Better Off Dead (album)
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{{Infobox album
| name = Better Off Dead
| type = studio
| artist = Sodom
| cover = Sodom-betteroffdead.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 October 1990
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Thrash metal
| length = 49:12
| label = Steamhammer/SPV
| producer = Harris Johns
| prev_title = Agent Orange
| prev_year = 1989
| next_title = Tapping the Vein
| next_year = 1992
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{Rating|2.5|5}} [{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r367867|pure_url=yes}} link]
| rev2 = Rock Hard
| rev2score = 9/10 [http://www.rockhard.de/index.php?smod=p209MJ56rKOyMTyuWz1iMUIfo2qAo2D9pz9wn2uupzDhpzI2nJI3pl5xMKEunJkJnJI3Wzqlo3IjFHD9pzuspzI2nJI3WzAioaEyoaEWEQ0kAwD4BFL%3D link]
}}
Better Off Dead is the fourth studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released on 1 October 1990 by Steamhammer/SPV. The song "The Saw Is the Law" in an altered version that was released on the EP The Saw Is the Law.{{Cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/master/12625-Sodom-Better-Off-Dead|title=Sodom - Better Off Dead|website=Discogs.com|access-date=18 December 2021}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_music = Chris Witchhunter, Michael Hoffmann and Tom Angelripper, except where noted
| total_length = 49:12
| title1 = An Eye for an Eye
| length1 = 4:25
| title2 = Shellfire Defense
| length2 = 4:23
| title3 = The Saw Is the Law
| length3 = 4:11
| title4 = Turn Your Head Around
| length4 = 3:23
| note4 = Tank cover
| title5 = Capture the Flag
| length5 = 6:08
| title6 = Cold Sweat
| length6 = 3:10
| note6 = Thin Lizzy cover
| title7 = Bloodtrails
| length7 = 4:45
| title8 = Never Healing Wound
| length8 = 2:26
| title9 = Better Off Dead
| length9 = 3:44
| title10 = Resurrection
| length10 = 4:50
| title11 = Tarred and Feathered
| length11 = 3:02
| title12 = Stalinorgel
| length12 = 4:41
}}
Trivia
- "Resurrection" is dedicated to Tom Angelripper's late father
- The spoken passages at the beginning of "An Eye for an Eye" is taken from the 1989 film The Punisher.
Personnel
;Sodom
- Tom Angelripper - vocals, bass
- Michael Hoffmann - guitars
- Chris Witchhunter - drums
;Production
- Andreas Marschall - cover art
- Harris Johns - production, mixing