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Despite their crucial involvement in the development of thrash metal, by 1987 San Francisco's Exodus were playing a desperate game of catch-up. Upstarts Metallica had first stolen their thunder, then their guitarist; and after a yearlong delay that rendered their seminal debut, Bonded by Blood, rather archaic, the group experienced a tumultuous lineup change with the departure of founding vocalist Paul Baloff and the arrival of ex-Testament singer Steve Souza. By and large, the throat-shredding vocal styles of both frontmen were pretty much interchangeable, but the difference in songwriting quality between the aforementioned Bonded by Blood and its dismal successor, Pleasures of the Flesh, was quite astounding. Truth is, except for the rather memorable title track, the record simply fails to deliver the goods, seeming almost like an evolutionary step backward. Opener "Deranged" started an irritating tradition of inane spoken word intros, and most of the album's tracks amount to little more than a collection of frenetic riffs bundled together in haphazard fashion. "30 Seconds" is -- you guessed it -- a pointless 30-second burst of classical guitar that has no place on this or any other album, and it's downhill from there. A very disappointing release, Pleasures of the Flesh left little hope for the future, but incredibly, Exodus would rebound with excellent results on 1989's Fabulous Disaster. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia
Despite their crucial involvement in the development of thrash metal, by 1987 San Francisco's Exodus were playing a game of catch-up. Upstarts Metallica had first stolen their thunder, then their guitarist, and after a yearlong delay that rendered their seminal debut, Bonded by Blood, rather archaic, the group experienced a tumultuous lineup change with the departure of founding vocalist Paul Baloff and the arrival of ex-Testament singer Steve Souza prior to the recording of Pleasures of the Flesh. By and large, the throat-shredding vocal styles of both frontmen proved to be pretty much interchangeable. ~ Eduardo Rivadavia
This is part of Combat's The Remasters Of Metal series.
Personnel: Steve Souza (vocals); Gary Holt, Rick Hunolt (guitar); Tom Hunting (drums).
Recording information: Alpha-Omega, S.F.
Introduction by: Michael Pluznick.
Personnel: Steve Souza (vocals); Gary Holt, Rick Hunolt (guitar); Rob McKillop (bass); Tom Hunting (drums).
Pleasures Of The Flesh Music Exodus Pleasures Of The Flesh Songs | 1. | Deranged | |
| 2. | 'Till Death Do Us Part | |
| 3. | Parasite | |
| 4. | Brain Dead | |
| 5. | Faster Than You'll Ever Live to Be | |
| 6. | Pleasures of the Flesh | |
| 7. | 30 Seconds | |
| 8. | Seeds of Hate | |
| 9. | Chemi-Kill | |
| 10. | Choose Your Weapon | |
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Pleasures Of The Flesh Music Pleasures Of The Flesh Music Review Average Rating: (3.5 out of 5 stars)   List All Reviews could be the worst remaster ever
this is a pretty good album, but the remaster is a travesty.
Combat should be ashamed to call this a "remaster" repackaged, yes reissued-yes but remastered....it sounds terrible. I'd go as far as to say it actually sounds worse than the original mastered version.
and wasn't there originally/though briefly a different cover for this cd?
Submitted by Dan (Des Moines, IA) 
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 A reasonable follow-up to Bonded By Blood
Since Exodus' first release Bonded By Blood was delayed due to problems of the Record Label kind, this album seemed to follow up about a year after their first album release. In actuality,
several years filled the gap between the two with many significant changes. First and formost of which, notorious lead singer Paul Baloff being removed from the band and being replaced by Legacy frontman Steve Souza. While the vocal style is similar to Baloff's (the same growling banshee screech), it just doesn't seem to have that same Baloff intensity that made Bonded By Blood such a classic. Production-wise it's decent, and most tracks still have some pretty heavy thrash-style riffs, but what really carries this album are the three tracks carried over from the Exodus demo when Baloff was still in the band. The song titled "Pleasures of the flesh", "Brain dead", and "Seeds of hate". If there's any reason to get this album, it's for these three classic songs more than anything.
Submitted by a reviewer (San Francisco)
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 Awesome thrash
Some of the best thrash you'll ever hear. Highlights include "Brain Dead", "Deranged", "Choose Your Weapon", and the title track.
Submitted by Colin (Canada)
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The sophomore jinx gets another one
When compared to its predecessor BBB or its successor Fabulous Disaster, POTF just doesn't measure up. Exodus are kind of getting used to Steve Souza, who's voice is better than Paul's, but Steve doesn't sing with Paul's attitude yet. Also, the songwriting suffers, with a couple of the songs sounding like a bunch of riffs slapped carelessly together, in addition to the fact that many riffs are generic. And while 30 Seconds is nice, it's very out of place here and seems stupid. However, there are a few bright spots, like Gary and Rick's best soloing, the tracks Deranged, the title track, and Seeds of Hate, the good sound on this remaster, and the fact that the album does provide good thrashing.
Submitted by mcsavage (Pittsburgh, PA)
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Quite a thrashy cd. It took me a while to find it on cd and I am very happy with it. Just as good as Fabulos Disaster if not better. Althought I must say the sound on Fabulos is somewhat better and so is the production.
Submitted by N/A (Waukesha, WI, USA)
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