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''Destroyed'' is the first full-length studio
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. It was released by Toxic Shock Records, on LP and cassette, and co-released on CD by the Musical Tragedies label in Germany, both in 1989. The album was reissued on Metal Blade (CD and cassette) in the UK and US and Metal Mind in Poland (cassette) in 1994, Last Resort Records (picture disc LP) in 1995, Coldfront Records (CD) on October 15, 2002, Kid Tested Records (CD, double LP) in 2009 to commemorate the album's 20th anniversary, and D-Tour (LP) in 2018. The album cover is a parody of the
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album '' Destroyer'', from 1976.


Track listing

All songs written by Sloppy Seconds unless indicated.


Toxic Shock, Last Resort and D-Tour releases


Toxic Shock/Musical Tragedies CD

The LP editions of this re-release include the above tracks on an extra, single-sided LP (with an etching on the other side), but do not include "Leavin' on a Jet Plane."


Personnel

* B.A. – yells, producer * Steve Sloppy – drums, producer * Bo'Ba Jam – bass, producer * Dr. Roadkill – guitar, producer * Paul Mahern – producer, engineer * Mike Kreffel – artwork, cover art, pre-press layout * Rob Perkins – background vocals, photography, road crew * Paul Bohall – background vocals, road crew, bus repair technician * Craig "R.V." Croomes – background vocals * Jeff Masengale – background vocals, photography * Scott Turns – background vocals, road crew * John Barron – road crew


Trivia

*"Leavin' On A Jet Plane" is taken from the "Come Back Traci" single (1989). *"Serious" is taken from the compilation '' Welcome To Our Nightmare: A Tribute To Alice Cooper'' (1993). *"Human Waste" is taken from the "I Don't Wanna Be A Homosexual" single (1990). *"Conned Again" and "Hooray for Santa Claus" are taken from the '' Lonely Christmas'' EP (1992). *"Don's Guns" is taken from ''The Shot Heard Around The World'' compilation (1986). *"Before Cable" (renamed "Before We Had Cable") is taken from ''War Between The States: North'' compilation (1989). *On the cover, Steve Sloppy is wearing a
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References

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