 | Exodus Fabulous Disaster
4.1
excellent
| Ranking: #54 for 1989 | |
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| 0.0 | BMDrummer | October 4th 14 |
The prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane
Is the ultimate expression of injustice
and inhumanity in the society at large.
Those of us on the outside do not like
to think of wardens and guards as our surrogates, yet they are.
And they are intimately locked in a deadly embrace
with their human captives behind prison walls.
By extension, so are we.
The terrible double meaning is thus imparted
to the original question of human ethics
"Am I my brother's keeper?"
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| 3.5 great | ThrashK | August 21st 13 |
Whilst a slight disappointment, the album's variety is what keeps it interesting to listen to. First three tracks are especially great, plus the doomy "Like Father, Like Son". Would be a honest 4 had it not been a little too long. The two covers, while okay, don't really add anything to the album.
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| 4.0 excellent | Elmo | January 13th 22 |
gud ablum
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| 3.0 good | ManiacBlasphemer | October 8th 19 |
Exodus is one of those bands that many thrash-heads moan that they are unjustly not included in the Big 4 corporate malarkey. While I do agree that they should be mentioned in one breath with other thrash classics, there are several reasons why they never made it there and the most important one was hiring Souza. It is his screechy vocals that ruin half of these songs and one of the primary reasons why Exodus never really got the attention it deserved and broke out a few years later. But that is not the only reason. Throwing away the tritonus based evil riffs that made Bonded By Blood a classic was also a huge mistake. On this album we have Exodus playing happy blues-based thrash riffs. Well not all over it, but you get the idea. The third was bad management decisions. Anyway, there are a few worthy tracks on this record, tracks 1-4. Track 4 is the best. The last track is solid as well. The rest is pedestrian, made even worse by Souza's nail-to-the-wall screech vocals. And while I don't give 2 cents on lyrics, I can't notice the obvious cretinous leftarded lyrics in some of the songs such as 'the prison system, inherently unjust and inhumane'. This is something leftist hipsters spewed back then and spewed today as well, although much more vocally now. God have mercy on us when thrash bands go all political. Particularly when their political views are as infantile as those of a teenybopper.
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| 4.0 excellent | Resident Metalhead Piranha | April 21st 17 |
Pleasures of The Flesh brought forth mighty riffing and drumming, but Fabulous Disaster is where they sounded like a consolidated group and sound like they had a lot of fun making this album. "The Last Act of Defiance" takes a bit long to start up, but the frantic pace, shouted gang vocals, and raspy vocal delivery of Steve Souza make for an enjoyable tune that sets the tone for the album. The production is a huge step up from previous efforts and has aged well, Steve comes to gritty form in his performance here, Tom Hunting never lets up with his accomplished drumming, and the guitarwork is the highlight as usual. "Toxic Waltz" is a thrash mosh pit anthem with quotable lyrics and terrific solos, "Overdose" is a fun cover/album closer, "Cajun Hell" is stylish and structured in delivery, and the title track, "Verbal Razors," and "Like Father Like Son" are album highlights with their sinister delivery and high-class riffing. Infectious, catchy, and crammed with the accessible traits of the genre that we've come to love, Fabulous Disaster is fabulous without being disastrous and one of the best 80's thrash records.
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| 4.0 excellent | FirstStrikeIsDeadly | May 12th 14 |
Exodus bounces back with Fabulous Disaster, which deserves a place in any thrasher's collection as much as Bonded By Blood and sports my favorite production of any of their albums. There's actually variety here, too. Thrashterpieces like The Last Act of Defiance, Open Season, and my second favorite Exodus song, Fabulous Disaster, are still the norm here, but the midpaced songs are much more entertaining here than on Pleasures of the Flesh. We've got The Toxic Waltz, which is an awesome mosh anthem that was an MTV hit for the band. It's built around a heavy yet fun riff, and a lovable chorus. This song, the cover of Low Rider by War, and Cajun Hell, another slower paced track, demonstrate a sort of silliness found in Zetro-era Exodus that is sadly missing from their newer work, which takes itself all too seriously. Like Father, Like Son, which is another lower tempo track save a few bursts of speed, is pretty serious, though, with lyrics about child abuse. It's also heavy as all hell. Verbal Razors is the weakest track here, but the venomous lyrics at least serve as goofy entertainment. This is Exodus' last great album in my opinion.
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| 4.5 superb | ultimatethrasher | September 1st 13 |
definitely exodus's best album. Toxic Waltz is the highlight of this album.r
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| 4.5 superb | Fernando Alves STAFF | September 6th 11 |
Fabulous Disaster is an amazing thrash gem filled with memorable tracks like The Toxic Waltz, Like Father, Like Son and specially The Last Art Of Defiance and Fabulous Disaster. Their debut is an absolute classic TM album but in my opinion this is probably even better. If Fabulous Disaster was released in 86 probably their career had been more successful.
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| 4.5 superb | sonictheplumber | February 27th 11 |
this album is amazing.................................................................
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| 3.5 great | mark7477 | September 8th 10 |
fabulous disaster is pretty good in terms of accessibility frankly thrash was very popular at that point.It's got some variation from the bluesy slide playing of Cajun hell and their version of low rider and overdose is quite interesting.I always thought toxic waltz was a cheesy title or better yet cheesy idea altogether.However theirs some good thrashed out/balls out energy on tunes like last act and of course fabulous disaster my personal favorite.
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| 5.0 classic | evilcrusher | November 15th 09 |
While many disagree, I think this is the best thing Exodus ever did. While every other thrash band at the time was trying to be political and shit, Exodus were still singing about moshing and headbanging. Steve Souza is an amazing vocalist, and Gary Holt is definitely in the top five thrash guitarists ever.
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