Coroner (album)

Coroner
Compilation album by
Coroner
ReleasedMarch 1995
RecordedMarch 1987 – February 1995
Genre
Length72:51
LabelNoise
ProducerCoroner
Coroner chronology
Grin
(1993) 		Coroner
(1995) 		The Unknown Unreleased Tracks 1985–95
(1996)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[2]

Coroner is the penultimate release by the Swiss thrash metal band Coroner. It is technically a compilation album, although it features new material as well as selected songs from the band's previous albums. It is also regarded as their final album, even though it was succeeded by a final compilation of unreleased material in 1996, titled The Unknown Unreleased Tracks 1985–95. The band chose to go into the studio for the last time, instead of releasing a greatest hits compilation, even though they had disbanded officially in 1994 (on some of the tracks, Edelmann and Broder are replaced by session musicians).

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)From the albumLength
1."Benway's World" (new recording)Ron Broder, Marky Edelmann, Tommy Vetterli 0:49
2."The Favorite Game" (new recording)Edelmann, Vetterli 4:30
3."Shifter" (new recording)Edelmann, Vetterli 4:50
4."Serpent Moves"Edelmann, VetterliGrin6:13
5."Snow Crystal" (new recording)Broder, Edelmann, Vetterli 0:37
6."Divine Step (Conspectu Mortis)"Broder, Edelmann, VetterliMental Vortex6:21
7."Gliding Above While Being Below" (new recording)Vetterli 3:37
8."Der Mussolini" (new recording, Deutsch Amerikanische Freundschaft cover)Robert Görl, Gabi Delgado-López 3:39
9."Last Entertainment (T.V. Bizarre)"Broder, Edelmann, VetterliNo More Color3:51
10."Reborn Through Hate"Broder, Edelmann, VetterliR.I.P.4:02
11."Golden Cashmere Sleeper, Part 1" (new recording)Edelmann, Vetterli 4:57
12."Golden Cashmere Sleeper, Part 2" (new recording)Vetterli 4:59
13."Masked Jackal"Broder, Edelmann, VetterliPunishment for Decadence5:01
14."I Want You (She's So Heavy)" (The Beatles cover)Lennon–McCartneyMental Vortex7:15
15."Grin" (No Religion Remix)Edelmann, Vetterli 8:25
16."Purple Haze" (Radio Live Cut)Jimi Hendrix 3:45

Personnel

Coroner
  • Ron Broder – vocals/bass
  • Tommy Vetterli – guitars
  • Marky Edelmann – drums, vocals, producer, art direction
Additional musicians
  • Peter Haas – drums on tracks 2, 3 & 11
  • Chris Vetterli – bass on track 12
  • Lui Cubello – vocals (background)
  • Paul Degayler – vocals
  • Angela Giger – synthesizer
  • Janelle Sadler – vocals (background)
  • Steve Gruden – vocals (background)
  • Kent Smith – keyboards
  • Val – Conga

Other credits

  • Guy Bidmead – producer, engineer
  • Scott Burns – mixing
  • Coroner – producer
  • Vovo Faux-Pas – engineer
  • Paolo Fedrigoli – producer, engineer, remixing, mixing
  • Jan Garber – engineer
  • Mischa Good – design
  • Pete Hinton – producer
  • Harris Johns – producer
  • Dan Johnson – mixing
  • Glenn Miller – mastering
  • Tom Morris – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Mark Prator – assistant engineer
  • Steve Rispin – engineer
  • Fabian Scheffold – art direction, photography
  • Sven Sonquest – engineer
  • István Vizner – art direction
  • Karl-Ulrich Walterbach – executive producer
  • Gerhard Wolfle – engineer

Notes

  • The samples from "Shifter" are from the 1982 documentary The Killing of America.
  • The samples from "Gliding above while Being Below" are from the 1980 film Altered States.
  • Track 14, "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" is a Beatles cover.
  • Track 16, "Purple Haze" is a live cover of the famous Jimi Hendrix song.
  • Track 8, "Der Mussolini" is a D.A.F. cover.
  • Tracks 4, 6, 10 and 13 are edited version of their original releases

References

  1. ^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Coroner Coroner review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  2. ^ Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 88. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.