Epidemic (album)

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Epidemie
Epidemic.jpg
Epidemic cover art (English version)
Studio album by
Released1989 (Polish version), 1990 (English version)
RecordedMarch–May 1989 at Giełda studio, Poznań
Genre Heavy metal, thrash metal
Length37:31
Label Polskie Nagrania Muza (Polish version), Metalmaster (English version)
Turbo chronology
Alive!
(1988)
Epidemie
(1989)
Dead End
(1990)

Epidemie (Epidemics) is the fifth studio album by the Polish heavy metal band Turbo. It was released in 1989 in Poland through Polskie Nagrania Muza. In 1990 an English version of the album entitled Epidemic was released through Metalmaster Records.

Contents

The album was recorded in March–May 1989 at Giełda studio in Poznań. The cover art was created by Jerzy Kurczak. [1]

Track listing

Polish version
No.TitleLength
1."Salvator Mundi"3:52
2."AIDS"4:47
3."Ocean Łez"4:40
4."Pętla Czasu"4:47
5."Szalony Świat"4:53
6."Anty R. J. Ewa"4:33
7."Rozkosz I Ból"4:08
8."Gniazdo Smutku"5:08
9."13.12.88"0:43
English version
No.TitleLength
1."Salvator Mundi"3:58
2."AIDS"4:45
3."Ocean of Tears"4:37
4."Loop of Time"4:43
5."Crazy World"5:02
6."Anty N.R. Eve"4:36
7."Pleasure and Pain"4:14
8."Den of Sorrow"5:14
9."13.12.88"0:46

Personnel

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References

  1. "Turbo discography on Archiwum Polskiego Rocka". October 5, 2009. Archived from the original on July 23, 2012.