Spiritual Healing

by Death

Spiritual Healing cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: 16 February 1990
  • Label: Combat
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 1:55:48
  • Community rating: 3.68/5 from 16 ratings

Artists on this release: Chuck Schuldiner, Terry Butler, James Murphy, Bill Andrews

Album Notes & Community Reviews

'Spiritual Healing' marks the transitional turning point for Death, moving away from pure gore themes into sophisticated, highly technical musicianship. Chuck Schuldiner delivers aggressive, heavy riffs alongside deeply philosophical, pessimistic, and politically conscious lyricism regarding society and religion.

Genres

Descriptors: conscious, political, technical, progressive, intricate

Tracklist

  1. Living Monstrosity (5:08)
  2. Altering the Future (5:34)
  3. Defensive Personalities (4:46)
  4. Within the Mind (5:34)
  5. Spiritual Healing (7:44)
  6. Low Life (5:23)
  7. Genetic Reconstruction (4:52)
  8. Killing Spree (4:16)
  9. Alering the Future - Spiritual Healing- Rehearsals (5:34)
  10. Defensive Personalities - Spiritual Healing- Rehearsals (4:49)
  11. Within the Mind - Spiritual Healing- Rehearsals (6:08)
  12. Within the Mind Take 2 - Spiritual Healing- Rehearsals (5:59)
  13. Spiritual Healing - Spiritual Healing- Rehearsals (8:44)
  14. Killing Spree - Spiritual Healing- Rehearsals (4:18)
  15. Defensive Personalities - Spiritual Healing- Studio Instrumentals (4:47)
  16. Spiritual Healing - Spiritual Healing- Studio Instrumentals (7:48)
  17. Within the Mind - Spiritual Healing- Studio Instrumentals (5:37)
  18. Satanic Jam - Joke & Jam Tracks (2:43)
  19. Primus Jam - Joke & Jam Tracks (3:38)
  20. Jon a Qua- Take 2 - Joke & Jam Tracks (3:05)
  21. Jon a Qua- Take 3 - Joke & Jam Tracks (3:06)
  22. Jon a Qua- Take 4 - Joke & Jam Tracks (1:35)
  23. Jon a Qua- Take 5 - Joke & Jam Tracks (1:38)
  24. Jon a Qua- Take 6 - Joke & Jam Tracks (2:51)

Credits

  • Death - primary artist, arranged by, producer, recorded by, mixed by
  • David Bett - art direction
  • Ed Repka - artwork [cover]
  • Terry Butler - bass, music by
  • Jim Welch - coordinator [label coordination by]
  • Brian Freeman - design
  • Bill Andrews - drums
  • John Cervini - engineer [engineering assisted by]
  • Mike Gowan - engineer [engineering assisted by]
  • James Murphy - guitar, guitar [1st solo], guitar [2nd solo], guitar [solo], music by, guitar [3rd solo], guitar [5th solo]
  • J.J. Hollis - photography by
  • Scott Burns - producer, recorded by, mixed by, technician [invaluable studio assistance]
  • Chuck Schuldiner - vocals, guitar, guitar [2nd solo], lyrics by, music by, guitar [1st solo], guitar [solo], guitar [4th solo], guitar [6th solo]

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