Hostile Ambient Takeover

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]
Rolling Stone (mixed)[4]

Hostile Ambient Takeover is an 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

All songs written by Buzz Osborne except where noted. The track listing has "Black Stooges" as track 1 and has no entry for track 2, meaning that both tracks form one whole song.

No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. Untitled    0:31
2. "Black Stooges"  Crover, Osborne 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

Vol. 1

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

Vol. 2

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

Vol. 3

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

Vol. 4

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

Vol. 5

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

Vol. 6

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

Vol. 7

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

Personnel

The Melvins

Additional 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. ↑ http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/melvins/albums/album/136421/review/5941073/hostile_ambient_takeover[]