Same Difference (album)

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Same Difference
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Studio album by
Released16 November 1998
RecordedAugust 1998
Studio Polar Studios, Stockholm, Sweden
Genre
Length43:32
Label Music for Nations
Producer Daniel Rey
Entombed chronology
Entombed
(1997)
Same Difference
(1998)
Monkey Puss (Live in London)
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 7/10 [3]

Same Difference is the fifth studio album by Swedish metal band Entombed. It was released in 1998. This album shows the band moving into a more commercial sound and is generally considered the band's weakest moment both by fans and by the band's former vocalist, LG Petrov. [4] This is the band's first album without original drummer and primary songwriter Nicke Andersson, who left Entombed to focus on his side project, The Hellacopters. [5]

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Addiction King"Ulf Cederlund, Jorgen Sandström2:56
2."The Supreme Good"Cederlund, Alex Hellid4:15
3."Clauses"Cederlund, Sandström3:38
4."Kick in the Head"Cederlund3:29
5."Same Difference"Hellid4:00
6."Close But Nowhere Near"Cederlund, Hellid2:56
7."What You Need"Hellid, Peter Stjärnvind2:49
8."High Waters"Cederlund, Hellid3:39
9."20-20 Vision"Hellid3:03
10."The Day, the Earth"Sandström, Cederlund2:45
11."Smart Aleck"Cederlund, Stjärnvind3:19
12."Jack Worm"Cederlund2:51
13."Wolf Tickets"Cederlund, Hellid3:52
Total length:43:32
Limited edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Vices by Proxy"Cederlund2:59
15."Dagger" (Japanese edition bonus track)Cederlund3:32
Brazilian edition bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Original artistLength
14."Kick Out the Jams" Tyner, Kramer, Smith, Davis, Thompson MC5 2:49
15."21st Century Schizoid Man" Fripp, McDonald, Lake, Giles, Sinfield King Crimson 3:19
16."Bursting Out" Bray, Dunn, Lant Venom 3:43
17."Under the Sun" Butler, Iommi, Osbourne, Ward Black Sabbath 5:45
18."Vices by Proxy"Cederlund, Orvar Säfström 2:59
19."Dagger"Cederlund 3:32

Personnel

Entombed
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