| Take as Needed for Pain | ||||
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| Released | November 22, 1993 | |||
| Recorded | Studio 13, New Orleans | |||
| Genre | Sludge metal [1] [2] | |||
| Length | 49:34 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
| Producer | Eyehategod | |||
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Take as Needed for Pain is the second studio album by American sludge metal band Eyehategod, released on November 22, 1993. It was reissued in 2006 as part of Century Media's 20th Anniversary series of reissues, with six bonus tracks, taken from rare 7-inch records and splits.
After being signed to Century Media in the early 1990s, the band began to self-record and produce [3] their first album for the label, and second album total, in Studio 13. Studio 13 was a small recording studio located on the 13th floor of an abandoned department store located in New Orleans, about a few minutes away from where Mike Williams was living. [4]
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [5] |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
| Kerrang! | [8] |
Take as Needed for Pain has received praise since its 1993 release, and is considered by many as one of the band's best albums. According to Mike IX Williams, it was the favorite album of nearly all band members, [4] and his favorite album title, with the exception of Poison Idea's Record Collectors Are Pretentious Assholes
In 2009, the album was chosen as the number 1 sludge album by Terrorizer . The magazine commented:
"The essential sounds of Tony Iommi drowning in a bath full of whiskey and dirty needles, it might lack the 'hits' of its successor but as a catalyst for the movement, it's utterly essential." [9]
In 2013, the song "White Nigger" was officially retitled "White Neighbor" during a rehearsal with Melvins drummer Dale Crover, who expressed discomfort with the song's original name. [10]
In 2016, Metal Hammer named the album in their list "The 10 Essential Sludge Albums", stating the album "raised the bar". [11] In 2017, Rolling Stone listed the album at No. 92 on its list of The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time. [12]
All lyrics are written by Mike IX Williams; all music is composed by Jimmy Bower, Joey LaCaze, Marc Schultz, Brian Patton & Mike Williams
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Blank" | 7:10 |
| 2. | "Sisterfucker (Part I)" | 2:13 |
| 3. | "Shoplift" | 3:17 |
| 4. | "White Nigger" | 3:56 |
| 5. | "30$ Bag" | 2:51 |
| 6. | "Disturbance" | 7:01 |
| 7. | "Take as Needed for Pain" | 6:09 |
| 8. | "Sisterfucker (Part II)" | 2:39 |
| 9. | "Crimes Against Skin" | 6:49 |
| 10. | "Kill Your Boss" | 4:16 |
| 11. | "Who Gave Her the Roses" | 2:00 |
| 12. | "Laugh It Off" | 1:33 |
| Total length: | 49:54 | |
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 13. | "Ruptured Heart Theory" (from the Bovine Records 7-inch Ruptured Heart Theory ) | 3:33 |
| 14. | "Story of the Eye" (from the Bovine Records 7-inch Ruptured Heart Theory) | 2:30 |
| 15. | "Blank/Shoplift" (from the Bovine Records 7-inch Ruptured Heart Theory) | 3:58 |
| 16. | "Southern Discomfort" (from the Slap-A-Ham Records split 7-inch with 16) | 4:24 |
| 17. | "Serving Time in the Middle of Nowhere" (from the Ax/ction Records split 7-inch with 16) | 3:20 |
| 18. | "Lack of Almost Everything" (from the Ax/ction Records split 7-inch with 16) | 2:28 |
| Total length: | 69:48 | |
| Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 1993 | Century Media | CD, CS | 7752-2 |
| 2004 | Emetic Records | LP | N/A | |
| 2006 | Century Media | CD | 8264-2 | |
| 2008 | Emetic Records | 2×LP | EME032 | |
| 2011 | ||||
| 2015 | Century Media | LP | CMD9985571 | |
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