Backwaxed

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Backwaxed
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Compilation album by
Anvil
Released22 April 1985
Genre Heavy metal, speed metal
Length37:06
Label Viper/Attic
Producer Chris Tsangarides, Anvil
CompilerRalph Alonso
Anvil chronology
Forged in Fire
(1983)		Backwaxed
(1985)		 Strength of Steel
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal 6/10 [2]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [3]

Backwaxed is a compilation album by the Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It is a compilation which features five unreleased tracks recorded during sessions for previous albums on side one, and five previously released tracks on side two. It is Anvil's only album with a main title not consisting of three words with the first and third words starting with the same letter.

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pussy Poison" (instrumental, recorded December 1983 at Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada)Robb Reiner, Steve "Lips" Kudlow 2:42
2."Backwaxed" (recorded January 1983 at Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)Anvil3:49
3."Steamin'" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)Reiner, Kudlow3:39
4."You're a Liar" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)Dave Allison, Kudlow4:56
5."Fryin' Cryin'" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)Reiner, Kudlow3:08
Side two
No.TitleWriter(s)From the albumLength
6."Metal on Metal"Anvil Metal on Metal (1982)3:58
7."Butter-Bust Jerky"Anvil Forged in Fire (1983)3:20
8."Scenery"AnvilMetal on Metal4:44
9."Jackhammer"AnvilMetal on Metal3:34
10."School Love"Reiner, Kudlow Hard 'n' Heavy (1981)3:16

Personnel

Anvil
Production

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References

  1. ↑ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Anvil – Backwaxed review". AllMusic . All Media Network . Retrieved 2016-12-31.
  2. ↑ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 25. ISBN   978-1894959315.
  3. ↑ Trojan, Frank (1985). "Review Album: Anvil - Backwaxed". Rock Hard (in German). No. 12. Retrieved 2017-01-30.


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