It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

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Tracklist

▼CD 1
#TitleRatingLength
1Countdown to Armageddon
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
recording of:
Countdown to Armageddon
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
1.51:40
2Bring the Noise
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
part of:
Rolling Stone: The 100 Greatest Heavy Metal Songs of All Time (number: 90), Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time (as at 2016-06-10) (number: 160) and The Rolling Stone Magazine’s 500 Greatest Songs of All Time: 2021 edition (number: 397)
recording of:
Bring the Noise
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
publisher:
Island Music Ltd. and Zomba Music Publishers Ltd. (UK subsidiary of Zomba Music Publishing)
3.853:46
3Don’t Believe the Hype
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
samples:
I Got Ants in My Pants, Part 1 by James Brown and Synthetic Substitution by Melvin Bliss
recording of:
Don’t Believe the Hype
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, William Jonathan Drayton, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
3.355:19
4Cold Lampin’ With Flavor
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
recording of:
Cold Lampin’ With Flavor
writer:
William Jonathan Drayton, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
2.654:17
5Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
samples:
Flash’s Theme by Queen
recording of:
Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, William Jonathan Drayton and Norman Lee Rogers
2.654:31
6Mind Terrorist
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
recording of:
Mind Terrorist
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
1.651:20
7Louder Than a Bomb
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
recording of:
Louder Than a Bomb
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
2.753:39
8Caught, Can We Get a Witness?
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
recording of:
Caught, Can We Get a Witness?
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
2.654:53
9Show ’em Whatcha Got
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
recording of:
Show 'Em Whatcha Got
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
2.351:56
10She Watch Channel Zero?!
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
samples:
Angel of Death by Slayer and Funky Drummer by James Brown
recording of:
She Watch Channel Zero?!
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, William Jonathan Drayton, Richard Griffin, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
33:49
11Night of the Living Baseheads
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
recording of:
Night of the Living Baseheads
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
3.253:15
12Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
samples:
Hyperbolicsyllabicsesquedalymistic by Isaac Hayes
recording of:
Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, William Jonathan Drayton, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
publisher:
Bring the Noize Inc. and Def American Songs, Inc.
3.56:23
13Security of the First World
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
samples:
Ashley’s Roachclip by The Soul Searchers
recording of:
Security of the First World
composer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
21:20
14Rebel Without a Pause
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
samples:
The Grunt by The J.B.’s
recording of:
Rebel Without a Pause
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Norman Lee Rogers, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
3.655:03
15Prophets of Rage
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
recording of:
Prophets of Rage
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, William Jonathan Drayton, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
33:19
16Party for Your Right to Fight
producer:
Carl Ryder and Hank Shocklee
phonographic copyright (℗) by:
The Island Def Jam Music Group (American holding company, not normally a release label) (in 1988)
recording of:
Party for Your Right to Fight
writer:
Carlton Douglas Ridenhour, Eric Sadler and Hank Shocklee
2.653:25

Credits

Release

printed in:Canada
executive producer:Rick Rubin (American record producer and former co-president of Columbia Records)
distributed by:CBS Music Products Inc. (1986–1990)
copyrighted (©) by:CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1988)
phonographic copyright (℗) by:CBS Records Inc. (for rights/distribution/manufacture use only; international subsidiary of CBS, Inc.) (in 1987, in 1988)
ASIN:CA: B00000DS9Q [info]