The Burial Plot Bidding War

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The Burial Plot Bidding War
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EP by
ReleasedJanuary 2000
RecordedNovember 1999
Genre
Length19:17
Label Goodfellow, Undecided
Producer Doug White
Every Time I Die chronology
The Burial Plot Bidding War
(2000)
Last Night in Town
(2001)
Reissue Cover
Burial Plot Bidding War (alternate cover).jpg
Undecided Records reissue 2004
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Lambgoat6/10 [2]

The Burial Plot Bidding War is the first EP by American metalcore band Every Time I Die. Songs "Prom Song" and "Your Touch Versus Death" were previously on their 1999 demo tape. The EP was first released on Good Fellow Records in January 2000, then reissued by Undecided Records in June 2004 [3] [4] with different artwork.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "The Emperor's New Clothes" – 4:53
  2. "Your Touch Versus Death" – 3:35
  3. "Prom Song" – 3:51
  4. "Home Is Where You Hang Yourself" – 4:09
  5. "Morphine Season" – 3:29

Note: At the beginning of "Prom Song" is an audio sample from Event Horizon which includes the Latin phrase "Liberate tutemet ex inferis".

Personnel

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