Hostile Ambient Takeover

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Hostile Ambient Takeover
Studio album by Melvins
Released April 15, 2002
Recorded 2002
Genre Sludge metal, noise rock, electronic
Length 46:28
Label Ipecac
Producer Toshi Kasai
Melvins chronology

Millennium Monsterwork 2000
(2002)		 Hostile Ambient Takeover
(2002)		 Melvinmania: Best of the Atlantic Years 1993-1996
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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. The album represents a transitional period for the band and yet the release is highly regarded by its fan base. The album's vinyl release consists of seven 7" singles that include exclusive B-sides, which are mostly covers (except for "The Anti-Vermin Seed" which consumes both sides of its single). The exclusive B-sides are "Foaming" (Fast Version), "Return of Spiders" (Alice Cooper), "Jerkin' Krokus" (Mott The Hoople), "Promise Me" (Gun Club), "Today Your Love, Tomorrow The World" (Ramones), "Arnie" (Warlock Pinchers), and "White Kids On Dope" (The Tubes). Each single was limited to 2,500 pressings.


Track listing

All songs written by Buzz Osborne except where noted.

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
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

7" Series Vol. 1

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

7" Series Vol. 2

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

7" Series Vol. 3

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

7" Series Vol. 4

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

7" Series Vol. 5

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

7" Series Vol. 6

No. Title Length
1. "Foaming"   7:54
2. "Arny (Warlock Pinchers)"   3:12

7" Series Vol. 7

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

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ "Hostile Ambient Takeover - Melvins". Allmusic. 
  2. ↑ http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50480/hostile-ambient-takeovermillennium-monsterwork.html[]
  3. ↑ http://pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19827/Melvins_Hostile_Ambient_Takeover[]
  4. ↑ "Melvins". Piero Scaruffi. 
  5. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/melvins/albums/album/136421/review/5941073/hostile_ambient_takeover[]
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