Persistence of Time

Persistence of Time
Studio album by Anthrax
Publication (s)	August 1990
Label (s)	Island Records
Genre (s)	Thrash metal
Title (number)	11
running time	60min 24s
occupation	Joey Belladonna : vocals Scott Ian : guitar Dan Spitz : guitar Frank Bello : Bass Charlie Benante : drums
production	Anthrax, Mark Dodson
Studio (s)	A&M Studios, Conway Studios, Hollywood
chronology State of Euphoria (1988) Persistence of Time Sound of White Noise (1993)

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Albums

Persistence of Time   DE 35 09/17/1990 (9 weeks)   UK 13 09/08/1990 (5 weeks)   US 24 09/08/1990 (31 weeks)

Singles

In My World   UK 29 09/01/1990 (2 weeks) Got the time   UK 16 01/05/1991 (4 weeks)

Persistence of Time is the fifth studio album by the American thrash metal band Anthrax . It was released on Island Records in August 1990 and achieved gold status in the US in 1991 for 500,000 units sold. In 1991 it was nominated for the Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance , but could not prevail.

useful information

During the recording, a fire in the band's rehearsal room destroyed instruments and technology worth around USD 100,000 . The band then moved to the A&M studio in Hollywood , where they finished the recordings with the help of sound engineers Michael Barbiero and Steve Thompson, who had already worked for Guns N 'Roses , Tesla and Metallica .

The album contains a cover version of a song by Joe Jackson called Got the Time . It was released as a single and reached number 16 in the UK singles charts . The music video for the song received airplay on MTV for several weeks . Following the release of the album was followed by the Persistence of Time - tour , which in Europe with Iron Maiden as headliner took place.

Track list

1. Time - 6:55
2. Blood - 7:13
3. Keep It in the Family - 7:08 am
4. In My World - 6:25
5. Gridlock - 5:17
6. Intro to Reality - 3:23
7. Belly of the Beast - 4:47
8. Got the Time - 2:44
9. H8 Red - 5:04
10. One Man Stands - 5:38
11. Discharge - 4:12

Reviews

Steve Huey of Allmusic names the album in the same breath as Among the Living when it comes to which is the best album of the band. Anthrax shows a more serious side here than on the previous albums, the titles are directed against hatred and prejudice, but never without a trace of optimism. Thomas Kupfer from Rock Hard describes the album as a "compact disc ... on which actually not a single track offers any criticism", but complains that there are no "absolute highlights" on the record. Charles Theel from The Metal Observer calls the album the best of the band because everything simply fits together: The gloomy atmosphere means a return to the early works, the guitar riffs are precisely placed and everything fits together like a puzzle.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charts DE Charts UK Charts US
2. ↑ Certifications: Anthrax - Persistence of Time. RIAA, accessed May 22, 2010 . 
3. ↑ Essi Berelian: Anthrax . In: Peter Buckley (Ed.): The Rough Guide to Rock . Rough Guides, 2003, ISBN 978-1-84353-105-0 , pp. 33 .
4. ↑ Holger Stratmann (Ed.): Rock Hard Enzyklopädie . Rock Hard, 1998, ISBN 978-3-9805171-0-2 , pp. 24 .
5. ↑ Thomas Kupfer: Anthrax: Persistence of Time . In: Rock Hard . No. 43 .
6. ^ Charles Theel: Anthrax - Persistence of Time. The Metal Observer, May 31, 2005, accessed June 6, 2010 . 

Web links

• Persistence of Time at Allmusic (English)
• Persistence of Time on MusicBrainz