Sonic Brew (1999) (SPITFIRE RECORDS) Black Label Society
Album Description:
SONIC BREW is the first album by the heavy metal band Black Label Society, however unlike the albums that followed, this album still possessed a distinct Southern rock overtone that up to this time had predominated Zakk Wylde's solo writing style. The album was initially released in Japan on October 28, 1998. It contained 13 tracks.
There was a long delay before it was released outside of Japan, because the drums and vocals were buried on some of the tracks towards the end of the disc, so it was collectively decided to remix it for the U.S. release. Due to the delay, Wylde and drummer Phil Ondich decided to give the USA an added bonus and went to the studio in California and recorded the aggressive "Lost My Better Half" as a one-off bonus track for the album - the recording of which reportedly prompted Wylde to pursue a heavier direction for the band's music thereafter. SONIC BREW was finally released on May 4, 1999 with a standard gloss-printed booklet.
Subsequently the Johnnie Walker whisky company issued a cease and desist order to Wylde on the album cover, which had been designed to look just like a bottle of Johnnie Walker's Black Label Whisky. The band decided to reissue the album with a different album cover, this time merely the band's skull logo and as an added incentive, they wanted to record a further bonus track for the fans who wanted to buy this now-third version of the album. Wylde, Ondich, and Mike Inez of Alice In Chains (who alongside Wylde had helped write the original) recorded their cover of Ozzy's "No More Tears" accordingly. "Bored To Tears, "Born To Lose" and "No More Tears" were released as promotional singles for the album, though no videos were made.
Track Listing:
1. Bored to Tears - 4:28 2. The Rose Petalled Garden - 4:59 3. Hey You (Batch of Lies) - 3:48 4. Born to Lose - 4:23 5. Peddlers of Death - 4:33 6. Mother Mary - 4:27 7. Beneath the Tree - 4:37 8. Low Down - 4:36 9. T.A.Z. - 1:56 10. Lost My Better Half - 4:24 11. Black Pearl - 3:27 12. World of Trouble - 5:20 13. Spoke in the Wheel - 4:13 14. The Beginning... at Last - 4:26 15. No More Tears - 6:57
Performance Credits:
Black Label Society -------------- Primary Artist Zakk Wylde -------------- Guitar, Vocals
Technical Credits:
Howard Albert -------------- Producer Ron Albert -------------- Producer Frank Cesarano -------------- Mastering Zakk Wylde -------------- Composer, Producer, Art Conception Barbaranne Wylde -------------- Art Conception
Sonic Brew (1999) (SPITFIRE RECORDS)
ReplyDeleteBlack Label Society
Album Description:
SONIC BREW is the first album by the heavy metal band Black Label Society, however unlike the albums that followed, this album still possessed a distinct Southern rock overtone that up to this time had predominated Zakk Wylde's solo writing style. The album was initially released in Japan on October 28, 1998. It contained 13 tracks.
There was a long delay before it was released outside of Japan, because the drums and vocals were buried on some of the tracks towards the end of the disc, so it was collectively decided to remix it for the U.S. release. Due to the delay, Wylde and drummer Phil Ondich decided to give the USA an added bonus and went to the studio in California and recorded the aggressive "Lost My Better Half" as a one-off bonus track for the album - the recording of which reportedly prompted Wylde to pursue a heavier direction for the band's music thereafter. SONIC BREW was finally released on May 4, 1999 with a standard gloss-printed booklet.
Subsequently the Johnnie Walker whisky company issued a cease and desist order to Wylde on the album cover, which had been designed to look just like a bottle of Johnnie Walker's Black Label Whisky. The band decided to reissue the album with a different album cover, this time merely the band's skull logo and as an added incentive, they wanted to record a further bonus track for the fans who wanted to buy this now-third version of the album. Wylde, Ondich, and Mike Inez of Alice In Chains (who alongside Wylde had helped write the original) recorded their cover of Ozzy's "No More Tears" accordingly. "Bored To Tears, "Born To Lose" and "No More Tears" were released as promotional singles for the album, though no videos were made.
Track Listing:
1. Bored to Tears - 4:28
2. The Rose Petalled Garden - 4:59
3. Hey You (Batch of Lies) - 3:48
4. Born to Lose - 4:23
5. Peddlers of Death - 4:33
6. Mother Mary - 4:27
7. Beneath the Tree - 4:37
8. Low Down - 4:36
9. T.A.Z. - 1:56
10. Lost My Better Half - 4:24
11. Black Pearl - 3:27
12. World of Trouble - 5:20
13. Spoke in the Wheel - 4:13
14. The Beginning... at Last - 4:26
15. No More Tears - 6:57
Performance Credits:
Black Label Society -------------- Primary Artist
Zakk Wylde -------------- Guitar, Vocals
Technical Credits:
Howard Albert -------------- Producer
Ron Albert -------------- Producer
Frank Cesarano -------------- Mastering
Zakk Wylde -------------- Composer, Producer, Art Conception
Barbaranne Wylde -------------- Art Conception