WWF Forceable Entry

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WWF Forceable Entry
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Soundtrack album by
ReleasedMarch 26, 2002 (2002-03-26)
Genre
Length71:25
Label Columbia
Smackdown! Records
Producer
World Wrestling Federation chronology
WWF The Music, Vol. 5
(2001)
WWF Forceable Entry
(2002)
WWE Anthology
(2002)

WWF Forceable Entry is a soundtrack album by the World Wrestling Federation (WWF, now known as World Wrestling Entertainment or WWE). Released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records, it features entrance music of WWE wrestlers re-recorded by various hard rock and heavy metal artists and bands. The album was a commercial success, charting at number three on the US Billboard 200.

Contents

It is also the last album released under the "WWF" name, as the company changed its name to "WWE" in May 2002 after a British court ruled in favor of the World Wide Fund for Nature for ownership of the "WWF" initialism and branding (the World Wrestling Federation and the World Wide Fund for Nature had used the "WWF" name and branding since 1979 at the time). [1]

Composition

Johnny Loftus of music website AllMusic categorized WWF Forceable Entry as alternative metal, post-grunge and rap metal. [2] The album features a number of cover versions (including Kid Rock's cover of "Legs" by ZZ Top) and remixes (such as Limp Bizkit's "Rollin'" and Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People"), as well as new tracks. [2] [3] Some tracks are also new recordings of wrestlers' entrance themes, including Drowning Pool's cover of Motörhead's "The Game" (Triple H) and Disturbed's recording "Glass Shatters" (Stone Cold Steve Austin). [2] [3] Finger Eleven's song "Slow Chemical" (Kane) is a bonus track on some versions of the album as well. Also, on some versions of "Across The Nation", a "Test" chant is heard in the song's solo section before the final chorus, giving weight to the theory that the song was meant to be the theme song for the late WWE superstar Test (real name Andrew Martin) before it eventually became one of many theme songs for WWE Raw . [4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Subject(s)Length
1."The Game" (performed by Drowning Pool) Triple H 3:28
2."Legs" (performed by Kid Rock) Stacy Keibler 4:53
3."Young Grow Old" (performed by Creed) Backlash 2002 4:43
4."Glass Shatters" (performed by Disturbed) Stone Cold Steve Austin 3:54
5."Rollin'" (Dead Man mix, performed by Limp Bizkit) The Undertaker 3:33
6."Whatever" (performed by Our Lady Peace) Chris Benoit 3:53
7."Never Gonna Stop" (the Black Cat Crossing mix, performed by Rob Zombie) Edge 3:40
8."One of a Kind" (performed by Breaking Point)
  • Brett Erickson
  • Justin Rimer
Rob Van Dam 3:28
9."The Beautiful People" (the WWF remix, performed by Marilyn Manson) SmackDown! 4:16
10."Across the Nation" (performed by The Union Underground)
Raw 3:00
11."Break the Walls Down" (performed by Sevendust)Johnston Chris Jericho 3:16
12."Turn the Tables" (performed by Saliva)Johnston The Dudley Boyz 4:21
13."Live for the Moment" (performed by Monster Magnet)
Matt Hardy 4:59
14."End of Everything" (performed by Stereomud)
Raven 3:27
15."Ride of Your Life" (performed by Neurotica)
  • Kelly Schaefer
  • Miguel Przybyl
  • Doug Kaye
King of the Ring 2002 3:38
16."Just Another Victim" (performed by Cypress Hill) Tazz 4:14
17."No Chance" (performed by Dope)
Vince McMahon 4:01
18."Lovefurypassionenergy" (performed by Boy Hits Car)
Lita 4:41
19."Slow Chemical" (performed by Finger Eleven)
  • Johnston
  • James Black
  • Rick Jackett
  • Scott Anderson
  • Rich Beddoe
  • Sean Anderson
Kane 3:12

Note: Track 19 only appears on the Canadian release of the album. [5]

Personnel

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Sales/shipments
United States (RIAA) [12] Gold500,000^
^shipments figures based on certification alone

Release

WWF Forceable Entry was released on March 26, 2002 by Columbia Records in association with SmackDown! Records, a division of WWE. [13]

Reception

Commercial

WWF Forceable Entry was a commercial success. In the US, the album reached number three on the US Billboard 200; in Canada, it reached number three on the Canadian Albums Chart. [14] It was certified gold by the Recording Industry Association of America, indicating sales of over 500,000 units. [12] The album sold over 145,000 copies in the US in its first week on sale. [15]

Critical

Music website AllMusic awarded the album two out of five stars. Writer Johnny Loftus noted that Forceable Entry "will be most relevant to wrestling fans," but joked that "fans of heavy music...might seek this set out in the local sale bin." [2]

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