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Blessed Are the Sick

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Studio album by

Morbid Angel

Released

May 2, 1991

Recorded

January – February 1991

Studio

Morrisound Recording, Tampa, Florida

Genre

Death metal

Length

39:24

Label

Earache/Relativity

Producer

Morbid Angel

Morbid Angel chronology

Altars of Madness
(1989)

Blessed Are the Sick
(1991)

Abominations of Desolation
(1991)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
About.com	^[1]
AllMusic	^[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	^[3]
The Great Metal Discography	6/10^[4]

Blessed Are the Sick is the second studio album from American death metal band Morbid Angel. Though the album features some fast sections, the overall sound is markedly slower than the debut and with identifiable classical music undertones present^[5] (main composer Trey Azagthoth would dedicate this album to Mozart). Tracks 9, 10 and 12 are re-recorded songs from the 1986 demo Abominations of Desolation.

The cover painting is『Les Trésors de Satan』by Jean Delville.

The album was reissued in 2009 as a DigipakinDualDisc format. The CD side contains the original audio release and the DVD side contains a one-hour documentary.^[6]

Track listing[edit]

All lyrics are written by David Vincent, except where noted; all music is composed by Trey Azagthoth, except "Desolate Ways" by Richard Brunelle.

No.	Title	Lyrics	Length
1.	"Intro" (instrumental)		1:27
2.	"Fall from Grace"		5:13
3.	"Brainstorm"		2:34
4.	"Rebel Lands"		2:41
5.	"Doomsday Celebration" (instrumental)		1:49
6.	"Day of Suffering"		1:54
7.	"Blessed Are the Sick/Leading the Rats"		4:47
8.	"Thy Kingdom Come"		3:24
9.	"Unholy Blasphemies"	Azagthoth, Vincent	2:10
10.	"Abominations"	Azagthoth	4:27
11.	"Desolate Ways" (instrumental)		1:40
12.	"The Ancient Ones"	Azagthoth	5:53
13.	"In Remembrance" (instrumental)		1:25

Personnel[edit]

Morbid Angel

David Vincent – bass, vocals
Trey Azagthoth – guitars, keyboards
Richard Brunelle – guitars
Pete Sandoval – drums

Additional personnel

Tom Morris - engineering, mixing

Release history[edit]

Date	Note
May 2, 1991
November 3, 2009	Reissue

References[edit]

^ Bowar, Chad. "Review: Morbid Angel - Blessed Are the Sick". About.com. Archived from the original on 23 February 2016. Retrieved 25 November 2009.

^ Torreano, Bradley. "Review: Blessed Are the Sick". Allmusic. Retrieved 25 November 2009.

^ Larkin, Colin, ed. (2006). "Morbid Angel". Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 5 (4th ed.). MUZE. pp. 886–887. ISBN 978-0-19-531373-4.

^ Strong, Martin C. (1998). "Morbid Angel". The Great Metal Discography. Canongate. pp. 219–220. ISBN 0862417279 – via Internet Archive.

^ "Morbid Angel biography". Archived from the original on 2013-12-17. Retrieved 2016-02-13.

^ "MORBID ANGEL: 'Blessed Are The Sick' Reissue To Receive U.S. Release In October". BlabberMouth. Archived from the original on 2012-09-07.

v t e Morbid Angel
Trey Azagthoth Steve Tucker Dan Vadim Von Charlie Koryn David Vincent Pete Sandoval Mike Browning Jared Anderson Erik Rutan Tim Yeung Destructhor Scott Fuller
Studio albums	Altars of Madness Blessed Are the Sick Covenant Domination Formulas Fatal to the Flesh Gateways to Annihilation Heretic Illud Divinum Insanus Kingdoms Disdained
Live albums	Entangled in Chaos Juvenilia
Demo Albums	Abominations of Desolation
Associated acts	Terrorizer Hate Eternal

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