Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers

1991 studio album by Dead Horse

Studio album by Dead Horse

Released

1991

Recorded

1991

Genre

Crossover thrash, thrash metal, death metal

Length

42:11

Label

Big Chief Records, Metal Blade Records

Dead Horse chronology

Horsecore: An Unrelated Story That's Time Consuming
(1989)

Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers
(1991)

Feed Me
(1994)

Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers is the second album by the Houston, Texas based death/thrash metal band Dead Horse. It was released in 1991 on the independent label Big Chief Records, and again eight years later on Relapse Records, with four bonus tracks. Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers was Dead Horse's last studio album for 26 years (until 2017's The Beast That Comes), although the band had released three EPs of new material in the interim.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic

Alex Henderson of AllMusic states that Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers is "worth searching for if you're a headbanger."

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dead Horse, except where noted

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cod Piece Face"		3:29
2.	"Turn"		2:58
3.	"La La Song"		2:05
4.	"Like Asrielle"		3:53
5.	"The Latent Stage"		3:35
6.	"Peaceful Death"		4:55
7.	"Eulogy"		2:42
8.	"Snowdogs"		4:00
9.	"The Lark Nest"		4:48
10.	"Medulla Oblongata"		3:08
11.	"Aplo"		2:09
12.	"Rock Lobster" (The B-52's cover)	Fred Schneider, Ricky Wilson	3:36
13.	"Sawbone"		0:53
Total length:			42:11

All tracks are written by Dead Horse, except where noted

1999 reissue
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Cod Piece Face"		3:29
2.	"Turn"		2:58
3.	"La La Song"		2:05
4.	"Like Asrielle"		3:53
5.	"The Latent Stage"		3:35
6.	"Peaceful Death"		4:55
7.	"Eulogy"		2:42
8.	"Snowdogs"		4:00
9.	"The Lark Nest"		4:48
10.	"Medulla Oblongata"		3:08
11.	"Aplo"		2:09
12.	"Rock Lobster" (The B-52's cover)	Fred Schneider, Ricky Wilson	3:36
13.	"Sawbone"		0:53
14.	"Every God For Himself" (tracks 14–17 are bonus tracks)		4:49
15.	"Turn"		3:05
16.	"Medulla Oblongata"		1:13
17.	"Waiting For the Sun/Voices"		11:11
Total length:			62:29

Personnel

Michael Haaga – vocals, guitars
Greg Martin – guitars, backing vocals
Allen (Alpo) Price – bass, backing vocals
Ronnie Guyote – drums, backing vocals

References

"Dead Horse – Peaceful Death And Pretty Flowers (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. September 29, 2015.
"Dead Horse – Peaceful Death And Pretty Flowers (CD, Album) at Discogs". Discogs.com. September 29, 2015.
^ Henderson, Alex. "Peaceful Death and Pretty Flowers - Dead Horse". AllMusic.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.

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