Heavy (Swollen Members album)

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Heavy
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Canadian Release Cover
Studio album by
ReleasedNovember 18, 2003 (2003-11-18)
Studio
Genre Canadian hip hop
Length57:35
Label Battle Axe
Producer
Swollen Members chronology
Monsters in the Closet
(2002)
Heavy
(2003)
Black Magic
(2006)
Alternative Cover
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American Release Cover
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" Rob the Viking 0:21
2."Block Party"
Nucleus3:37
3."Watch This"
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Hooper
Rob the Viking3:42
4."Bottom Line"
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Hooper
Rob the Viking3:48
5."Burn It Down"
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Plischke
Nucleus3:15
6."Remember the Name"
Evidence 5:07
7."Therapy"
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Hooper
Rob the Viking3:49
8."Concentrate"
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Hooper
  • Plischke
Nucleus3:31
9."Adrenaline"
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Hooper
  • Plischke
Nucleus4:06
10."Don't Know Why" (featuring Abstract Rude)
4:04
11."Paranoia"
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Hooper
Rob the Viking4:01
12."All Night"
The Edgecrusher3:24
13."Heat"
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Perretta
Evidence4:19
14."Ambush/Sensational Breed" (featuring Son Doobie)
  • Hendriks
  • Denton
  • Bunting
  • Hooper
Rob the Viking10:31
Total length:57:35
Notes

Personnel

Charts

Chart (2003)Peak
position
Canadian Albums ( Jam! ) [5] 14

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