoyer Genres Thrash metal, Speed metal | Length 54:29 Release date 20 May 1988 Label Elektra Records | |
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Recorded December 1987 - February 1988 No Place for Disgrace
(1988) When the Storm Comes Down
(1990) Similar Flotsam and Jetsam albums, Thrash metal albums | ||
Flotsam and jetsam no place for disgrace original full album hd
No Place for Disgrace is the second album by American thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam, released in 1988. This marked the band's first album release through a major label, Elektra Records, and was also their first album with the bass guitarist Troy Gregory, who had replaced Jason Newsted when the latter left the band in 1986 to join Metallica. The album received some notice for its cover of an Elton John song, "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", and upon its release charted on Billboard at 143. The band re-recorded the album in 2014 under the title No Place For Disgrace 2014.
Contents
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Album title
According to former Flotsam and Jetsam bassist Michael Spencer, who briefly replaced Newsted, Flotsam and Jetsam's then-A&R rep Michael Alago, wanted the album to be called Blessing in Disguise. However, when Spencer left the band just prior to the recording sessions, Flotsam and Jetsam went with their own choice, and Metal Church (who was also on Elektra at the time) ended up with Blessing in Disguise as the title of their third album, which would be released in February 1989, nine months after No Place for Disgrace.
Track listing
- "No Place for Disgrace" - 6:13 (Michael Gilbert, Jason Newsted, Kelly Smith, Eric AK Knutson, Ed Carlson)
- "Dreams of Death" - 5:39 (Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson, Michael Spencer)
- "N.E. Terror" - 5:57 (Gilbert, Newsted, Eric Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson)
- "Escape from Within" - 6:47 (Gilbert, Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson, Spencer)
- "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" - 3:52 (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)
- "Hard on You" - 4:50 (Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson, Spencer)
- "I Live You Die" - 5:49 (Gilbert, Newsted, Smith, Knutson, Carlson )
- "Misguided Fortune" - 5:41(Gilbert, Smith, Troy Gregory, Knutson, Carlson)
- "P.A.A.B." - 5:32 (Gilbert, Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson)
- "The Jones" - 4:07 (Instrumental),(Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson)
Reception
AllMusic gave the album four stars, commenting that it "basically repeats the formula of their debut but benefits from a cleaner yet still-in-your face production job. " A staff member for About.com praised the album in a 2011 review, citing the song N.E. Terror as a highlight as it was "packed with jaw-dropping trade-off guitar solos, including a lead bass break that would make Newsted proud."
Re-release
On February 14, 2014 the band re-released the album with Tory Edwards on violin and mandolin, stating that they had received many requests to remix the record. The band had experienced difficulties in obtaining the master tapes of the 1988 album and as such, decided to re-record the album. Of the decision, the band commented that "The aim was not really to change but to enhance it with the opportunity with the use of new tools. We have the time available as well, and it just seemed like a no-brainer."
Songs
1No Place for Disgrace6:13
2Dreams of Death5:40
3NE Terror5:57