Hostile Ambient Takeover

Hostile Ambient Takeover
Hostile Ambient Takeover
Studio album by Melvins
Released	April 16, 2002
Genre	Sludge metal, noise rock, electronic
Length	46:23
Label	Ipecac
Producer	Toshi Kasai
Melvins chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
Pitchfork	(5.6/10)^[3]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[4]

Hostile Ambient Takeover is the fourteenth studio album by the Melvins, released in 2002 through Ipecac Recordings.

Each song was released as a limited 7" vinyl single (limited to 2,500 copies each) that included exclusive B-sides, which are mostly covers (except for "The Anti-Vermin Seed" which was split up onto both sides of its single).

Track listing[edit]

All songs written by Buzz Osborne except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Black Stooges^[5]^[6]"	Crover, Osborne	0:31
2.	Untitled		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"	Rutmanis, Osborne	7:47
8.	"The Anti-Vermin Seed"		15:51

Singles[edit]

Vol. 1[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Stooges"	6:05
2.	"Foaming (Fast Version)"	1:55

Vol. 2[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dr. Geek"	2:41
2.	"Return of the Spiders (Alice Cooper cover)"	3:07

Vol. 3[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Judas Chongo"	2:02
2.	"Jerkin' Krokus (Mott the Hoople cover)"	2:56

Vol. 4[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Fool, The Meddling Idiot"	7:24
2.	"Promise Me (The Gun Club cover)"	3:14

Vol. 5[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Brain Center at Whipples"	3:44
2.	"Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (Ramones cover)"	3:17

Vol. 6[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Foaming"	7:54
2.	"Arny (Warlock Pinchers cover) / White Punks on Dope (The Tubes cover)"	3:12

Vol. 7[edit]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Anti-Vermin Seed"	6:35
2.	"The Anti-Vermin Seed"	6:36

Personnel[edit]

with

Sir David Scott Stone – thunder sheet, electric wire
Adam Jones – virus

Additional personnel[edit]

Toshi Kasai – engineer, mixing, keyboards
John Golden – mastering
Mackie Osborne – art direction & design
Kevin Willis – photography

References[edit]

^ "Hostile Ambient Takeover - Melvins". AllMusic.
^ http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50480/hostile-ambient-takeovermillennium-monsterwork.html^{[dead link]}
^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080517120113/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19827/Melvins_Hostile_Ambient_Takeover. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ Rolling Stone https://web.archive.org/web/20070602161034/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/melvins/albums/album/136421/review/5941073/hostile_ambient_takeover. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
^ "Discogs: Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover".
^ "Hostile Ambient Takeover".

[1] "Hostile Ambient Takeover - Melvins". AllMusic.

[2] ttp://www.blender.com/guide/new/50480/hostile-ambient-takeovermillennium-monsterwork.html^{[dead link]}

[3] ttps://web.archive.org/web/20080517120113/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19827/Melvins_Hostile_Ambient_Takeover. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2006. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[4] Rolling Stone https://web.archive.org/web/20070602161034/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/melvins/albums/album/136421/review/5941073/hostile_ambient_takeover. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007. {{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

[5] "Discogs: Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover".

[6] "Hostile Ambient Takeover".

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EPs	Six Songs Eggnog King Buzzo Dale Crover Joe Preston Tora Tora Tora The Bulls & the Bees
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Video releases	Salad of a Thousand Delights Live from London 2006 (with Fantômas)
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