Death Penalty (album)

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Death Penalty
Witchfinder General.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 1982 (1982-09) [1]
Recorded10–11 April 1982 [1]
StudioMetro Sound Studios, Mansbury, England
Genre Heavy metal, [2] doom metal
Length30:01
Label Heavy Metal Records
Producer Peter Hinton
Witchfinder General chronology
Soviet Invasion
(1982)
Death Penalty
(1982)
Friends of Hell
(1983)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 10/10 [3]
Kerrang! (favourable) [4]

Death Penalty is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band Witchfinder General. It was released in 1982 on Heavy Metal Records. The album received some criticism for the cover photograph, which featured topless model Joanne Latham. The photograph had been taken in the yard of St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church in Enville, Staffordshire, without the permission of the local Reverend. [5] The album was originally released on LP and picture disc and was later reissued on CD. Pictured on the cover is Phil Cope, Zeeb Parkes, Graham Ditchfield and a member of their road crew. [1] While Peter Hinton is credited with producing this recording, the writers Phil Cope and Zeeb Parkes always felt the credit should have gone to the engineer Robin George. [1]

Contents

Track listing

All tracks by Zeeb Parkes and Phil Cope.

Side one

  1. "Invisible Hate" – 6:05
  2. "Free Country" – 3:10
  3. "Death Penalty" – 5:35

Side two

  1. "No Stayer" – 4:25
  2. "Witchfinder General" – 3:51
  3. "Burning a Sinner" – 3:28
  4. "R.I.P." – 4:04

Personnel

Witchfinder General

Production

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References

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