Coroner (album)

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Coroner
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Compilation album by
ReleasedMarch 1995
RecordedMarch 1987 – February 1995
Genre
Length72:51
Label Noise
Producer Coroner
Coroner chronology
Grin
(1993)
Coroner
(1995)
The Unknown Unreleased Tracks 1985–95
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 8/10 [2]

Coroner is the penultimate release by the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner. It is technically a compilation album, although it features new material as well as selected songs from the band's previous albums. It is also regarded as their final album, even though it was succeeded by a final compilation of unreleased material in 1996, titled The Unknown Unreleased Tracks 1985–95. The band chose to go into the studio for the last time, instead of releasing a greatest hits compilation, even though they had disbanded officially in 1994 (on some of the tracks, Edelmann and Broder are replaced by session musicians).

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)From the albumLength
1."Benway's World" (new recording)Ron Broder, Marky Edelmann, Tommy Vetterli 0:49
2."The Favorite Game" (new recording)Edelmann, Vetterli 4:30
3."Shifter" (new recording)Edelmann, Vetterli 4:50
4."Serpent Moves"Edelmann, Vetterli Grin 6:13
5."Snow Crystal" (new recording)Broder, Edelmann, Vetterli 0:37
6."Divine Step (Conspectu Mortis)"Broder, Edelmann, Vetterli Mental Vortex 6:21
7."Gliding Above While Being Below" (new recording)Vetterli 3:37
8."Der Mussolini" (new recording, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft cover) Robert Görl, Gabi Delgado-López  3:39
9."Last Entertainment (T.V. Bizarre)"Broder, Edelmann, Vetterli No More Color 3:51
10."Reborn Through Hate"Broder, Edelmann, Vetterli R.I.P. 4:02
11."Golden Cashmere Sleeper, Part 1" (new recording)Edelmann, Vetterli 4:57
12."Golden Cashmere Sleeper, Part 2" (new recording)Vetterli 4:59
13."Masked Jackal"Broder, Edelmann, Vetterli Punishment for Decadence 5:01
14."I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (The Beatles cover) Lennon–McCartney Mental Vortex7:15
15."Grin" (No Religion Remix)Edelmann, Vetterli 8:25
16."Purple Haze" (Radio Live Cut) Jimi Hendrix  3:45

Personnel

Coroner
Additional musicians

Other credits

Notes

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References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Coroner Coroner review". AllMusic . Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 88. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.