Top 40 Hits

Infobox Album |
Name = Top 40 Hits
Type = Album
Artist = Anal Cunt


Released = March 7, 1995
Recorded = 1994
Genre = Grindcore
Length = 38:50
Label = Earache Records
Producer = Tina Morrissey
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|1.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kcfoxqrhldae link]
Last album = "Howard Is Bald"
(1995)
This album = "Top 40 Hits"
(1995)
Next album = "40 More Reasons to Hate Us"
(1996)

"Top 40 Hits" is the name of an album by Anal Cunt, released in 1995 on CD and cassette on Earache Records as MOSh 129 CD. It has 40 tracks, like the title implies, but the average track length is less than a minute long.

The cover of this album is a parody of the compilation albums released in the 1970's by advertising juggernaut K-Tel; these were the first compilation albums ever created.

The album was recorded in 1994 as part of the band's attempt to move from playing noisecore to playing fast hardcore songs, although the album contains both styles. There are also numerous cover songs on the album including those of Rupert Holmes's "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)", The Guess Who's "American Woman", Elton John's "I'm Still Standing", "The A-Team" theme tune and a cover of the Bee Gees song "Stayin' Alive". Their version of this song, "Stayin' Alive (Oi! Version)" was released as a promotional single before the album was released.

The album reached number 8 in the CMJ Loud Chart [http://axcx.euro.ru/inter.html] and in 2004, the album was made available for download from the official Anal Cunt webpage.

Track listing

#"Some Hits"
#"Some More Hits"
#"Pepe, the Gay Waiter"
#"Even More Hits"
#"M.J.C."
#"Flower Shop Guy"
#"Living Colour Is My Favorite Black Metal Band"
#"Lenny's In My Neighborhood"
#"Stayin' Alive (Oi! Version)"
#"Benchpressing Effects on Kevin Sharp's Vocals"
#"Josue"
#"Delicious Face Style"
#"#19 to Go"
#"Stealing Seth's Ideas: the New Book by Jon Chang"
#"Morbid Dead Guy"
#"Believe in the King"
#"Don't Call Japanese Hardcore Jap Core"
#"Shut Up Mike (Part 2)"
#"Hey, Aren't You Gary Spivey?"
#"Breastfeeding J.M. J. Bullock's Toenail Collection"
#"Foreplay With a Tree Shredder"
#"2 Down; 5 to Go"
#"I Liked Earache Better When Dig Answered the Phone"
#"Brain Dead"
#"Newest H.C. Song #3"
#"The Sultry Ways of Steve Berger"
#"Escape (The Pina Colada Song)"
#"Lives Ruined by Music"
#"Still a Freshman After All These Years"
#"I'm Still Standing"
#"Art Fag"
#"John"
#"Newest H.C. Song #4"
#"Song #9"
#"Cleft Palate"
#"Theme From The A-Team"
#"Old Lady Across the Hall With No Life"
#"Shut Up Paul"
#"Lazy Eye (Once a Hank, Always a Hank)"
#"American Woman"

Composer credits given on the back cover

Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 37, 38 and 39 written by Anal Cunt. Tracks 3, 6, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 28, 33 and 34 written by Seth Putnam. Track 9 written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb, Traditional Oi! arrangement by Anal Cunt. Track 18 written by Bratface and Anal Cunt. Track 24 written by John Kozik and Seth Putnam. Track 25 written by Salmon Patties, Kurt Habelt and Seth Putnam. Track 27 written by Rupert Holmes, arranged by Anal Cunt. Track 30 written by Elton John, arranged by Anal Cunt. Track 31 written by Seth Putnam and Paul Kraynak. Track 36 written by "Some Guy". Track 40 written by The Guess Who.

Line-up

*Seth Putnam - vocals
*Paul Kraynak - guitar
*John Kozik - guitar
*Tim Morse - drums

External links

* [http://www.sethputnam.com/downloads.html Anal Cunt webpage]