The Greater of Two Evils

The Greater of Two Evils
Remix album by Anthrax
Released	November 23, 2004
Recorded	Avatar Studios, New York, January 24–25, 2004
Genre	Thrash metal
Length	73:04
Label	Sanctuary, Nuclear Blast
Producer	Anthrax
Anthrax chronology
Music of Mass Destruction (2004) The Greater of Two Evils (2004) Alive 2 (2005)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Classic Rock	[2]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
musicOMH	favorable[4]

The Greater of Two Evils is an album by Anthrax. The album was released in November 2004 (2004 in music) on the Sanctuary record label. The album is made up of fourteen Anthrax songs from the band's early (Neil Turbin & Joey Belladonna-era) albums, that were released between 1983 and 1990. These tracks have been re-recorded by Anthrax's then-current line-up, led by John Bush. The final track listing was decided by a vote on the band's website. The track list was then recorded by the band "live" in the studio over two days. The album was originally going to be named "Metallum Maximum Aeturnum", with possible plans to change it to "Old School, New School, Our School: Metallum Maximum Aeturnum" or "Metal Thrashing Mad: Metallum Maximum Aeturnum". The album sleeve features liner notes by Brian Posehn.

This is the last Anthrax release prior to the band's reunion with Joey Belladonna and Dan Spitz.

Track listing

Bonus disc (Japanese edition)

The following tracks are available on a 2-disc Japanese version sold in other countries as an import.

Trivia

• The Japanese katakana writing on the front cover says: スラッシュ　メタル, literally Surasshu Metaru (a transliteration of "thrash metal").
• On the original version of the album, "Lone Justice" appears as a hidden track. It begins after "Gung-Ho" ends, and is followed by the sound of "Lone Justice" being rewound. The song was included due to what seemed to be a strong demand for the track to be recorded by the members of the band's official message board, although many on the board claimed that the high votes for the song were a result of internet sabotage of the voting process. This addition to the album was not included on the Japanese edition, which featured an additional disc, on which "Lone Justice" was featured as a separate track.
• "Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)" is listed as N.F.L. on the cover of the album.

Personnel

• John Bush – Lead vocals
• Rob Caggiano – Lead guitar
• Scott Ian – Rhythm guitar, Backing vocals, Occasional Lead guitar (Panic, Anthrax)
• Frank Bello – Bass, Backing vocals
• Charlie Benante – Drums

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