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Hostile Ambient Takeover

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Hostile Ambient Takeover
Studio album by
Melvins
ReleasedApril 16, 2002
GenreSludge metal, noise rock, electronic
Length46:23
LabelIpecac
ProducerToshi Kasai
Melvins chronology
Millennium Monsterwork 2000
(2002) 		Hostile Ambient Takeover
(2002) 		Melvinmania: Best of the Atlantic Years 1993–1996
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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

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All songs written by Buzz Osborne except where noted.

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Black Stooges[5][6]"Crover, Osborne0:31
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, Osborne7:47
8."The Anti-Vermin Seed" 15:51

Singles

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Vol. 1

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

Vol. 2

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

Vol. 3

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

Vol. 4

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

Vol. 5

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

Vol. 6

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

Vol. 7

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

Personnel

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Additional personnel

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References

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  1. ^ "Hostile Ambient Takeover - Melvins". AllMusic.
  2. ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50480/hostile-ambient-takeovermillennium-monsterwork.html[dead link]
  3. ^ "Melvins Hostile Ambient Takeover". Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2006.
  4. ^ "Hostile Ambient Takeover". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
  5. ^ "Discogs: Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover".
  6. ^ "Hostile Ambient Takeover".
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