Back to Basics (Anvil album)

Back to Basics
Studio album by Anvil
Released	March 29, 2004[1]
Studio	Wild Studios, Saint-Zénon, Quebec, Canada
Genre	Heavy metal
Length	43:34
Label	Galy (Canada) Massacre (Europe)
Producer	Pierre Rémillard, Anvil, Torsten Hartmann
Anvil chronology
Still Going Strong (2002) Back to Basics (2004) This Is Thirteen (2007)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Rock Hard	5.5/10[3]

Back to Basics is the twelfth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, released in 2004.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Steve "Lips" Kudlow; all music is composed by Anvil[4]

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Fuel for the Fire"	4:03
2.	"Keep It Up"	3:49
3.	"Song of Pain"	5:53
4.	"You Get What You Pay For"	3:49
5.	"Chainsaw"	5:40
6.	"Can't Catch Me"	3:33
7.	"Go Away"	3:55
8.	"Bottom Feeder"	3:03
9.	"Cruel World"	5:58
10.	"Fast Driver"	3:51

Bonus DVD Live Wacken 1998

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Five Knuckle Shuffle"
2.	"Smoking Green"
3.	"Old School"
4.	"Winged Assassins"
5.	"Forged in Fire"
6.	"March of the Crabs"
7.	"Metal on Metal"
8.	"666"
9.	"Mothra"

Personnel

Source:[4]

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, lead guitar
• Ivan Hurd – lead guitar
• Glenn Five – bass
• Robb Reiner – drums

Production

• Pierre Rémillard – engineer, mixing, mastering
• Torsten Hartmann – executive producer

References

1. "Anvil – Back to Basics – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives".
2. Huey, Steve. "Anvil – Back to Basics review". AllMusic. Retrieved April 17, 2010.
3. Jaedike, Jan (2004). "Review Album: Anvil – Back to Basics". Rock Hard (in German). No. 203. Retrieved January 2, 2017.
4. "Anvil – Back To Basics (back cover)". Discogs. Retrieved September 25, 2022.