The Beginning (Mercyful Fate album)

The Beginning
Compilation album by Mercyful Fate
Released	1987
Genre	Heavy metal, thrash metal
Length	44:53
Label	Roadrunner
Producer	Jac Hustinx, Henrik Lund, Tony Wilson
Mercyful Fate chronology
Don't Break the Oath (1984) The Beginning (1987) A Dangerous Meeting (1992)

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The Beginning is a compilation album by Mercyful Fate released in 1987 consisting of the Nuns Have No Fun EP and different versions of 5 tracks from the album "Melissa".

Track listing

1. "Doomed by the Living Dead" – 5:07
2. "A Corpse Without Soul" – 6:52
3. "Nuns Have No Fun" – 4:17
4. "Devil Eyes" – 5:48
5. "Curse of the Pharaohs" – 3:50 |¹
6. "Evil" – 4:01 |¹
7. "Satan's Fall" – 10:28 |¹
8. "Black Masses" – 4:30 |²
9. "Black Funeral" – 2:52 |³

|¹ From "The Friday Rock Show". 19 March, 1983
|² From the "Black Funeral" single (B side)
|³ From the "Metallic Storm" compilation (remaster only)

References

1. "The Beginning - Mercyful Fate". Allmusic.