Hostile Ambient Takeover
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| Studio album by Melvins | ||||
| Released | April 15, 2002 | |||
| Recorded | 2002 | |||
| Genre | Sludge metal | |||
| Length | 46:28 | |||
| Label | Ipecac | |||
| Producer | Toshi Kasai | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [1] |
| Blender | [2] |
| Pitchfork Media | (5.6/10)[3] |
| Piero Scaruffi |   [4] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[5] |
Hostile Ambient Takeover is the fourteenth album by Melvins, which was released in 2002 through Ipecac Recordings. "Black Stooges" is credited as track 1 but the song that appeared on Millennium Monsterwork 2000 (then called "Ol' Black Stooges") is actually on track 2.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Buzz Osborne except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Untitled" | Crover | 0:31 |
| 2. | "Black Stooges" | Osborne, Crover | 5:58 |
| 3. | "Dr. Geek" | 2:35 | |
| 4. | "Little Judas Chongo" | 2:03 | |
| 5. | "The Fool, the Meddling Idiot" | 7:49 | |
| 6. | "The Brain Center at Whipples" | 3:50 | |
| 7. | "Foaming" | Osborne, Rutmanis | 7:47 |
| 8. | "The Anti-Vermin Seed" | 15:51 |
[edit] Personnel
- The Melvins:
- Dale Crover - drums, vocals, keyboards
- Kevin Rutmanis - bass, slide bass
- King Buzzo - vocals, guitar
- Sir David Scott Stone - thunder sheet, electric wire
- Toshi Kasai - keyboards, recording, mixing
- Adam Jones - virus
- John Golden - mastering
- Mackie Osborne - art direction & design
- Kevin Willis - photography
[edit] References
- ^ "Hostile Ambient Takeover - Melvins". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r583251.
- ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50480/hostile-ambient-takeovermillennium-monsterwork.html[dead link]
- ^ http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19827/Melvins_Hostile_Ambient_Takeover[dead link]
- ^ "Melvins". Piero Scaruffi. http://www.scaruffi.com/vol5/melvins.html.
- ^ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/melvins/albums/album/136421/review/5941073/hostile_ambient_takeover[dead link]
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