Fabulous Disaster
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{{For|the [[punk rock]] band of the same name|Fabulous Disaster (band)}}
{{Infobox Album | <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Albums -->
| Name = Fabulous Disaster
| Type = studio
| Artist = [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]]
| Cover = Exodus - Fabulous Disaster.jpg
| Released = [[February 15]], [[1989]]
| Recorded = 1988<br />Alpha & Omega Recording,<br />[[San Francisco, California]], USA
| Genre = [[Thrash metal]]
| Length = 50:47
| Label = [[Relativity Records]]<br />[[Music For Nations]]<br />[[Century Media Records|Century Media]]<br />[[Sony Music Entertainment Japan|CBS Sony]] (Japan)
| Producer = Marc Senesac<br />[[Gary Holt (musician)|Gary Holt]]<br />[[Rick Hunolt]]
| Reviews =
*[[Allmusic]] {{rating-5|4}} [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:aifuxqt5ldte~T1 link]
|
| Last album = ''[[Pleasures of the Flesh]]''<br />(1987)
| This album = '''''Fabulous Disaster''''''<br />(1989)
| Next album = ''[[Impact is Imminent]]''<br />(1990)
}}
'''''Fabulous Disaster''''' is the third album by [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]], released in 1989 (see [[1989 in music]]). In 1999, Century media remastered and reissued the band's first three albums in Europe only. A video was made for the song "The Toxic Waltz" which received a good amount of air-play on [[Headbanger's Ball|MTV's Headbanger's Ball]].
This is Tom Hunting's last album with Exodus until the 1997 live release "[[Another Lesson in Violence]]."
==Track listing==
*All songs written by [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]], unless stated
#"The Last Act of Defiance" – 4:44
#"Fabulous Disaster" – 4:54
#"The Toxic Waltz" – 4:51
#"[[Low Rider (song)|Low Rider]]" (Allen, Brown, Dickerson, Goldstein, Jordan, Leviton, Miller, Scott) ([[War (band|War]] cover) – 2:48
#"Cajun Hell" – 6:05
#"Like Father, Like Son" – 8:11
#"Corruption" – 5:46
#"Verbal Razors" – 4:07
#"Open Season" – 3:54
#"[[Overdose (song)|Overdose]]" ([[Bon Scott]], [[Angus Young]], [[Malcolm Young]]) ([[AC/DC]] cover) – 5:31
*Track 10 was omitted on some versions due to licensing issues
==Band Line-Up==
*[[Steve Souza|Steve "Zetro" Souza]] - Vocals
*[[Gary Holt (musician)|Gary Holt]] - Guitars
*[[Rick Hunolt]] - Guitars
*[[Rob McKillop]] - Bass
*[[Tom Hunting]] - Drums
==Charts==
'''Album''' - [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] (North America)
{| border=1 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=2 width="550px"
!align="left"|Year
!align="left"|Chart
!align="left"|Position
|-
|align="left"|1989
|align="left"|The Billboard 200
|align="left"|82
|-
|}
==Additional Information==
* Brian Mantilla – additional percussion on "Low Rider"
* Dov Christopher –
** intro narration on "The Last Act of Defiance", excerpt from ''American Way of Death'' by [[Jessica Mitford]]
** harmonica on "Cajun Hell"
* Recorded in 1988 by Marc Senesac and David Plank at Alpha & Omega Recording, [[San Francisco, California]], USA
* Produced and mixed by Marc Senesac, [[Gary Holt (musician)|Gary Holt]], and [[Rick Hunolt]]
* Mixed at Different Fur Studios, [[San Francisco, California]], USA
* Mixing assisted by Chad Munsey
* Mastered by Bernie Grundman, [[Los Angeles, California]], USA
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