Flotsam And Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace
| Release date: | 1988 |
| Style: | Thrash metal |
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01. No Place For Disgrace
02. Dreams Of Death
03. N.E. Terror
04. Escape From Within
05. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting [Elton John cover]
06. Hard On You
07. I Live You Die
08. Misguided Fortune
09. P.A.A.B
10. The Jones
Top 20 albums of 1988: 14
02. Dreams Of Death
03. N.E. Terror
04. Escape From Within
05. Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting [Elton John cover]
06. Hard On You
07. I Live You Die
08. Misguided Fortune
09. P.A.A.B
10. The Jones
Top 20 albums of 1988: 14
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Rating: 8.8 |
Flotsam & Jetsam is an Arizona-based thrash band that was formed by drummer Kelly David-Smith and bassist Jason Newsted in 1983. Despite the fact that they were immensely talented, they never seemed to find their place in the limelight and seemed doomed to be forever overshadowed by the more "big name" thrash bands of the time. This was probably because by the time their name started really circulating among the different metal scenes and crowds it was already the early 90's and thrash music was no longer trendy. Their second album has been on repeat in my car for the past couple days, it's pretty damn savage. The sound is aggressive yet still catchy, many of the tracks have an "eastern" feel to them as you might expect from the cover art. It's the type of album you'd put in the deck when going out on the town with the boys for a night of debauchery. The song topics are engaging and thought provoking without taking away from the fun, definitely highly recommended. So, this is the album where they lost Jason Newsted to Metallica. You might say they were better off without him because to me this album's better than the first one, if even just by a little. The production is definitely a step up from the first album, the songs sound cleaner, which isn't always a good thing for thrash, but in this case it works. Troy Gregory, the bassist who replaced Newsted, fills his shoes nicely, though I couldn't fairly call one better than the other since they're both great. The songwriting is stellar and I like that Gilbert (the guitarist who wrote most of the songs) decided to take a stand against the Parent Music Resource Center (who are targeted in the song Hard On You). I commend him for bumping heads with an organization looking to limit his creative freedoms; this was a dangerous move for a band that hadn't really found a massive fan base yet. I also really liked the Hari-Kari themed title track and how you can feel the Samurai's emotions change with the tempo and tone of the song when he commits the final act. Yet, what I love most about this album is the aggressive beats. The drummer, David-Smith, is fully-automatic when called for but without "masturbating" and trying to steal the song. The two guitarists, Carlson and Gilbert, do a great job of synergizing their twin axe attack throughout, top-notch players. They've got some sick facemelters on here, too: check tracks 1, 4, and 8 for examples. I can't really call this album original though, they seem to be following a path set by Metallica's Ride The Lightning. I hear a lot of fast paced tempos into melodic interludes and vice versa, it just feels as if they were influenced by it. I'm not trying to say they bit off them or anything like that though, Metallica was so influential at the time. Also, when I first heard this album I was like "Damn, this guy sounds like somebody," then it hit me. Eric A.K.'s vocals are somewhat similar to Joey Belladonna's, listen to the first part of "No Place For Disgrace" and then listen to the first part of "Indians" and judge for yourself. Again, not saying this was ripped off, they just sound similar. Eric probably has a better traditional singing voice as well, if you listen to some of their other stuff. Still, even though this album might not be groundbreaking for its time, by all means it's still a great thrash piece and is worthy of the high rating it holds on Metal Storm. Favorite Tracks: "No Place For Disgrace," "I Live You Die," "Misguided Fortune," "Escape From Within" Read more ›› |
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262  |
Haha the Elton John cover song is awesome  Really good album overall tooThere's very few bands who have released two albums as good as F&J
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071  |
Written by Dangerboner on 23.02.2010 at 12:18 I totall despise that cover. I ALWAYS skip it when playing the album.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996 
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| Dangerboner Lactation Cnslt Posts: 7262 |
Just out of curiosity, why don't you like it? I played it three times today, and I'm about to play it again It does stick out, but it's one of my favs
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| Marcel Hubregtse Grumpy Old Fuck Elite Posts: 40071 |
Written by Dangerboner on 23.02.2010 at 17:44 Yeah it does stick out... like a throbbing sore thumb  But then again I HATE most of Elton John's songs and F&J didn't add anythign extra to their cover, it is quite the same as the original. For me a good cover is when a band makes the song their own and not try to copy it too much.
---- Member of the true crusade against European Flower Metal Yesterday is dead and gone, tomorrow is out of sight Dawn Crosby (r.i.p.) 05.04.1963 - 15.12.1996
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| JÄY Metal slave Posts: 1567  |
Great album! if only i could find more releases like this...thrashy, yes....but so damn melodic and with soaring vocals
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| AndMetalForAll kual21 Posts: 314  |
This is the band's best album alongside their debut album.. That is also excellent!
---- greets, kual21
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| JOPE OF STEELE Steelemeister Posts: 3333  |
No Place For Disappointment 
---- My vision is augmented
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| Dr. Strawberry Posts: 698  |
Great lullaby album ! Doomsday For The Deceiver and No Place For Disgrace always send me to sleep after playing a few tracks...every time..., without fail. Beat insomnia, choose Flotsam & Jetsam !
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| Redel Moderator Posts: 2246  |
Just reached 200 votes and thus entered the Top 200. But wait...., why is Doomsday not to find there? Ah right, because it has less memorable songs (@Marcel). 
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| Metal Rasputin Posts: 1259  |
Their magnum opus. These guys had so much talent, they should have been much bigger. Sucks that this album is so damn rare and expensive these days. I remember the band members explaining, that there's been some problems with the master tapes and legal bullshit, so that's why they decided to remake the thing. The original is still by far the best, though.
---- You've got a lot of guts. Let's see what they look like!
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