Czarface Meets Metal Face

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All music is composed by The Czar-Keys (George Andrinopoulos, Jeremy Page & Todd Spadafore)

Czarface Meets Metal Face
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Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 30, 2018 (2018-03-30)
Genre Hip hop
Length43:37
Label
  • Get On Down
  • Silver Age
Producer
  • 7L
  • Jeremy Page
  • Todd Spadafore
Czarface chronology
First Weapon Drawn
(2017)
Czarface Meets Metal Face
(2018)
Czarface Meets Ghostface
(2019)
MF Doom chronology
The Missing Notebook Rhymes
(2017)
Czarface Meets Metal Face
(2018)
Super What?
(2021)
No.TitleLength
1."Take Your Medicine"0:52
2."Meddle with Metal"3:26
3."Badness of Madness"2:56
4."Close Talker"0:50
5."Forever People"3:20
6."Captain Crunch"3:57
7."Don't Spoil It"1:39
8."Phantoms" (featuring Open Mike Eagle)4:19
9."Bomb Thrown"4:32
10."You Masked for It"1:22
11."Astral Traveling" (featuring Vinnie Paz)3:50
12."Nautical Depth" (featuring Blacastan)3:31
13."Stun Gun"2:03
14."MF Czar"3:22
15."Captain Brunch"2:29
16."Sleeping Dogs"1:09
Total length:43:37

Personnel

Credits adapted from the album's liner notes. [12]

Musicians

Charts

Chart (2018)Peak
position
Scottish Albums (OCC) [13] 76
US Billboard 200 [14] 134
US Top Album Sales (Billboard) [15] 37
US Digital Albums (Billboard) [16] 18
US Independent Albums (Billboard) [17] 5
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard) [18] 1
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard) [19] 5

Notes

  1. The Czar-Keys consist of 7L, Jeremy Page, and Todd Spadafore.

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