Death were just another African–American R&B act from Detroit before the Stooges and the MC5 changed their lives. After recording seven blistering rock tracks in the early seventies, the power trio passed on a deal with Clive Davis at Columbia Records because they refused to change the band name. Lost in the dustbins until now was "Freakin Out," which sounds like a primal version of the Buzzcocks. "Rock–N–Roll Victim" is the kind of chunky cock rock Kiss would refine for arenas. Not everything is so visionary. "Let the World Turn" is a muddled train wreck of psychedelic balladry, hard rock and prog noodling.