Released June 1, 1990 Producer Mark Lemaire, Neurosis Artist Neurosis Label Lookout Records | Length 38:03 The Word as Law
(1990) Souls at Zero
(1992) Release date 1990 | |
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Genres Hardcore punk, Crust punk, Thrash metal, Crossover thrash Similar Pain of Mind, Souls at Zero, Enemy of the Sun, A Sun That Never Sets, Times of Grace | ||
The Word as Law is the second studio album by Californian band Neurosis. It was released in 1990 through Lookout! Records, originally on LP only. In 1991, the album was released on CD with several re-recorded tracks from previous releases as bonus material.
Contents
Neurosis double edged sword
Track listing
- "Double Edged Sword" – 4:05 (Music & Lyrics: Kelly)
- "The Choice" – 4:07 (Music: Edwardson, Lyrics: Edwardson/Kelly)
- "Obsequious Obsolescence" – 5:12 (Music: Kelly/Edwardson/Von Till, Lyrics: Kelly)
- "To What End?" – 6:23 (Music & Lyrics: Von Till)
- "Tomorrow's Reality" – 5:47 (Music & Lyrics: Edwardson)
- "Common Inconsistencies" – 4:24 (Music: Edwardson, Lyrics: Edwardson/Kelly)
- "Insensitivity" – 0:47 (Music & Lyrics: Edwardson)
- "Blisters" – 7:18 (Music: Kelly/Edwardson, Lyrics: Kelly)
Bonus tracks
- "Life on Your Knees" – 2:54 (Music: Edwardson, Lyrics: Kelly/Edwardson)
- "Pain of Mind" – 3:10 (Music: Kelly/Edwardson, Lyrics: Kelly)
- "Grey" – 3:01 (Music: Edwardson, Lyrics: Kelly)
- "United Sheep" – 3:15 (Music & Lyrics: Kelly)
- "Pollution" – 4:09 (Music & Lyrics: Kelly)
- "Day of the Lords" - 5:17 (Joy Division cover)
- "Untitled" – 10:41
Personnel
Tracks 1-8 recorded at Sound & Vision, 684 Indiana, San Francisco in December 1989 Tracks 9-15 recorded at Sound & Vision, 684 Indiana, San Francisco in February 1991
Songs
1Double-Edged Sword4:03
2The Choice4:04
3Obsequious Obsolescence5:08
References
The Word as Law Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA