Unlimited Streaming
Listen to this album in high quality now on our apps
Start my trial period and start listening to this albumEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
SubscribeEnjoy this album on Qobuz apps with your subscription
Digital Download
Purchase and download this album in a wide variety of formats depending on your needs.
Irrational as it may seem for an uncompromising band like Carcass to issue a conventional "greatest hits" album, enough years have passed and enough dust settled since the band's demise for 2004's Choice Cuts to feel not only justifiably apropos, but inexplicably delayed in its arrival. Sure, stringent metalheads could make endless arguments about the superior experience of discovering original studio albums like the grindcore landmark Symphonies of Sickness and the avant-death metal masterpiece Heartwork individually. But considering the group's radical evolution over the course of recording these and three more seminal LPs -- not to mention the dubious merits of the only previous comparable alternative, Wake Up and Smell the Carcass (a well-intentioned, but frankly exclusionary odds-and-sods set bogged down by way too many alternate versions of the same songs), it was high time that first-time listeners were given such a handy, if certainly concise, sampling from all eras of Carcass' career. That is indeed what they'll find here: starting with 13 songs profiled in chronological order and progressing from wonderfully brazen affronts to good taste (the grindcore 101 of "Genital Grinder" and "Maggot Colony"), to steadily ambitious sonic constructions with lyrics often resembling medical handbooks from hell ("Tools of the Trade," "Corporal Jigsore Quandary," the hysterical "Exhume to Consume"), and, finally, startlingly melodic, even accessible, death metal classics ("Buried Dreams," "No Love Lost," "This Is Your Life," etc.). Next, and somewhat more in keeping with Carcass' whimsical philosophies, there come eight additional primal favorites taped at sessions by unlikely early supporter John Peel, in 1989 and 1990, which prove that, for all their latter-day civility, Carcass were at their most original and influential when spraying blood and guts everywhere. In sum, 21 truly "choice cuts" in all, representing the ultimate CliffsNotes for the uninitiated. Not only will they allow newcomers to get a taste of what's on hand before delving deeper into the studio albums themselves, but they lend further weight to Carcass' still impressively valid contributions not only to grindcore, but heavy metal as a whole. Essential.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
You are currently listening to samples.
Listen to over 100 million songs with an unlimited streaming plan.
Listen to this playlist and more than 100 million songs with our unlimited streaming plans.
From €13,50/month
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Amott, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, MainArtist
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, MainArtist
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, MainArtist
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Carcass, Performer - Owen, Composer - Steer, Composer - Walker, Composer
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Album review
Irrational as it may seem for an uncompromising band like Carcass to issue a conventional "greatest hits" album, enough years have passed and enough dust settled since the band's demise for 2004's Choice Cuts to feel not only justifiably apropos, but inexplicably delayed in its arrival. Sure, stringent metalheads could make endless arguments about the superior experience of discovering original studio albums like the grindcore landmark Symphonies of Sickness and the avant-death metal masterpiece Heartwork individually. But considering the group's radical evolution over the course of recording these and three more seminal LPs -- not to mention the dubious merits of the only previous comparable alternative, Wake Up and Smell the Carcass (a well-intentioned, but frankly exclusionary odds-and-sods set bogged down by way too many alternate versions of the same songs), it was high time that first-time listeners were given such a handy, if certainly concise, sampling from all eras of Carcass' career. That is indeed what they'll find here: starting with 13 songs profiled in chronological order and progressing from wonderfully brazen affronts to good taste (the grindcore 101 of "Genital Grinder" and "Maggot Colony"), to steadily ambitious sonic constructions with lyrics often resembling medical handbooks from hell ("Tools of the Trade," "Corporal Jigsore Quandary," the hysterical "Exhume to Consume"), and, finally, startlingly melodic, even accessible, death metal classics ("Buried Dreams," "No Love Lost," "This Is Your Life," etc.). Next, and somewhat more in keeping with Carcass' whimsical philosophies, there come eight additional primal favorites taped at sessions by unlikely early supporter John Peel, in 1989 and 1990, which prove that, for all their latter-day civility, Carcass were at their most original and influential when spraying blood and guts everywhere. In sum, 21 truly "choice cuts" in all, representing the ultimate CliffsNotes for the uninitiated. Not only will they allow newcomers to get a taste of what's on hand before delving deeper into the studio albums themselves, but they lend further weight to Carcass' still impressively valid contributions not only to grindcore, but heavy metal as a whole. Essential.
© Eduardo Rivadavia /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 21 track(s)
- Total length: 01:18:50
- Main artists: Carcass
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Earache Records Ltd
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
2009 Earache Records Ltd 2009 Earache Records Ltd
Improve album informationWhy buy on Qobuz...
-
Stream or download your music
Buy an album or an individual track. Or listen to our entire catalogue with our high-quality unlimited streaming subscriptions.
-
Zero DRM
The downloaded files belong to you, without any usage limit. You can download them as many times as you like.
-
Choose the format best suited for you
Download your purchases in a wide variety of formats (FLAC, ALAC, WAV, AIFF...) depending on your needs.
-
Listen to your purchases on our apps
Download the Qobuz apps for smartphones, tablets and computers, and listen to your purchases wherever you go.