Back to Basics (Anvil album)

Back to Basics is the twelfth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, released in 2004.

Back to Basics
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 29, 2004[1]
StudioWild Studios, Saint-Zénon, Quebec, Canada
GenreHeavy metal
Length43:34
LabelGaly (Canada)
Massacre (Europe)
ProducerPierre Rémillard, Anvil, Torsten Hartmann
Anvil chronology
Still Going Strong
(2002)
Back to Basics
(2004)
This Is Thirteen
(2007)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
Rock Hard5.5/10[3]

Track listing edit

All lyrics are written by Steve "Lips" Kudlow; all music is composed by Anvil[4]

No.TitleLength
1."Fuel for the Fire"4:03
2."Keep It Up"3:49
3."Song of Pain"5:53
4."You Get What You Pay For"3:49
5."Chainsaw"5:40
6."Can't Catch Me"3:33
7."Go Away"3:55
8."Bottom Feeder"3:03
9."Cruel World"5:58
10."Fast Driver"3:51
Bonus DVD Live Wacken 1998
No.TitleLength
1."Five Knuckle Shuffle" 
2."Smoking Green" 
3."Old School" 
4."Winged Assassins" 
5."Forged in Fire" 
6."March of the Crabs" 
7."Metal on Metal" 
8."666" 
9."Mothra" 

Personnel edit

Source:[4]

Anvil
  • Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, lead guitar
  • Ivan Hurd – lead guitar
  • Glenn Five – bass
  • Robb Reiner – drums
Production
  • Pierre Rémillard – engineer, mixing, mastering
  • Torsten Hartmann – executive producer

References edit

  1. ^ "Anvil – Back to Basics – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
  2. ^ Huey, Steve. "Anvil – Back to Basics review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
  3. ^ Jaedike, Jan (2004). "Review Album: Anvil – Back to Basics". Rock Hard (in German). No. 203. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
  4. ^ a b "Anvil – Back To Basics (back cover)". Discogs. Retrieved September 25, 2022.