Death of Innocence

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Death of Innocence
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Studio album by
Released1982
Genre Punk rock
Length28:50
Label Arsenal Records
Producer Thom Wilson
Legal Weapon chronology
No Sorrow
(1981)
Death of Innocence
(1982)
Your Weapon
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Robert Christgau B+ [2]

Death of Innocence is the first album by the American punk rock band Legal Weapon. [3] [4] [5] It was independently released in 1982 on Arsenal Records. [6]

Contents

Critical reception

Trouser Press wrote that "Death of Innocence catapulted Legal Weapon into greatness, and is one of the [1980]’s most underrated punk albums." [6]

Track listing

All songs written by Kat Arthur and Brian Hansen, except "Waiting in Line" by Kat Arthur and Charlie Vartanian.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Future Heat"2:26
2."Waiting in Line"3:15
3."Death of Innocence"3:48
4."Out Of Control"1:35
5."User"2:05
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Don´t Pretend"4:29
2."War Babies"2:10
3."No Sorrow"3:03
4."Wanna Be"3:12
5."Daddy´s Gone Mad"2:43

Personnel

Legal Weapon
Additional musicians and production

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References

  1. "Death of Innocence". Allmusic. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "Legal Weapon: Death of Innocence". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  3. Blush, Steve (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. p. 316.
  4. Gimarc, George (July 27, 2005). Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970–1982. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN   9780879308483 via Google Books.
  5. "The Death of Innocence: Legal Weapon's Kat Arthur Passes Away". LA Weekly. October 16, 2018.
  6. 1 2 "Legal Weapon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 July 2020.