Flotsam & Jetsam - No Place For Disgrace (1988)

Flotsam and Jetsam is an American thrash metal band that was formed in Phoenix, Arizona, in 1981.
Before settling on its current name in 1984, the band had existed under three different names, Paradox, Dredlox and Dogz.
Their current lineup includes vocalist Eric "A.K" Knutson, guitarists Michael Gilbert and Steve Conley, bassist Michael Spencer, and drummer Ken Mary.
Flotsam and Jetsam went through several lineup changes over the years, leaving Knutson as the only constant member.
They are also notable for featuring bassist Jason Newsted, who left the band shortly after the release of their debut album to join Metallica as Cliff Burton's replacement.

No Place for Disgrace is the second album by American thrash metal band Flotsam and Jetsam, released in 1988.
This marked the band's first album release through a major label, Elektra Records, and was also their first album with the bass guitarist Troy Gregory, who had replaced Jason Newsted when the latter left the band in 1986 to join Metallica.
Despite not playing on the album, three songs on it were co-written by Newsted. No Place for Disgrace also received some notice for its cover of an Elton John song, "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting", and upon its release charted on Billboard at 143.

Though they had recently lost lyricist and principal songwriter Jason Newsted to Metallica, Arizona thrashers Flotsam & Jetsam neatly avoided the sophomore slump with 1988's No Place for Disgrace. The album basically repeats the formula of their debut but benefits from a cleaner yet still-in-your face production job.
And while Newsted collects a few co-writing credits, guitarist Michael Gilbert takes over, guiding the band through the excellent title track, the morbid "Dreams of Death," and a chaotic version of Elton John's "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting." "Escape from Within" is one of the album's two standouts, slowly building from its melodic intro into full-on thrashing intensity, gliding toward an apparent finale, then exploding again.
The second standout has to be the brutal "I Live You Die," which gallops along on its massive bassline, twin guitar harmonies, and abrupt start-stop dynamics.


Track listing

1. "No Place for Disgrace" - 6:13 (Michael Gilbert, Jason Newsted, Kelly Smith, Eric AK Knutson, Ed Carlson)
2. "Dreams of Death" - 5:39 (Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson, Michael Spencer)
3. "N.E. Terror" - 5:57 (Gilbert, Newsted, Eric Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson)
4. "Escape from Within" - 6:47 (Gilbert, Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson, Spencer)
5. "Saturday Night's Alright for Fighting" - 3:52  (Elton John, Bernie Taupin)
6. "Hard on You" - 4:50  (Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson, Spencer)
7. "I Live You Die" - 5:49  (Gilbert, Newsted, Smith, Knutson, Carlson)
8. "Misguided Fortune" - 5:41  (Gilbert, Smith, Troy Gregory, Knutson, Carlson)
9. "P.A.A.B." - 5:32   (Gilbert, Braverman, Smith, Knutson, Carlson)
10. "The Jones" - 4:07  (Instrumental)  (Gilbert, Smith, Knutson, Carlson)

Credits

• Kelly David-Smith: drums
• Edward Carlson: guitars
• Eric A.K.: vocals
• Troy Gregory: bass guitar
• Michael Gilbert: guitars
• Bill Metoyer and Flotsam and Jetsam: producers
• Bill Metoyer: engineering

Notes  

Released:  May 20, 1988 

Recorded:  December 1987 - February 1988 

Genre:  Thrash metal, speed metal

Length:  54:29 

Label - Elektra Records