Artist: ANTHRAX
Album: STATE OF EUPHORIA REISSUE (CD)

Release date: 1988
EAN/UPS: 0042284236324
Media type: CD

State of Euphoria is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Anthrax. It was released in September of 1988 by Megaforce Worldwide/Island Entertainment.

The band and Mark Dodson produced and Alex Perialas engineered the album. Except for a few classic tracks, including "Antisocial" and "Be All, End All", the critical reception was lukewarm; it failed to live up to the expectations set by the band's previous album, Among the Living.

State of Euphoria hit #30 on the Billboard's Billboard 200 chart and the album was certified Gold by the RIAA.

The Song "Misery Loves Company" was based on the Stephen King novel Misery.
The song, "Now It's Dark," was made into simlish for the radio on the The Sims PC game.
The song, "Now It's Dark", appears to be inspired by the David Lynch film Blue Velvet, specifically the behavior of the sexually depraved, self-asphyxiating, murderous sociopath Frank Booth, as played by Dennis Hopper.

All songs written and composed by Anthrax, except where noted.

TRACKLIST:

1. "Be All, End All" 6:22
2. "Out of Sight, Out of Mind" 5:13
3. "Make Me Laugh" 5:41
4. "Antisocial" (Bernie Bonvoisin, Norbert Krief) 4:27
5. "Who Cares Wins" 7:35
6. "Now It's Dark" 5:34
7. "Schism" 5:27
8. "Misery Loves Company" 5:40
9. "13" 0:49
10. "Finale" 5:47

LINE-UP:

Joey Belladonna – Vocals
Scott Ian – Rhythm guitar
Dan Spitz – Lead guitar
Frank Bello – Bass guitar
Charlie Benante – Drums
Carol Freedman – Cello