- Force of Habit
Infobox Album
Name = Force of Habit
Type = studio
Artist = Exodus
Released =August 17 ,1992
Recorded = 1992
Battery Studios,London , UK
Genre =Thrash metal
Post-Thrash
Length = 68:35
Label = Capitol
Toshiba-EMI (Japan)
Producer =Chris Tsangarides
Reviews =Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:yxdsyl3jxp9b link]
Last album = "Lessons in Violence "
(1992)
This album = "Force of Habit"
(1992)
Next album = "Another Lesson in Violence "
(1997)"Force of Habit" is the fifth album by the
thrash metal band Exodus. Force of habit is renouned as Exodus's longest, "heaviest," and slowest album. Its' songs are a departure from the thrash metal scene for Exodus. The 11 minute "Architect of Pain" is the longest and possibly slowest Exodus song.Force of Habit is Exodus' last release until their 1997 live album "
Another Lesson in Violence " since the band went on an over 4 year hiatus.This is Exodus' last album to feature
John Tempesta on drums and is also their only album to feature Mike Butler on bass.It is the bands only release without the jagged edged "Exodus" logo that had appeared on all of the band's previous releases.
It was re-released in 2008 in a limited edition mini-album packaging to resemble the original vinyl release, including the inner sleeve. This version was remastered and includes the bonus tracks from the Japanese release.
Track listing
# "Thorn in My Side" (Gary Holt,
Steve Souza ) – 4:06
# "Me, Myself & I" (Rick Hunolt , Holt) – 5:03
# "Force of Habit" (Holt, Souza) – 4:19
# "Bitch" (Keith Richards ,Mick Jagger ) (Rolling Stones cover) – 2:48
# "Fuel for the Fire" (Holt, Souza) – 6:04
# "One Foot in the Grave" (Holt) – 5:19
# "Count Your Blessings" (Holt, Hunolt) – 7:31
# "Climb Before the Fall" (Hunolt, Holt, Souza) – 5:38
# "Architect of Pain" (Holt) – 11:02
# "When It Rains It Pours" (Holt) – 4:20
# "Good Day to Die" (Holt, Hunolt, Souza) – 4:48
# "Pump It Up" (Elvis Costello cover) – 3:10
# "Feeding Time at the Zoo" (Exodus) – 4:33Japanese Bonus Tracks
#
- "Crawl Before You Walk" (Holt) – 3:59
# "Telepathetic" (Holt, Hunolt) – 4:48Band Line-Up
*Steve "Zetro" Souza - Vocals
*Gary Holt - Guitars
*Rick Hunolt - Guitars
*Michael Butler - Bass
*John Tempesta - DrumsCredits
* Recorded at Battery Studios,
London , UK
* Produced and engineered byChris Tsangarides
* Assistant engineered by Chris Marshall and Sarah Bedingham
* Mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero at Riversound,New York , USA
* Additional recording and remixing by Marc Senesac at The Plant,Sausalito , California, USA
* Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound,New York , USA
*Artwork byRalph Steadman - "Crawl Before You Walk" (Holt) – 3:59
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