God Hears Pleas of the Innocent
1995 studio album by Killdozer
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God Hears Pleas of the Innocent is the sixth album by Killdozer, released in 1995.[3][4] It was the band's final album. "Pour Man" is a cover of the Lee Hazlewood song.[5]
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| Released | February 13, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | September 1994 at The House That Dripped Blood, Chicago, Illinois | |||
| Genre | Sludge metal | |||
| Length | 36:06 | |||
| Label | Touch and Go[1] | |||
| Producer | Steve Albini[2] | |||
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Critical reception
The Washington Post wrote that "such tunes as 'The Buzzard' and 'Big Song of Hell' suggest an alternate universe where Black Sabbath taught Robert Johnson how to play the blues, rather than the other way around."[5] The Wisconsin State Journal deemed the album "another outrageously heavy slab of sludge-grunge."[9]
The Chicago Tribune determined that Killdozer is "still uproariously brutish, raucous, heavy and slow, and it still thankfully sounds like it records down a dirt road in the company of several dozen mysteriously buried corpses."[7] The Philadelphia Inquirer called God Hears Pleas of the Innocent "an offering of thick, sludgy rock and roll for the working man (and woman), and a rare mix of social consciousness with a sense of humor."[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Killdozer, except "Pour Man" by Lee Hazlewood.
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 1. | "A Mother Has a Hard Road" | 2:55 |
| 2. | "Porky's Dad" | 4:15 |
| 3. | "Pour Man" | 3:27 |
| 4. | "The Buzzard" | 2:58 |
| 5. | "Paul Doesn't Understand Jazz" | 1:30 |
| 6. | "Daddy's Boy" | 2:52 |
| 7. | "The Nobbies (A Sea Chanty)" | 3:42 |
| 8. | "Big Song of Hell" | 3:42 |
| 9. | "Cannonball Runn II '95" | 2:03 |
| 10. | "I Have Seen Grown Men Cry" | 5:28 |
| 11. | "Spork" | 2:54 |
Personnel
- Killdozer
- Michael Gerald – vocals, bass guitar
- Dan Hobson – drums
- Paul Zagoras – guitar
- Production and additional personnel
- Steve Albini – production, engineering, mixing
- Killdozer – production, mixing