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...For the Whole World to See
Studio album by Death
Released	February 17, 2009
Recorded	1975
Genre	Proto-punk
Label	Drag City
Producer	Death
Professional reviews
Allmusic link Pitchfork (7.1/10) link Rolling Stone link Sputnikmusic link Tiny Mix Tapes link

...For the Whole World to See is a studio album from the American punk band Death. After refusing to change its name, the band was turned away by Clive Davis of Columbia Records, and the album was never completed. The surviving songs were released in 2009 by Drag City.^[1]

Reception

Initial critical response to ...For the Whole World to See was positive. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album has received an average score of 76, based on 8 reviews.^[1]

Jack White of the White Stripes related his first reaction to the album in a New York Times article: "I couldn’t believe what I was hearing. When I was told the history of the band and what year they recorded this music, it just didn’t make sense. Ahead of punk, and ahead of their time.”^[2]

Track listing

1. "Keep on Knocking" (David Hackney, Bobby Hackney) – 2:50
2. "Rock-N-Roll Victim" (D. Hackney) – 2:41
3. "Let the World Turn" (D. Hackney, B. Hackney) – 5:56
4. "You're a Prisoner" (D. Hackney, B. Hackney) – 2:24
5. "Freakin Out" (B. Hackney) – 2:48
6. "Where Do We Go from Here???" (B. Hackney) – 3:50
7. "Politicians in My Eyes" (B. Hackney) – 5:50

Personnel

• Death - producer
• Bobby Hackney - bass, vocals
• Dannis Hackney - drums
• David Hackney - guitar
• Tandy Hackney - photography
• Sim Vitti - engineer

References

External links

• ...For the Whole World to See at Metacritic

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/03/15/arts/music/15rubi.html