Sunday, November 15, 2009

v/a - Land of Greed... World of Need



The "Land of Greed... World of Need" 12" was released in 1994 by Watermark Records a new label called Trustkill. This 12" was TK0001, the first released out of 120 or so that the label has done to date (including acts such as Bleeding Through and Eighteen Visions). The release was done as a benefit to the homeless, and includes a list of contact phone numbers in each state  for organizations aiming to aid the homeless.


Unlike most benefit comps, this entire album is a cover of the Embrace LP, each song by a different band. All in the same order they appear on the original release.  Put into perspective, this album has more of an all-star cast than most. Undertow, Outspoken, Groundwork and Sparkmarker all make an appearance, followed up by some "bigger" names like Avail and another up and coming band, Rancid. I love Embrace, but a few of these covers put the originals to shame. Blasphemy? To most, probably. But truth? Indeed.


Tracks:

  1. "Give Me Back" - Nations On Fire
  2. "Dance of Days" - Current
  3. "Building" - Undertow
  4. "Past" - Groundwork
  5. "Spoke" - Outspoken
  6. "Do Not Consider Yourself Free" - Sparkmarker
  7. "No More Pain" - Function
  8. "I Wish I" - Blindfold
  9. "Said Gun" - Avail
  10. "Can't Forgive" - Rancid
  11. 'Money" - Lifetime
  12. "If I Never Thought About It" - Process
  13. "End of a Year" - Farside
  14. "Last Song" - Ashes
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1 comments:

Unknown said...

this is actually an awesome and underrated record. the undertow cover stands out for sure.