The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code

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The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code
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Studio album by Napalm Death
Released 25 April 2005 (2005-04-25)
Recorded 21 September-13 October 2004
Studio Foel Studios, Llanfair Caerinion, Wales
Genre Grindcore, death metal
Length 45:12
Label Century Media
Producer Russ Russell
Napalm Death chronology
Leaders Not Followers: Part 2
(2004)Leaders Not Followers: Part 22004
The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code
(2005)
Smear Campaign
(2006)Smear Campaign2006
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic 3.5/5 stars[1]
Chronicles of Chaos 9.5/10[2]
The Metal Forge 9/10[3]
musicOMH Favourable[4]
PopMatters 8/10[5]
Sea of Tranquility 3.5/5 stars[6]
Transform Online Favourable[7]

The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code is Napalm Death's eleventh studio album and was recorded at Foel Studio, Llanfair Caerinion with producer Russ Russell. It was released on 25 April 2005. A music video for "Silence Is Deafening", directed by Roger Johansson, was released later that year.

Some editions of the album were released with a bonus disc that contains material from a variety of death metal bands, such as Aborted. The Napalm Death song "Silence Is Deafening" is the first track on the compilation.

The album features guest appearances by Jello Biafra of Dead Kennedys, Jamey Jasta of Hatebreed, and Jeffrey Walker of Carcass.

Track listing

All lyrics written by Mark Greenway, except where noted. 

No. Title Music Length
1. "Silence is Deafening"   Shane Embury 3:48
2. "Right You Are"   Embury 0:52
3. "Diplomatic Immunity"   Embury 1:45
4. "The Code is Red...Long Live the Code"   Mitch Harris 3:30
5. "Climate Controllers"   Harris 3:06
6. "Instruments of Persuasion"   Harris 2:59
7. "The Great and the Good"   Embury 4:10
8. "Crash the Pose" (Japanese edition bonus track) (Lyrics by Gauze) Gauze 1:34
9. "Sold Short"   Harris, Embury 2:47
10. "All Hail the Grey Dawn"   Embury 4:13
11. "Vegetative State"   Harris 3:08
12. "Pay for the Privilege of Breathing"   Embury 1:46
13. "Pledge Yourself to You"   Harris 3:14
14. "Losers" (Japanese and limited edition digipak CD bonus track) Harris 4:24
15. "Striding Purposefully Backwards"   Harris 2:53
16. "Morale"   Embury 4:44
17. "Our Pain is Their Power"   Embury, Harris, Russ Russell 2:10

Personnel

Napalm Death

Additional musicians

Technical personnel

  • Russ Russellproduction, recording, mixing, mastering
  • Dave Anderson – assistant production, assistant recording, assistant mixing
  • Winter – recording (7), engineering (7)
  • Billy Gould – assistant recording (7), assistant engineering (7)

References

  1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. Napalm Death: The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code > Overview at AllMusic. Retrieved 18 October 2014.
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