Agent Orange (album)

Agent Orange is the third studio album by German thrash metal band Sodom, released on 1 June 1989 by Steamhammer/SPV. It was their last album with guitarist Frank Blackfire before he left the band and joined Kreator. The lyrical content delves deeply into Tom Angelripper's fascination with the Vietnam War, with a song dedicated to the ground assault aircraft AC-47 as well as the Agent orange defoliant-inspired title-track. It was the first thrash metal album to enter the German album charts where it reached number 36. Agent Orange sold 100,000 copies in Germany alone^[1] and marked the commercial break through for the band. The song "Ausgebombt" was released on the EP Ausgebombt with German lyrics.

In March 2010, Agent Orange was re-released in a digipak with bonus tracks and liner notes containing lyrics and rare photos.^[2]^[3]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[4]
Rock Hard	9/10^[5]

In 2005, Agent Orange was ranked number 299 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.^[6]

Track listing

All music composed by Chris Witchhunter, Frank Blackfire and Tom Angelripper, except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Agent Orange"	6:04
2.	"Tired and Red"	5:25
3.	"Incest"	4:38
4.	"Remember the Fallen"	4:20
5.	"Magic Dragon"	5:59
6.	"Exhibition Bout"	3:35
7.	"Ausgebombt"	3:04
8.	"Baptism of Fire"	4:03
9.	"Don't Walk Away" (Tank cover)	2:56
Total length:		40:14

Re-release bonus disc
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Incest" (live)	4:18
2.	"Agent Orange" (live)	5:26
3.	""Tired And Red" (live)	5:01
4.	"Remember The Fallen" (live)	4:05
5.	"Ausgebombt" (live)	3:47
6.	"Ausgebombt" (German version)	3:06

Track 9 is a bonus track for initial CD pressings.

Personnel

Sodom

Tom Angelripper – vocals, bass guitar
Frank Blackfire – guitars
Chris Witchhunter – drums

Production

Harris Johns - Producer, Engineering, Mixing
Andreas Marschall - Cover art
Manfred Eisenblätter - Photography

Charts

Chart	Peak position
German Album Charts^[7]	36

Ausgebombt, EP

The band released two songs from Agent Orange on its third EP, Ausgebombt.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Ausgebombt" (German Version)	3:07
2.	"Don't Walk Away" (Tank cover)	3:00
3.	"Incest" (Live)	4:28
Total length:		10:35

References

↑
↑ BLABBERMOUTH - SODOM: 'Agent Orange' Re-Release Delayed. February 2, 2010.
↑ SODOM Re-Release Of Agent Orange Postponed Until March. February 2, 2010. Metal Express Radio.
↑ Allmusic review
↑ Rock Hard review
↑ [...], Rock Hard (Hrsg.). [Red.: Michael Rensen. Mitarb.: Götz Kühnemund] (2005). Best of Rock & Metal die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten. Königswinter: Heel. p. 93. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
↑ "charts.de". Retrieved 1 June 2013.

Sodom

Tom Angelripper Makka Bernemann Michael Wulf Christian "Witchhunter" Dudek

Albums	Obsessed by Cruelty Persecution Mania Agent Orange Better Off Dead Tapping the Vein Get What You Deserve Masquerade in Blood 'Til Death Do Us Unite Code Red M-16 Sodom The Final Sign of Evil In War and Pieces Epitome of Torture

EPs & Demos	In the Sign of Evil Expurse of Sodomy Ausgebombt The Saw Is the Law Aber bitte mit Sahne Sacred Warpath Witching Metal Victims of Death

Compilations	Ten Black Years 2 in 1 30 Years Sodomized: 1982-2012

Live	Mortal Way of Live Marooned Live One Night in Bangkok Lords of Depravity Part I

"The Big Teutonic Four"	Kreator Sodom Destruction Tankard

Related articles	Teutonic thrash metal

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