Plenty of Power

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Plenty of Power
Anvil PlentyOfPower.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 3, 2001 [1]
StudioStudio Victor, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genre Heavy metal, speed metal
Length46:35
Label Hypnotic (Canada)
Massacre (Europe)
Producer Pierre Rémillard, Anvil, Torsten Hartmann
Anvil chronology
Anthology
(2000)
Plenty of Power
(2001)
Still Going Strong
(2002)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]
Rock Hard 8.0/10 [3]

Plenty of Power is the tenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, released in 2001.

Contents

Track listing

All tracks are written by Anvil.

No.TitleLength
1."Plenty of Power"4:02
2."Groove Science"3:21
3."Ball of Fire"3:51
4."The Creep"3:39
5."Computer Drone"6:16
6."Beat the Law"3:35
7."Pro Wrestling"4:28
8."Siren of the Sea"4:15
9."Disgruntled"3:20
10."Real Metal"4:23
11."Left Behind" (Canadian CD only)5:25
12."Dirty Dorothy" (German CD and LP only)4:34

Personnel

Anvil
Production

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References

  1. "Anvil - Plenty of Power - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
  2. Huey, Steve. "Anvil - Plenty of Power review". AllMusic . Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  3. Schäfer, Wolfgang (2000). "Review Album: Anvil - Plenty of Power". Rock Hard (in German). No. 166. Retrieved 2017-01-03.