Possession (God album)

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Possession
GOD Possession.jpg
Studio album by
GOD
Released17 April 1992 (1992-04-17)
RecordedGateway Studio, Kingston
Genre
Length67:51
Label Caroline/Virgin
Producer Kevin Martin
GOD chronology
Loco
(1991)
Possession
(1992)
Consumed
(1993)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-neither.png [2]

Possession is the debut studio album of GOD, released on 17 April 1992 by Caroline and Virgin Records.

Contents

Accolades

PublicationCountryAccoladeYearRank
Terrorizer United Kingdom100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties [3] 2000*
"*" denotes an unordered list.

Track listing

All tracks are written by GOD.

No.TitleLength
1."Pretty"3:57
2."Fucked"9:59
3."Return to Hell"5:27
4."Soul Fire"9:52
5."Hate Meditation"4:49
6."Lord, I'm On My Way"10:22
7."Love"16:46
8."Black Jesus"6:49

Personnel

Adapted from the Possession liner notes. [4]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United Kingdom1992 Virgin CD CDVE 910
United States Caroline CD, CS CAROL 1874

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References

  1. Raggett, Ned. "Possession". Allmusic. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  2. Christgau, Robert. "God". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved 9 July 2015.
  3. "Terrorizer: 100 Most Important Albums of the Nineties". Terrorizer . Retrieved 29 July 2015.
  4. Possession (booklet). GOD. New York City, New York: Caroline Records. 1992.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)