Volume 8: The Threat Is Real

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Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
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Studio album by Anthrax
Released July 21, 1998
Recorded Krusty's Fun House, Yonkers, New York, 1998
Genre
Length 63:42
70:34 (with bonus tracks)
Label Ignition
Producer
Anthrax chronology
Stomp 442
(1995)Stomp 4421995		 Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
(1998)		 We've Come for You All
(2003)We've Come for You All2003
Singles from Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
  1. "Inside Out"
    Released: 1998
  2. "Crush"
    Released: 1998
  3. "Piss N Vinegar"
    Released: 1998
  4. "Born Again Idiot"
    Released: 1998

Volume 8: The Threat Is Real is the eighth studio album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. The album was released on July 28, 1998 by Ignition Records and debuted at number 118 on the Billboard 200 chart. The record was produced by the band and Paul Crook. It features the song "Crush", which appeared in the video game ATV Offroad Fury for PlayStation 2 and in the game's soundtrack. Other released singles from the album were "Inside Out", "Piss N Vinegar" and "Born Again Idiot".

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic 2.5/5 stars[2]
The A.V. Club unfavorable[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music 3/5 stars[4]

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a mixed review for AllMusic, wrote that the album is a continuation of the band's "writing slump" which started with 1993's Sound of White Noise. He said that there aren't many "memorable songs" on the record, and went to call it "transitional album" leading the band to "new, uncharted territory".[2] Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club found the album to be "aggressive to the point of being exhausting".[3]

Track listing

All lyrics written by John Bush and Scott Ian; all music by Charlie Benante, except where noted.

No. Title Music Length
1. "Crush"     4:21
2. "Catharsis"   Benante, Frank Bello 4:53
3. "Inside Out"     5:31
4. "P&V"     3:12
5. "604"   Benante, Ian 0:35
6. "Toast to the Extras"     4:24
7. "Born Again Idiot"     4:17
8. "Killing Box"     3:37
9. "Harm's Way"   Benante, Ian 5:13
10. "Hog Tied"     4:36
11. "Big Fat"   Benante, Ian 6:01
12. "Cupajoe"   Benante, Ian 0:46
13. "Alpha Male"     3:05
14. "*Stealing from a Thief"
  • "Pieces" (hidden track written by Bello, 2:30 of silence between songs)
  
  • 5:33
  • 4:59
Bonus tracks
No. Title Writer(s) Length
15. "Giving the Horns"     3:34
16. "The Bends" (Radiohead cover) Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke 3:52
17. "Snap/I'd Rather Be Sleeping" (Dirty Rotten Imbeciles cover) Kurt Brecht, Spike Cassidy, John Menor, Eric Brecht 5:31

Credits

Band
  • John Bush - vocals
  • Scott Ian - guitars
  • Frank Bello - bass
  • Charlie Benante - drums
Production
  • Produced by Anthrax[5]
  • Co-produced and engineered by Paul Crook[5]
  • Mixed by Chris Sheldon[5]

References

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External links

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