Taking Over

Infobox Album | Name = Taking Over
Type = studio
Artist = Overkill


Released = 1987
Recorded = September – December 1986
Pyramid Sound Studios,
Ithaca, New York, USA
Genre = Thrash metal
Length = 45:22
Label = Megaforce Records
Producer = Alex Perialas
Overkill
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5s17gjyrj6iw link]
Last album = Feel the Fire
(1985)
This album = "Taking Over"
(1987)
Next album = "!!!Fuck You!!!"
(1987) |

Taking Over was the second album recorded by Overkill, released by Megaforce records in 1987. It was the last album to feature Rat Skates on drums, who would leave the band later that year.

Overview

"In Union We Stand" was the song was chosen to be Overkill's first music video. Another European tour followed the release of "Taking Over", this time opening for Helloween.

Track listing

* All music, lyrics and arrangements by Overkill
# "Deny the Cross" – 4:42
# "Wrecking Crew" – 4:30
# "Fear His Name" – 5:23
# "Use Your Head" – 4:18
# "Fatal if Swallowed" – 6:44
# "Powersurge" – 4:34
# "In Union We Stand" – 4:23
# "Electro-Violence" – 3:43
# "Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues)" – 7:10
# "Tyrant (Judas Priest Cover) (Bonus Track)"

Personnel

* Rat Skates - drums
* Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – vocals
* D.D. Verni – bass, backing vocals
* Bobby Gustafson – guitar

* Recorded and mixed at Pyramid Sound, Ithaca, New York, USA
* Produced by Alex Perialas and Overkill
* Engineered by Alex Perialas
* Mastered by Tom Coyne at Frankford Wayne
* Executive produced by Jon Zazula
* Artwork and photography by Bill Benson and Dan Muro

External links

* [http://www.wreckingcrew.com/ Official OVERKILL Site]