Sadus "Illusions (Chemical Exposure) (2007 Displeased Records Reissue, Remastered, Enhanced)"

Illusions is the debut studio album of Sadus originally released in 1988. It was re-issued on CD by Roadrunner Records as Chemical Exposure in 1991, and again in 2006 with two bonus tracks.

Reissued by Displeased Records in 2007 with eight bonus tracks and a videoclip.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Sadus.

1. "Certain Death" 4:12
2. "Undead" 4:00
3. "Sadus Attack" 1:44
4. "Torture" 2:22
5. "And Then You Die" 1:44
6. "Hands of Fate" 3:54
7. "Twisted Face" 1:57
8. "Fight or Die" 2:53
9. "Illusions" 3:47
10. "Chemical Exposure" 2:16

2007 Reissue bonus tracks

1. "Sadus Attack (demo)"
2. "Torture (demo)"
3. "Kill Team (demo)"
4. "Desolator (demo)"
5. "Fight or Die (demo)"
6. "Twisted Face (demo)"
7. "Number One (demo)"
8. "Hands of Fate (demo)"
9. "Certain Death (video clip)"

Tracks 11-16 taken from the D.T.P. demo.

Tracks 17-18 taken from the Certain Death demo.

Enhanced element contains:

- Certain Death (video)

Prepress by DACD.

This repress restores the original cover art of the first vinyl version released by the band itself in 1988. Booklet's back cover shows the artwork of the other editions, the ones titled "Chemical Exposure".

16-page booklet with lyrics, photos (including the original one for the alternate cover, without the effects), discography (with track lists, including demos) until 1992 and liner notes by Steve Di Giorgio.

According to the latter, on the two different cover:

"[...] A few pressings later, finances were raised to produce cassettes to accompany the vinyl that was selling well at this point. But art restrictions limited the cover of the dimensionally different cassette and forced us to abandon the vinyl art work. The new idea was visually over-exposed chemically and the concept coincided with the weird aural-trip outro, Chemical Exposure... thus the reason for different title between vinyl and cassette versions. In 1991 all three versions of vinyl, cassette and CD were re-released with only the "Chemical Exposure" title."

Recording information:

Produced and co-mixed by Sadus.

Recorded & mixed at Starlight Sound Studios, April-July 1988.

Mastered at Future Disc, Hollywood, CA.