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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

Track listing

  1. "Double Edged Sword" – 4:05 (Music & Lyrics: Kelly)
  2. "The Choice" – 4:07 (Music: Edwardson, Lyrics: Edwardson/Kelly)
  3. "Obsequious Obsolescence" – 5:12 (Music: Kelly/Edwardson/Von Till, Lyrics: Kelly)
  4. "To What End?" – 6:23 (Music & Lyrics: Von Till)
  5. "Tomorrow's Reality" – 5:47 (Music & Lyrics: Edwardson)
  6. "Common Inconsistencies" – 4:24 (Music: Edwardson, Lyrics: Edwardson/Kelly)
  7. "Insensitivity" – 0:47 (Music & Lyrics: Edwardson)
  8. "Blisters" – 7:18 (Music: Kelly/Edwardson, Lyrics: Kelly)

Bonus tracks

  1. "Life on Your Knees" – 2:54 (Music: Edwardson, Lyrics: Kelly/Edwardson)
  2. "Pain of Mind" – 3:10 (Music: Kelly/Edwardson, Lyrics: Kelly)
  3. "Grey" – 3:01 (Music: Edwardson, Lyrics: Kelly)
  4. "United Sheep" – 3:15 (Music & Lyrics: Kelly)
  5. "Pollution" – 4:09 (Music & Lyrics: Kelly)
  6. "Day of the Lords" - 5:17 (Joy Division cover)
  7. "Untitled" – 10:41

Personnel

  • Scott Kelly − guitar, vocals
  • Steve Von Till − guitar, vocals
  • Dave Edwardson − bass guitar, vocals
  • Simon McIlroy − keyboards, tapes, samples
  • Jason Roeder − drums

    • 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


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