This Is Thirteen is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. The original release of This Is Thirteen has 13 tracks to coincide with the album title. Some tracks are included in the movie Anvil! The Story of Anvil, which devotes some time to the recording of the album, specifically the song "Game Over". In addition, "Burning Bridges" is heard in The Final Destination, but is not on the soundtrack to that film. This Is Thirteen sold over 1,400 copies in its first week of release in the United States,[2] and by 2009 it had sold over 7,300 copies in the United States.

This Is Thirteen
Studio album by
Released2007
StudioThe Ecology Room, Deal, Kent, England
GenreHeavy metal, speed metal
Length51:01
LabelSelf-released, re-released in 2009 by VH1 Classic Records
ProducerChris Tsangarides
Anvil chronology
Back to Basics
(2004)
This Is Thirteen
(2007)
Juggernaut of Justice
(2011)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]

Track listing edit

No.TitleLength
1."This Is Thirteen"6:40
2."Bombs Away"3:28
3."Burning Bridges"5:52
4."Ready to Fight"4:14
5."Flying Blind"3:11
6."Room #9"3:50
7."Axe to Grind"4:33
8."Feed the Greed"3:52
9."Big Business"3:26
10."Should'a Would'a Could'a"3:06
11."Worry"3:15
12."Game Over"2:58
13."American Refugee"2:36
Bonus track
No.TitleLength
14."Thumb Hang"6:00
Vinyl/Australian/Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
15."Metal on Metal (2009)"4:07
16."666 (2009)"4:43

Personnel edit

Anvil
Additional musicians
  • Ivan Hurd - guitar solos on "Worry", "Burning Bridges" and "Room #9"
Production

Charts edit

Chart (2009) Peak
position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[3] 50
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)[4] 18

References edit

  1. ^ Huey, Steve. "Anvil - This Is Thirteen review". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
  2. ^ "ANVIL: 'Juggernaut Of Justice' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  3. ^ "Anvil Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
  4. ^ "Anvil Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2018.