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Hostile Ambient Takeover 
Summary
Hostile Ambient Takeover is the fourteenth studio album by the Melvins, released in 2002 through Ipecac Recordings.
| Hostile Ambient Takeover | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | April 16, 2002 | |||
| Genre | Sludge metal, noise rock, electronic | |||
| Length | 46:23 | |||
| Label | Ipecac | |||
| Producer | Toshi Kasai | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Blender | [2] |
| Pitchfork | (5.6/10)[3] |
| Rolling Stone | (mixed)[4] |
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 edit
All songs written by Buzz Osborne except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black Stooges[5][6]" | Crover, Osborne | 0:31 |
| 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, Osborne | 7:47 |
| 8. | "The Anti-Vermin Seed" | 15:51 |
Singles edit
Vol. 1 edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Black Stooges" | 6:05 |
| 2. | "Foaming (Fast Version)" | 1:55 |
Vol. 2 edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dr. Geek" | 2:41 |
| 2. | "Return of the Spiders (Alice Cooper cover)" | 3:07 |
Vol. 3 edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Little Judas Chongo" | 2:02 |
| 2. | "Jerkin' Krokus (Mott the Hoople cover)" | 2:56 |
Vol. 4 edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Fool, The Meddling Idiot" | 7:24 |
| 2. | "Promise Me (The Gun Club cover)" | 3:14 |
Vol. 5 edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Brain Center at Whipples" | 3:44 |
| 2. | "Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (Ramones cover)" | 3:17 |
Vol. 6 edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Foaming" | 7:54 |
| 2. | "Arny (Warlock Pinchers cover) / White Punks on Dope (The Tubes cover)" | 3:12 |
Vol. 7 edit
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "The Anti-Vermin Seed" | 6:35 |
| 2. | "The Anti-Vermin Seed" | 6:36 |
Personnel edit
- Dale Crover – drums, vocals, keyboards
- Kevin "Rutmanis" – bass, slide bass
- King Buzzo – vocals, guitar
- with
- Sir David Scott Stone – thunder sheet, electric wire
- Adam Jones – virus
Additional personnel edit
- Toshi Kasai – engineer, mixing, keyboards
- John Golden – mastering
- Mackie Osborne – art direction & design
- Kevin Willis – photography
References edit
- ^ "Hostile Ambient Takeover - Melvins". AllMusic.
- ^ http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50480/hostile-ambient-takeovermillennium-monsterwork.html[dead link]
- ^ https://web.archive.org/web/20080517120113/http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/19827/Melvins_Hostile_Ambient_Takeover. Archived from the original on May 17, 2008. Retrieved November 13, 2006.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Rolling Stone https://web.archive.org/web/20070602161034/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/melvins/albums/album/136421/review/5941073/hostile_ambient_takeover. Archived from the original on June 2, 2007. Retrieved September 5, 2007.
{{cite magazine}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Discogs: Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover".
- ^ "Hostile Ambient Takeover".