Absolutely No Alternative

Absolutely No Alternative
Studio album by Anvil
Released	August 19, 1997
Studio	Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada
Genre	Heavy metal, speed metal
Length	39:23
Label	Hypnotic (Canada) Massacre (Europe)
Producer	Anvil
Anvil chronology
Plugged in Permanent (1996) Absolutely No Alternative (1997) Speed of Sound (1999)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	7/10 [2]
Rock Hard	9.0/10 [3]

Absolutely No Alternative is the eighth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, released in 1997. ^[4] It is the first release with Glenn "Five" Gyorffy on bass replacing Michael Duncan.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Steve "Lips" Kudlow; all music is composed by Anvil

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Old School"	3:46
2.	"Green Jesus"	3:50
3.	"Show Me Your Tits"	2:52
4.	"No One to Follow"	4:42
5.	"Hair Pie"	3:09
6.	"Rubber Neck"	3:11
7.	"Piss Test"	4:10
8.	"Red Light"	4:53
9.	"Black or White"	3:33
10.	"Hero by Death"	5:17

Japanese edition bonus tracks

No.	Title	Length
11.	"March of the Crabs '97"	2:53
12.	"Free as the Wind" (live)	5:49

Personnel

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, lead guitar
• Ivan Hurd – lead guitar
• Glenn Gyorffy – bass
• Robb Reiner – drums

Production

• Daryn Barry – engineer, mixing at Phase One Studios, Toronto
• Paul Lachapelle – assistant engineer

References

1. Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Anvil – Absolutely No Alternative review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 2017-01-02.
2. Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 28. ISBN   978-1-894959-62-9.
3. Schäfer, Wolfgang (1997). "Review Album: Anvil - Absolutely No Alternative". Rock Hard (in German). No. 126. Retrieved 2017-01-31.
4. "Anvil – Absolutely No Alternative (1997, CD)".