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(Redirected from Viva la Muerte (Cobra Verde album)) 1994 studio album by Cobra Verde
Viva la Muerte
Studio album by Cobra Verde
Released1994
Recorded609 Recording in Bedford, Ohio
GenreAlternative rock
Length40:20
LabelScat
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. It was released in 1994 through Scat Records.

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
NME7/10

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

Track listing

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

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

  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.
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