Anthrax "Super Best (The Universal Masters Collection, Japan, Ivy Records, PROI-1105)"

Super Best is a compilation album by American Thrash Metal band, Anthrax, released July 3rd, 2010, only in Japan.

Tracklist:

1. Madhouse  マッドハウス  4:22
2. A.I.R.  A. I. R.    5:47
3. Armed And Dangerous  アームド・アンド・デンジャラス   5:46
4. I Am The Law  アイ・アム・ザ・ロウ   5:56
5. I'm The Man '91  アイム・ザ・マン '91   5:03
6. Make Me Laugh  メイク・ミー・ラフ   5:43
7. Antisocial  アンチソーシャル   4:26
8. In My World  イン・マイ・ワールド   6:27
9. Got The Time  ゴット・ザ・タイム   2:46
10. Keep It In The Family  キープ・イット・イン・ザ・ファミリー   7:11
11. Bring The Noise  ブリング・ザ・ノイズ   3:32
12. Indians  インディアン   5:43
13. Efilnikufesin (N.F.L.)  エフィルニクフェシン(N.F.L.)   4:57
14. H8 Red  H8・レッド   5:06
15. Pipeline  パイプライン   2:03

Time:   01:14:25

Universal Masters Collection focuses solely on the group's recordings with singer Joey Belladonna (1985 through 1991), though the front cover image features John Bush.

Anthrax "Return Of The Killer A's (USA, Beyond Music, BG278067)"

Return of the Killer A's is a compilation / best of album by American heavy metal band Anthrax, released in 1999.

The cover of "Ball of Confusion" features Anthrax's first new recording with former lead singer Joey Belladonna since 1991, and their first with former bassist Dan Lilker since 1984. Neither one would stay with the band past that song's recording, though a tour featuring both Belladonna and then-current Anthrax singer John Bush was in the works at one point. The song is also notable because it features both Belladonna and Bush on vocals.

Tracklist:

1. "Bring the Noise" (Public Enemy feat. Anthrax) Carl Ridenhour, Hank Shocklee, Eric "Vietnam" Sadler, Anthrax Attack of the Killer B's (1991) 3:26
2. "Only" John Bush, Scott Ian, Frank Bello, Charlie Benante Sound of White Noise (1993) 4:56
3. "Potter's Field" (Hypo Luxa Hermes Pan Remix) Bush, Ian, Bello, Benante Sound of White Noise 4:44
4. "Ball of Confusion" (The Temptations cover) Norman Whitfield, Barrett Strong Previously unreleased 4:33
5. "Crush" Bush, Ian, Benante Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (1998) 4:20
6. "Room for One More" Bush, Ian, Bello, Benante Sound of White Noise 4:57
7. "Inside Out" Bush, Ian, Benante Inside Out (1999) 5:29
8. "Hy Pro Glo" (Hy Pro Luxa Mix) Bush, Ian, Bello, Benante Sound of White Noise 5:02
9. "Fueled" Bush, Ian, Benante Stomp 442 (1995) 4:02
10. "Among the Living" Anthrax Among the Living (1987) 5:16
11. "Got the Time" Joe Jackson Persistence of Time (1990) 2:44
12. "Indians" Anthrax Among the Living 5:40
13. "Antisocial" (Trust cover) Bernie Bonvoisin, Norbert Krief State of Euphoria (1988) 4:24
14. "I'm the Man" (Edited version) Joey Belladonna, Dan Spitz, Ian, Bello, Benante, John Rooney I'm the Man (1987) 3:02
15. "Madhouse" Anthrax Spreading the Disease (1985) 4:17
16. "I Am the Law" Anthrax Among the Living 5:54

Time:  01:12:54

The album included at least one song from all but their debut studio album, Fistful of Metal, up to the point of the disc's release in 1999. Also included is the track taken from two EPs and "Bring the Noise", a Public Enemy remix featuring Anthrax previously released on Attack of the Killer B's, the compilation of B-sides.

Two singles were released from Return of the Killer A's:

• "Crush" was released as a single off the album, appearing only with the song itself, on which it says "From the Beyond Music release Return of the Killer A's - The Best of Anthrax.
• "Ball of Confusion" was released as a single also, having the album version of the song, along with the edit.

Anthrax "Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (2005 Enhanced CD, Russia, Soyuz, NO3902)"

Volume 8: The Threat Is Real is the eighth studio album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. The album was released on July 21, 1998, by Ignition Records and debuted at number 118 on the Billboard 200 chart. The record was produced by the band and Paul Crook. It features the song "Crush", which appeared in the video game ATV Offroad Fury for PlayStation 2 and in the game's soundtrack. Other released singles from the album were "Inside Out", "Piss N Vinegar" and "Born Again Idiot".

"Pieces", the hidden track at the end of the album, was written by bassist Frank Bello as a tribute to his brother Anthony who was murdered outside his girlfriend's home in the Bronx on March 25, 1996, by an unidentified assailant. The track features Bello on vocals.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a mixed review for AllMusic, wrote that the album is a continuation of the band's "writing slump" which started with 1993's Sound of White Noise. He said that there aren't many "memorable songs" on the record, and went to call it "transitional album" leading the band to "new, uncharted territory". Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club found the album to be "aggressive to the point of being exhausting". Martin Popoff in his Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal remarks how the band put a bit of everything in the songs, including multiple speeds, "humor scattered here and there", "big grungy guitars", "meat and potatoes riffing and roaring vocals from Bush", while "experimenting with some different textures and dynamics". The result is not just "an accessible thrash metal record", as is typical with Anthrax.

In his 2014 autobiography I'm the Man: The Story of that Guy from Anthrax, Scott Ian said "I'm still proud of the songs we wrote for Volume 8: The Threat is Real. They were really diverse and heavy, modern sounding with a crushing metal groove. 1998 is the year nu metal took over but we were definitely not a part of that scene. If anything we were old metal, so getting anyone to support us was proving difficult."

Tracklist:

1. Crush 04:22
2. Catharsis 04:53  
3. Inside Out 05:32
4. Piss'n'Vinegar 03:12
5. 604 00:36   
6. Toast to the Extras 04:24
7. Born Again Idiot 04:12  
8. Killing Box 03:43   
9. Harms Way 05:14
10. Hog Tied 04:38   
11. Big Fat 05:59   
12. Cupajoe 00:46
13. Alpha Male 03:06  
14. Stealing from a Thief 05:34
15. Pieces 05:00
16. Giving the Horns 03:34  
17. The Bends (Radiohead cover) 03:52   
18. Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping (D.R.I. cover) 02:14

Time:  01:10:51  

Enhanced multimedia section includes a video for the song Inside Out.

Arrangements & melodies by Anthrax.

Track 16, 17 released as B-sides of the UK edition of the Inside Out single.

Track 18 released as a B-side of the Japanese edition of the Inside Out single.

Recording information:

Produced by Anthrax.

Recorded at Krustys Fun House, Yonkers New York.

Mixed at Platinum Island.

Mastered at Sterling Sound.

Anthrax "Volume 8: The Threat Is Real (Canada, Ignition Records, IGN 4034)"

Volume 8: The Threat Is Real is the eighth studio album by American thrash metal band Anthrax. The album was released on July 21, 1998, by Ignition Records and debuted at number 118 on the Billboard 200 chart. The record was produced by the band and Paul Crook. It features the song "Crush", which appeared in the video game ATV Offroad Fury for PlayStation 2 and in the game's soundtrack. Other released singles from the album were "Inside Out", "Piss N Vinegar" and "Born Again Idiot".

"Pieces", the hidden track at the end of the album, was written by bassist Frank Bello as a tribute to his brother Anthony who was murdered outside his girlfriend's home in the Bronx on March 25, 1996, by an unidentified assailant. The track features Bello on vocals.

Stephen Thomas Erlewine, in a mixed review for AllMusic, wrote that the album is a continuation of the band's "writing slump" which started with 1993's Sound of White Noise. He said that there aren't many "memorable songs" on the record, and went to call it "transitional album" leading the band to "new, uncharted territory". Stephen Thompson of The A.V. Club found the album to be "aggressive to the point of being exhausting". Martin Popoff in his Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal remarks how the band put a bit of everything in the songs, including multiple speeds, "humor scattered here and there", "big grungy guitars", "meat and potatoes riffing and roaring vocals from Bush", while "experimenting with some different textures and dynamics". The result is not just "an accessible thrash metal record", as is typical with Anthrax.

In his 2014 autobiography I'm the Man: The Story of that Guy from Anthrax, Scott Ian said "I'm still proud of the songs we wrote for Volume 8: The Threat is Real. They were really diverse and heavy, modern sounding with a crushing metal groove. 1998 is the year nu metal took over but we were definitely not a part of that scene. If anything we were old metal, so getting anyone to support us was proving difficult."

Tracklist:

1. Crush 04:22
2. Catharsis 04:53  
3. Inside Out 05:32
4. Piss'n'Vinegar 03:12
5. 604 00:36   
6. Toast to the Extras 04:24
7. Born Again Idiot 04:12  
8. Killing Box 03:43   
9. Harms Way 05:14
10. Hog Tied 04:38   
11. Big Fat 05:59   
12. Cupajoe 00:46
13. Alpha Male 03:06  
14. Stealing from a Thief 05:34
15. Pieces 05:00

Time:  01:01:11

Recording information:

Co-produced by Anthrax.

Arranged by Anthrax.

Mixed at Platinum Island.

Mastered at Sterling Sound, New York, New York, USA.

Anthrax "Inside Out (EP, Japan, Victor Entertainment, VICP-60485) (Video)"

Inside Out is an EP by American heavy metal band Anthrax, released in 1998 via Ignition Records, following the release of their album Volume 8: The Threat Is Real.

Track listing

1. "Inside Out" (John Bush, Scott Ian, Charlie Benante) – 5:35
2. "Snap / I'd Rather Be Sleeping (D.R.I. cover)" (Kurt Brecht, Spike Cassidy, John Menor, Eric Brecht) – 2:16
3. "Phantom Lord (Metallica cover)" (James Hetfield, Dave Mustaine, Lars Ulrich) – 4:30
4. "The Bends" (Radiohead cover) (Jonny Greenwood, Colin Greenwood, Ed O'Brien, Phil Selway, Thom Yorke) – 3:53

Time:  16:10