Hostile Ambient Takeover

Hostile Ambient Takeover
Hostile Ambient Takeover
Studio album by Melvins
Released	April 16, 2002
Genres	Sludge metal, noise rock, electronic
Length	46:23
Label	Ipecac
Producer	Toshi Kasai
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Hostile Ambient Takeover is the fourteenth studio album by the Melvins, released in 2002 through Ipecac Recordings.

ReleasedApril 16, 2002

GenresSludge metal, noise rock, electronic

Length46:23

LabelIpecac

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AllMusic	^[1]
Blender	^[2]
Pitchfork	(5.6/10)^[3]
Rolling Stone	(mixed)^[4]

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Each song was released as a limited 7" vinyl single (limited to 2,500 copies each) that included exclusive B-sides, which are mostly covers (except for "The Anti-Vermin Seed" which was split up onto both sides of its single).

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No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Black Stooges^[5]^[6]"	Crover, Osborne	0:31
2.	Untitled		5:58
3.	"Dr. Geek"		2:35
4.	"Little Judas Chongo"		2:03
5.	"The Fool, the Meddling Idiot"		7:49
6.	"The Brain Center at Whipples"		3:50
7.	"Foaming"	Rutmanis, Osborne	7:47
8.	"The Anti-Vermin Seed"		15:51

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Black Stooges"	6:05
2.	"Foaming (Fast Version)"	1:55

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Dr. Geek"	2:41
2.	"Return of the Spiders (Alice Cooper cover)"	3:07

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Little Judas Chongo"	2:02
2.	"Jerkin' Krokus (Mott the Hoople cover)"	2:56

No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Fool, The Meddling Idiot"	7:24
2.	"Promise Me (The Gun Club cover)"	3:14

Hostile Ambient Takeover

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Singles

Vol. 1

Vol. 2

Vol. 3

Vol. 4

Vol. 5

Vol. 6

Vol. 7

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No.	Title	Length
1.	"The Brain Center at Whipples"	3:44
2.	"Today Your Love, Tomorrow the World (Ramones cover)"	3:17

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Foaming"	7:54
2.	"Arny (Warlock Pinchers cover) / White Punks on Dope (The Tubes cover)"	3:12