I discussed my background with Exodus on the Fabulous Disaster blurb found on LP Roundup 2.46. It seems that the only album by them that resonates with me is this debut, that I first heard when purchasing real time in 1985. In revisiting Bonded by Blood, the album never quite hits the expectations I set for it. As noted in the Fabulous Disaster review, Exodus are a bit too simplistic to appreciate at a multi-dimensional level. Though I have a new favorite from the album and that would be 'A Lesson in Violence' which is far more intense than I recall. The former favorite 'Deliver Us To Evil' also packs a wallop. It's too bad this album didn't come out in 1983 where it would have had immediate impact. I'm certainly open to hearing later era albums by this band, but Bonded by Blood is the only one I know I will keep. Too many great memories from that period of my life to consider otherwise.
Ownership: LP: 2009 Back on Black (UK). Recent acquisition via trade credit from a local store. The LP is a beautiful gatefold package (the original is a single sleeve), stretched to 2 discs (blue vinyl), with an additional duo of live tracks added (same ones that are on the CD). And they left the awesome cornball "evil" cartoon cover, that the CDs tried to hide. As noted I bought the original LP upon release, and sold it off because the music wasn't so much to my taste in the 90s.
10/23/21; 1/16/22 (new entry)
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