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Viva la Muerte (album)

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Viva la Muerte
Studio album by
Released1994
Recorded609 Recording in Bedford, Ohio
GenreAlternative rock
Length40:20
LabelScat[1]
ProducerCobra Verde
Cobra Verde chronology
Viva la Muerte
(1994)
Vintage Crime
(1995)

Viva la Muerte is the debut album by the American band Cobra Verde.[2][3] It was released in 1994 through Scat Records.[4]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
NME7/10[6]

Rolling Stone called the album "brooding glam coated in smokestack grime, like Diamond Dogs sabotaged by "Final Solution"-era Pere Ubu."[7]

Track listing

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All tracks are written by Cobra Verde

No.TitleLength
1."Was It Good"2:39
2."Gimme Your Heart"2:53
3."Montenegro"4:31
4."Despair"5:07
5."Debt"4:58
6."Already Dead"4:23
7."Until the Killing Time"3:29
8."I Thought You Knew (What Pleasure Was)"8:08
9."Cease to Exist"4:14

Personnel

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Cobra Verde
  • Don Depew – bass guitar, guitar, piano, engineering
  • Doug Gillard – guitar, bass guitar, electric piano, vocals
  • John Petkovic – vocals, guitar
  • Dave Swanson – drums, percussion, guitar, vocals
Production and additional personnel

References

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  1. ^ Meyer, Bill. "Package Tour". Chicago Reader.
  2. ^ "From the Desk of Doug Gillard: I Was a Tree". Magnet. August 2, 2014.
  3. ^ Normal, Michael (June 4, 1994). "Scat, which was founded by Prisonshake guitarist Robert Griffin...". The Plain Dealer. p. 3F.
  4. ^ Robbins, Ira (2007). "Cobra Verde". Trouser Press. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  5. ^ Carlson, Matt. "Viva La Muerte". AllMusic. Retrieved April 26, 2013.
  6. ^ "Cobra Verde: Viva la Muerte". NME. November 5, 1994. p. 48.
  7. ^ Fricke, David (Dec 29, 1994). "On the edge". Rolling Stone. No. 698/699. p. 174.