CORROSION OF CONFORMITY – “Seven Days” (1995 Sony promo CD single)
COC’s landmark album Deliverance spawned three singles, the least known of which was “Seven Days”. The promo CD single contains a rarity that makes it worth tracking down. It’s not expensive, and thanks to online stores not hard to find.
Deliverance is a heavy album even with a few slower songs on board. “Seven Days” is one such track. A slow, heavy dirge can often make for a good single. This CD has two versions, the full-length album cut and a shorter single edit with a truncated fade-out.
The special track here is a “jam box tape” of “Fuel”, a track that was as yet unreleased. COC recorded it properly for their next album, Wiseblood. This early version is an identical arrangement, but way way more ragged. Pepper sounds like James Hetfield on this one, but it has far more balls than the Metallica song of the same name. Total smokeshow. This is the proverbial “song you buy the single for.”
3.5/5 stars
Nice one. I like singles a lot.
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I’ve started to embrace the singles format too – especially when the special tracks are indeed special, as this one appears to be!
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I wish you were single.
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Take a number, join the back of the queue.
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Story of my life. One day my turn will come.
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Awesome. Singles with rare bonus track! Nothing better than that.
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Except maybe creme brule? Maybe?
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yep, maybe!
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In the ’90s I had a mixed tape of the heaviest tunes in my collection. Fuel definitely on it but it was the po’ man’s Wiseblood version.
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LOL po’ man’s version. Do you still have any of your old tapes? They make for fun posts.
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No, unfortunately. I was wracking my brain trying to remember what was on that tape too. I only came up with about five tunes.
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I can’t do singles unless there are bonus tracks or some selling feature
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Agreed, that is my policy. No bonus, no dollars!
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