Jump to content

Death of Innocence: Difference between revisions

Add links
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
No edit summary
Script-assisted style fixes
 
(13 intermediate revisions by 8 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{more citations needed|date=July 2020}}
{{notability|music}}
{{Infobox album
{{refimprove}}
⚫
| name = Death of Innocence
{{Infobox Album <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Death of Innocence
| type = album
| Type = album
| artist = [[Legal Weapon]]
| Artist = [[Legal Weapon]]
| cover = Legal Weapon - Death of Innocence.jpeg
| alt =
⚫
| Cover = Legal Weapon - Death of Innocence.jpeg
| Released = 1982
| released = 1982
| Recorded =
| recorded =
| Genre = [[Punk rock]]
| venue =
| Length = 28:50
| studio =
| Label = Arsenal Records
| genre = [[Punk rock]]
| Producer = [[Thom Wilson]]
| length = 28:50
| label = Arsenal Records
| Last album = ''No Sorrow''<br />(1981)
| producer = [[Thom Wilson]]
| This album = '''''Death of Innocence'''''<br />(1982)
| prev_title = No Sorrow
⚫
| Next album = ''[[Your Weapon]]''<br />(1982)
| prev_year = 1981
⚫
| next_title = [[Your Weapon]]
| next_year = 1982
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{Allmusic|class=album|id=r11440|pure_url=yes}}|title=Death of Innocence|website=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=July 31, 2012}}</ref>
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first= |last= |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r11440|pure_url=yes}}|title=Death of Innocence|website=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=July 31, 2012}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2Score = B+<ref name="Christgau Review">{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=5358 |title=Legal Weapon: Death of Innocence |website=Robert Christgau.com |date= |accessdate=July 31, 2012}}</ref>
|rev2Score = B+<ref name="Christgau Review">{{cite web |first=Robert |last=Christgau |url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_album.php?id=5358 |title=Legal Weapon: Death of Innocence |website=Robert Christgau.com |date= |accessdate=July 31, 2012}}</ref>
}}
}}
'''''Death of Innocence''''' is the first album by the American [[punk rock]] band [[Legal Weapon]].<ref>{{cite book |last1=Blush |first1=Steve |title=American Hardcore: A Tribal History |date=2001 |publisher=Feral House |page=316}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4WM6Cb1z-PwC&q=Death+of+Innocence+legal+weapon+1982+arsenal&pg=PA649|title=Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970–1982|first=George|last=Gimarc|date=July 27, 2005|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879308483|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.laweekly.com/the-death-of-innocence-legal-weapons-kat-arthur-passes-away/|title=The Death of Innocence: Legal Weapon's Kat Arthur Passes Away|date=October 16, 2018|website=LA Weekly}}</ref> It was independently released in 1982 on Arsenal Records.<ref name="TP">{{cite web |title=Legal Weapon |url=https://trouserpress.com/reviews/legal-weapon/ |website=Trouser Press |accessdate=27 July 2020}}</ref>
'''''Death of Innocence''''' is the first album by the American [[punk rock]] band [[Legal Weapon]], independently released in 1982 on Arsenal Records.

==Critical reception==
''[[Trouser Press]]'' wrote that "''Death of Innocence'' catapulted Legal Weapon into greatness, and is one of the [1980]’s most underrated punk albums."<ref name=TP/>


==Track listing==
==Track listing==
Line 28: Line 34:
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side one
| headline = Side one
| writing_credits = no
| title1 = Future Heat
| title1 = Future Heat
| length1 = 2:26
| length1 = 2:26
Line 43: Line 48:
{{tracklist
{{tracklist
| headline = Side two
| headline = Side two
| writing_credits = no
| title1 = Don´t Pretend
| title1 = Don´t Pretend
| length1 = 4:29
| length1 = 4:29
Line 58: Line 62:
==Personnel==
==Personnel==
;Legal Weapon
;Legal Weapon
*[[Frank Agnew]]&nbsp;– [[guitar]]
*[[Frank Agnew]]&nbsp;– guitar
*Kat Arthur&nbsp;– [[Singing|vocals]]
*Kat Arthur&nbsp;– vocals
*Brian Hansen&nbsp;– guitar, vocals
*Brian Hansen&nbsp;– guitar, vocals
*[[Steve Soto]]&nbsp;– [[bass guitar]]
*[[Steve Soto]]&nbsp;– bass guitar
*Charlie Vartanian&nbsp;– [[Drum kit|drums]]
*Charlie Vartanian&nbsp;– drums


;Additional musicians and production
;Additional musicians and production
*Ed Colver&nbsp;– [[photography]]
*Ed Colver&nbsp;– photography
*Eddie Dwayne&nbsp;– [[Singing|additional vocals]]
*Eddie Dwayne&nbsp;– additional vocals
*Adam Maples&nbsp;– additional vocals, [[percussion]]
*Adam Maples&nbsp;– additional vocals, percussion
*Dan Vargas&nbsp;– [[cabasa]], [[Clapping|claps]]
*Dan Vargas&nbsp;– [[cabasa]], [[Clapping|claps]]
*[[Thom Wilson]]&nbsp;– [[record producer|production]]
*[[Thom Wilson]]&nbsp;– production


==References==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}



{{Legal Weapon}}
{{Legal Weapon}}

{{Authority control}}


[[Category:1982 debut albums]]
[[Category:1982 debut albums]]

Latest revision as of 00:45, 19 May 2024

Death of Innocence
Studio album by
Legal Weapon
Released1982
GenrePunk rock
Length28:50
LabelArsenal Records
ProducerThom Wilson
Legal Weapon chronology
No Sorrow
(1981) 		Death of Innocence
(1982) 		Your Weapon
(1982)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Robert ChristgauB+[2]

Death of Innocence is the first album by the American punk rock band Legal Weapon.[3][4][5] It was independently released in 1982 on Arsenal Records.[6]

Critical reception

[edit]

Trouser Press wrote that "Death of Innocence catapulted Legal Weapon into greatness, and is one of the [1980]’s most underrated punk albums."[6]

Track listing

[edit]

All songs written by Kat Arthur and Brian Hansen, except "Waiting in Line" by Kat Arthur and Charlie Vartanian.

Side one
No.TitleLength
1."Future Heat"2:26
2."Waiting in Line"3:15
3."Death of Innocence"3:48
4."Out Of Control"1:35
5."User"2:05
Side two
No.TitleLength
1."Don´t Pretend"4:29
2."War Babies"2:10
3."No Sorrow"3:03
4."Wanna Be"3:12
5."Daddy´s Gone Mad"2:43

Personnel

[edit]
Legal Weapon
  • Frank Agnew – guitar
  • Kat Arthur – vocals
  • Brian Hansen – guitar, vocals
  • Steve Soto – bass guitar
  • Charlie Vartanian – drums
Additional musicians and production
  • Ed Colver – photography
  • Eddie Dwayne – additional vocals
  • Adam Maples – additional vocals, percussion
  • Dan Vargas – cabasa, claps
  • Thom Wilson – production

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Death of Innocence". Allmusic. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  2. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Legal Weapon: Death of Innocence". Robert Christgau.com. Retrieved July 31, 2012.
  3. ^ Blush, Steve (2001). American Hardcore: A Tribal History. Feral House. p. 316.
  4. ^ Gimarc, George (July 27, 2005). Punk Diary: The Ultimate Trainspotter's Guide to Underground Rock, 1970–1982. Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 9780879308483 – via Google Books.
  5. ^ "The Death of Innocence: Legal Weapon's Kat Arthur Passes Away". LA Weekly. October 16, 2018.
  6. ^ a b "Legal Weapon". Trouser Press. Retrieved 27 July 2020.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Death_of_Innocence&oldid=1224545479"