Born Dead

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Born Dead
Born Dead.jpg
Studio album by
Body Count
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1994
Recorded1994
Genre
Length47:16
Label Virgin
Producer Ernie-C, Ice-T
Body Count chronology
Body Count
(1992)		Born Dead
(1994)		 Violent Demise: The Last Days
(1997)
Singles from Born Dead
  1. "Hey Joe"
    Released: 1993 [2]
  2. "Born Dead"
    Released: 1994 [3]
  3. "Necessary Evil"
    Released: 1994 [4]
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [5]
Christgau's Consumer Guide Rating-Christgau-neither.png [6]
Entertainment Weekly B [7]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [8]
Kerrang! Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
NME 7/10 [10]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [11]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [12]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [13]
Spin Alternative Record Guide 5/10 [14]

Born Dead is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Body Count. The album was released on September 6, 1994.

Contents

Lyrical subject matter includes war ("Shallow Graves"), drugs ("Street Lobotomy"), death ("Surviving the Game"), murder ("Last Breath") and the mosh pit ("Killin' Floor").

Among other tracks, the album features a cover of Billy Roberts' "Hey Joe," performed in the style of Jimi Hendrix' recording of the song, as originally featured on the Are You Experienced album. Body Count's cover of the song was first featured on the Hendrix tribute album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix .

In the liner notes, Ice-T dedicates the album "to all the people of color throughout the entire world: Asian, Latino, Native American, Hawaiian, Italian, Indian, Persian, African, Aboriginal and any other nationality that white supremacists would love to see born dead." [15] Born Dead peaked at #74 on the Billboard 200. [16]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Body M/F Count"Ice-T, Ernie-C2:14
2."Masters of Revenge"Ice-T, D-Roc5:20
3."Killin' Floor"Ice-T, D-Roc2:21
4."Necessary Evil"Mooseman3:59
5."Drive By"Ice-T, Mooseman1:26
6."Last Breath"Ice-T, Ernie-C5:18
7."Hey Joe" Billy Roberts 4:28
8."Shallow Graves"Ice-T, Ernie-C, D-Roc4:12
9."Surviving the Game"Ice-T, Ernie-C, Mooseman5:41
10."Who Are You"Ice-T, Ernie-C3:48
11."Street Lobotomy"Ice-T, D-Roc2:24
12."Born Dead"Ice-T, Ernie-C, D-Roc, Mooseman5:59
Total length:47:16

Personnel

Charts

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