Born Dead

Born Dead is the second studio album by American heavy metal band Body Count. The album was released on September 6, 1994.

Born Dead
Studio album by
Body Count
ReleasedSeptember 6, 1994
Recorded1994
Genre
Length47:16
LabelVirgin
ProducerErnie-C, Ice-T
Body Count chronology
Body Count
(1992)		 Born Dead
(1994)		 Violent Demise: The Last Days
(1997)
Singles from Born Dead
  1. "Hey Joe"
    Released: 1993
  2. "Born Dead"
    Released: 1994
  3. "Necessary Evil"
    Released: 1994
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Entertainment WeeklyB
NME
Robert Christgau
Rolling Stone
Q

Lyrical subject matter includes war ("Shallow Graves"), drugs ("Street Lobotomy"), death ("Surviving the Game"), murder ("Last Breath") and the mosh pit ("Killin' Floor").

Among other tracks, the album features a cover of Billy Roberts' "Hey Joe," performed in the style of Jimi Hendrix' recording of the song, as originally featured on the Are You Experienced album. Body Count's cover of the song was first featured on the Hendrix tribute album Stone Free: A Tribute to Jimi Hendrix.

In the liner notes, Ice-T dedicates the album "to all the people of color throughout the entire world: Asian, Latino, Native American, Hawaiian, Italian, Indian, Persian, African, Aboriginal and any other nationality that white supremacists would love to see born dead." Born Dead peaked at #74 on the Billboard 200.

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