Hostile Ambient Takeover

Hostile Ambient Takeover is the fourteenth studio album by the Melvins, released in 2002 through Ipecac Recordings.

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]

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

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

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

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

Vol. 3
No.TitleLength
1."Little Judas Chongo"2:02
2."Jerkin' Krokus (Mott the Hoople cover)"2:56

Vol. 4
No.TitleLength
1."The Fool, The Meddling Idiot"7:24
2."Promise Me (The Gun Club cover)"3:14

Vol. 5
No.TitleLength
1."The Brain Center at Whipples"3:44
2."Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (Ramones cover)"3:17

Vol. 6
No.TitleLength
1."Foaming"7:54
2."Arny (Warlock Pinchers cover) / White Punks on Dope (The Tubes cover)"3:12

Vol. 7
No.TitleLength
1."The Anti-Vermin Seed"6:35
2."The Anti-Vermin Seed"6:36

Personnel
with

Additional personnel

References
  1. "Hostile Ambient Takeover - Melvins". AllMusic.
  2. http://www.blender.com/guide/new/50480/hostile-ambient-takeovermillennium-monsterwork.html%5B%5D
  3. 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)
  4. 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)
  5. "Discogs: Melvins - Hostile Ambient Takeover".
  6. "Hostile Ambient Takeover".
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