Album · Compilation
Best of Carcass
Best of Carcass is a compilation from 1997, issued through Toy's Factory. It gathers the work of the English extreme metal band, who formed in 1985 and, at the time of its release, had only recently split, having called it a day in 1996.
It arrives a year after their final studio album of that first run, Swansong, so it works as a look back over a career that began with Reek of Putrefaction in 1988 and took in Symphonies of Sickness, Necroticism: Descanting the Insalubrious and Heartwork along the way. For anyone coming to the band's death metal for the first time, a collection like this offers a way into a catalogue that later grew with their return in 2007 and the albums Surgical Steel and Torn Arteries.
Best of Carcass: tracklist and credits
32 tracks · 2:17:44Tracklist
- Disc 1
- 1Genital GrinderOwen, Steer, Walker1:31
- 2Regurgitation of GibletsOwen, Steer, Walker1:23
- 3Reek of PutrefactionOwen, Steer, Walker4:08
- 4Exhume to ConsumeKen Owen and Jeff Walker3:49
- 5Embryonic Necropsy and DevourmentOwen, Steer, Walker5:13
- 6InpropagationOwen, Steer, Walker7:07
- 7Corporal Jigsore QuandaryAmott, Owen, Steer, Walker5:28
- 8Incarnated Solvent AbuseAmott, Steer, Walker4:43
- 9Buried DreamsBill Steer and Jeff Walker3:58
- 10HeartworkAmott, Steer, Walker4:33
- 11This Mortal CoilAmott, Steer, Walker3:50
- 12Death CertificateAmott, Steer, Walker3:38
- 13Rot ’n’ RollBill Steer and Jeff Walker3:49
- 14Keep On Rotting in the Free WorldJeff Walker3:40
- 15Tomorrow Belongs to NobodyBill Steer and Jeff Walker4:17
- 16PolarizedRegadas, Steer, Walker4:01
- 17Generation HexedBill Steer and Jeff Walker3:47
- 18R**k the VoteJeff Walker3:52
- Disc 2
- 1Edge of DarknessBill Steer and Jeff Walker6:08
- 2Emotional FlatlineBill Steer and Jeff Walker4:15
- 3Ever Increasing CirclesBill Steer and Jeff Walker4:05
- 4Blood Splattered BannerBill Steer and Jeff Walker4:41
- 5I Told You So (Corporate Rock Really Does Suck)Bill Steer and Jeff Walker3:50
- 6Buried Dreams (live)Bill Steer and Jeff Walker4:05
- 7No Love Lost (live)Bill Steer and Jeff Walker4:51
- 8Rot ’n’ Roll (live)Bill Steer and Jeff Walker3:44
- 9Edge of Darkness (live)Bill Steer and Jeff Walker5:49
- 10Corporal Jigsore Quandary (live)Amott, Owen, Steer, Walker5:27
- 11Incarnated Solvent Abuse (live)Amott, Steer, Walker4:34
- 12Exhume to Consume (live)Ken Owen and Jeff Walker4:04
- 13Carnal Forge (live)Amott, Steer, Walker4:24
- 14Heartwork (live)Amott, Steer, Walker5:00
- Produced by
- Carcass, Paul Talbot, Colin Richardson, Michael Amott, Ken Owen, Bill Steer, Jeff Walker, Tony Wilson
- Executive producer
- Digby Pearson
- Recorded at
- Rich Bitch Studios, Amazon Studios, Parr Street Studios, Rockfield Studios, Battery Studios
- Recorded
- December 1987 – April 1995
- Mixed by
- Paul Talbot, Carcass, Colin Richardson
- Mixed at
- Rich Bitch Studios, Parr Street Studios, Battery Studios
- Engineered by
- Mike Ivory, Paul Talbot, Keith Hartley, Keith Andrews, Stephen Harris
- Label
- TOY’S FACTORY
- Length
- 2:17:44
Line-up
- Ken Owen · drums (drum set), vocals
- Bill Steer · electric guitar, guitar, vocals
- Jeff Walker · bass, bass guitar, vocals
- Michael Amott · guitar, vocals · guest
- Carlo Regadas · guitar · guest
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1989
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1992
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1993
Heartwork
1993
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1993
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1996
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1996
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2004
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How we know the release date only month precision available
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 1 December 1997 | |
| Wikidata | 1997 |
1 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 December 1997 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | 4988061871387 | original |
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