Spreading the Disease ( Rus. Spreading the infection ) is Anthrax's second studio album, released in October 1985 via Megaforce Records , and the first with vocalist Joey Beladonna . The place of the bassist in the group was taken by the nephew of Benante Frank Bello. The album was well received by critics and is considered one of the best albums in the work of the group.
| Spreading the disease | ||||
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| Anthrax Studio Album | ||||
| Date of issue | October 30, 1985 | |||
| Recorded by | 1985 at Pyramid Sound Studios, Ithaca, New York | |||
| Genres | speed metal thrash metal | |||
| Duration | 43:47 | |||
| Producers | Karl Kennedy , Anthrax , John Zazula | |||
| A country |  USA | |||
| Labels | Megaforce Worldwide / Island (USA) Music for Nations (UK) | |||
| Timeline Anthrax | ||||
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| Reviews | |
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| Critics' ratings | |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |   [one] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 10/10 [2] |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| Kerrang! |  [four] |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide | [5] |
| Sputnikmusic | 4/5 [6] |
| Rock hard | 9.5 / 10 [7] |
The disc took 113th place on the American Billboard 200 chart [8] .
Content
- 1 Album History
- 2 List of Songs
- 3 Members
- 4 notes
- 5 Links
Album History
Spreading the Disease is Anthrax's latest album featuring songs from the band's former vocalist.
Neil Terbin.
The album included the single "Madhouse". The video for the song was shown on MTV , but was subsequently banned due to offensive content against the mentally ill.
After the album was finished, Scott Ian and Charlie Benante created the band Stormtroopers of Death , better known as SOD, and recorded the album Speak English or Die , one of the examples of cross-thrash thrash .
List of Songs
| Side a | |||||||||
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| No. | Title | Duration | |||||||
| one. | "AIR" | 5:45 a.m. | |||||||
| 2. | "Lone Justice" | 4:36 | |||||||
| 3. | "Madhouse" | 4:19 | |||||||
| four. | "SSC / Stand or Fall" | 4:08 | |||||||
| 5. | "The Enemy" | 5:25 | |||||||
| Side b | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Title | Duration | |||||||
| 6. | "Aftershock" | 4:28 | |||||||
| 7. | "Armed and Dangerous" | 5:43 | |||||||
| 8. | "Medusa" | 4:44 | |||||||
| 9. | "Gung-ho" | 4:34 | |||||||
Record Members
- Anthrax
- Joey Beladonna - vocals
- Dan Spitz - Solo Guitar
- Scott Ian - rhythm guitar , backing vocals
- Frank Bello - bass , backing vocals
- Charlie Benante - drums
- Production
- Carl Kennedy - Producer, Assistant Sound Engineer
- Alex Perielas - sound engineer
- Norman Dunn - Assistant Sound Engineer
- John Zazula - Executive Producer
Notes
- β Huey, Steve [ Spreading the Disease (Eng.) On AllMusic Anthrax: Spreading the Disease] . AllMusic . Date of treatment April 17, 2014.
- β Popoff, Martin. The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. - Burlington, Ontario , Canada : Collector's Guide Publishing , November 1, 2005. - P. 23. - ISBN 978-1894959315 .
- β Larkin, Colin. Encyclopedia of Popular Music . - 5th. - Omnibus Press , 2011 .-- P. 2006. - ISBN 0-85712-595-8 .
- β Johnson, Howard. Germ Warfare // Kerrang! : magazine. - London, UK: Morgan Grampian, 1985 .-- 1 November ( vol. 106 ). - P. 21 .
- β Brackett, Nathan. The New Rolling Stone Album Guide / Nathan Brackett, Christian David Hoard. - Simon & Schuster , 2004. - P. 20. - ISBN 0-7432-0169-8 .
- β Stagno, Mike Anthrax: Spreading the Disease . Sputnikmusic (October 26, 2006). Date of treatment April 17, 2014.
- β Trojan, Frank. Review Album: Anthrax - Spreading The Disease (German) // Rock Hard : magazine. - 1985. - No. 15 .
- β Spreading the Disease - Anthrax> Charts & Awards . Allmusic . Date of treatment March 3, 2011. Archived March 15, 2012.
Links
- Spreading the Disease on Rate Your Music
- Spreading the Disease on Discogs
- Spreading the Disease on ALT-MUS.RU (inaccessible link)
- Album lyrics