Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [Box set, Original recording remastered, Explicit Lyrics]

White Zombie | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (November 24, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 5
• Format: Box set, Original recording remastered, Explicit Lyrics
• Note on Boxed Sets: During shipping, discs in boxed sets occasionally become dislodged without damage. Please examine and play these discs. If you are not completely satisfied, we'll refund or replace your purchase.
• Label: Geffen Records
• ASIN: B001H5HWTE
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 3.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #92,388 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

Disc: 1

1. GENTLEMAN JUNKIE

2. KING OF SOULS

3. TALES FROM THE SCARECROWMAN

4. CAT'S EYE RESURRECTION

See all 13 tracks on this disc

Disc: 2

1. RATMOUTH

2. SHACK OF HATE

3. DROWNING THE COLOSSUS

4. CROW III

See all 17 tracks on this disc

Disc: 3

1. GOD OF THUNDER

2. LOVE RAZOR

3. DISASTER BLASTER 2

4. WELCOME TO PLANET MF

See all 18 tracks on this disc

Disc: 4

1. CHILDREN OF THE GRAVE

2. FEED THE GODS

3. ELECTRIC HEAD - PT. I

4. SUPER CHARGER HEAVEN

See all 16 tracks on this disc

Disc: 5

1. THUNDER KISS '65

2. BLACK SUNSHINE

3. WELCOME TO PLANET MOTHERFUCKER

4. FEED THE GODS

See all 19 tracks on this disc

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Disappointing., November 26, 2008

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M. Behzadi - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Audio CD)

Preface: I am a HUGE White Zombie fan, and have been looking forward to this box set for years. As far as the quality of the music contained herein, this set gets a 5 out of 5.

1. Omissions. The set contains no remixes, which is neither surprising nor disappointing, since White Zombie's remixes were done by outside personel and, quite honestly, were never as good as the original recordings. Strangely, though, "Black Friday" and "Dead or Alive" are omitted from this set (maybe because they were only on the cassette version of "Gods on Voodoo Moon"?). Songs like "Star Slammer" which were previously recorded but never before released are also AWOL on the box set. What a shame.

2. Redundancy. La Sexorcisto and Astro Creep are contained, in their entirety, on Discs 3 and 4 (respectively). Anyone who's a big enough White Zombie fan to shell out this kind of money for the box set already has the two albums, both of which are owned by millions of fans across the world. Rob knows this, but included them anyway. Why? So he could justify a higher price tag? I feel like a moron for paying for something I already own.

3. Aesthetics. The packaging is very, very disappointing. Back in the day, Geffen declined to front the money to give Astro Creep the kind of elaborate booklet that Rob wanted. So, what did he do? He spent a big chunk of change out of his own pocket to give the album the kind of treatment it deserved. Sadly, Rob seems to have gotten miserly in his old age. The set's packaging is in the form of a compressed fold-out digipack. The booklet (which is in the form of a standard CD booklet, not an actual book, as I had hoped) is uninteresting and offers neither liner notes nor lyrics. This really caught me by surprised, as this is what usually makes box sets distinct from the rest of a band's catalogue. Rob really didn't come through on this.

In summary:
1. It's incomplete.
2. It has stuff you already have.
3. It doesn't look as nice as it could have.
BUT!
4. The music is great, and the quality of all the old pre-Sexorcisto tracks has been cleaned up a little bit.

Oh, and the DVD is good too, although the videos for Boogieman and One curiously omit clips from the films in which they were featured (licensing issues, perhaps?).

All in all, the good outweighs the bad. Buy it.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great compilation!, December 7, 2008

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Paul Bateau (Buffalo, NY United States) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie [Explicit] (MP3 Download)

This is a great box set that has been a long time in the making. It covers all of White Zombies from their early days all the way up to the end and also includes alot of the B-Sides and songs from soundtracks that they did.

The early stuff might take a little getting used to, but overall I really like this set and would recommend it to any White Zombie fan.

4 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Amazing considering it's restrictions, December 13, 2008

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Morgan Harvey "Kelicon" (Poughkeepsie, New York) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Let Sleeping Corpses Lie (Audio CD)

This box set is the grand finale for everything White Zombie. Overall I'm very pleased. Granted there isn't much along the road of extras, but White Zombie is a band that makes music and that's what you get... the music. Considering the restraints Rob Zombie had while making this, no communication with the rest of the band and little time, I thought it was an exceptional effort. For those who are complaining about the included material this article, http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/interviews/interviews/rob_zombie_i_find_it_distracting_to_hear_my_own_music.html , should explain much. All in all, a great effort from Rob Zombie and an amazing buy for White Zombie fans.