Death Penalty (album)

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Death Penalty
File:Witchfinder General.jpg
Studio album by Witchfinder General
Released September 1982 (1982-09)[1]
Recorded Metro Sound Studios, Mansbury, England, 10–11 April 1982[1]
Genre Heavy metal,[2] doom metal
Length 30:01
Label Heavy Metal
Producer Peter Hinton
Witchfinder General chronology
Soviet Invasion
(1982)Soviet Invasion1982
Death Penalty
(1982)
Friends of Hell
(1983)Friends of Hell1983
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 4/5 stars[2]
Kerrang! (favourable)[3]
Martin Popoff 10/10 stars[4]

Death Penalty is the debut studio album by British heavy metal band Witchfinder General. It was released in 1982 on Heavy Metal Records. The album received some criticism for the cover photograph, which featured topless model Joanne Latham. The photograph had been taken in the yard of St Mary the Blessed Virgin Church in Enville, Staffordshire, without the permission of the local Reverend.[5] The album was originally released on LP and picture disc and was later reissued on CD. Pictured on the cover is Phil Cope, Zeeb Parkes, Graham Ditchfield and a member of their road crew.[1] While Peter Hinton is credited with producing this recording, the writers Phil Cope and Zeeb Parkes always felt the credit should have gone to the engineer Robin George.[1]

Track listing

All songs by Zeeb Parkes and Phil Cope

Side one
  1. "Invisible Hate" – 6:05
  2. "Free Country" – 3:10
  3. "Death Penalty" – 5:35
Side two
  1. "No Stayer" – 4:25
  2. "Witchfinder General" – 3:51
  3. "Burning a Sinner" – 3:28
  4. "R.I.P." – 4:04

Credits

Witchfinder General

  • Zeeb Parkes – vocals
  • Phil Cope – guitars, bass (bass credited as Woolfy Trope)
  • Graham Ditchfield – drums

Production

  • Pete Hinton - producer
  • Robin George - engineer
  • Tim Young - mastering at C.B.S. Studios
  • Joanne Latham - cover model

References

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  2. 2.0 2.1 Rivadavia, Eduardo. Death Penalty at AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-01-15.
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