Public EnemyIt Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back

Label:

Columbia – DEF 462415 1

Format:

Vinyl , LP, Album, Reissue

Country:

Europe

Released:

Genre:

Hip Hop

Style:

Conscious

Tracklist

Silver Side
A1 Countdown To Armageddon 1:41
A2 Bring The Noise 3:47
A3 Don't Believe The Hype 5:20
A4 Cold Lampin' With Flavor
Written-ByDrayton*
4:13
A5 Terminator X To The Edge Of Panic
Written-ByW. Drayton*
4:30
A6 Mind Terrorist 1:18
A7 Louder Than A Bomb 3:37
A8 Caught, Can We Get A Witness? 5:03
Black Side
B1 Show 'Em Watcha Got 1:57
B2 She Watch Channel Zero?!
Written-ByDrayton*
3:50
B3 Night Of The Living Baseheads
ScratchesJuice Rosado*
3:16
B4 Black Steel In The Hour Of Chaos
Written-ByDrayton*
6:25
B5 Security Of The First World 1:22
B6 Rebel Without A Pause
Written-ByRogers*
5:05
B7 Prophets Of Rage 3:15
B8 Party For Your Right To Fight 3:27

Companies, etc.

  • Phonographic Copyright ℗Def Jam Recordings Inc.
  • Copyright ©Def Jam Recordings Inc.
  • Copyright ©CBS
  • Pressed ByCBS, Haarlem – 01 462415
  • Printed ByCBS, Haarlem – 01-462415-20

Credits

  • Drum ProgrammingHank Shocklee
  • EngineerNick Sansano
  • Executive-ProducerRick Rubin
  • Mixed BySteve Ett
  • Performer [Public Enemy Is]The Security Of The First World
  • Photography ByGlen Friedman*
  • Producer [Assistant]Eric (Vietnam) Sadler*
  • Producer [Production Supervisor]Bill Stephney
  • Producer, Sequenced By, Creative DirectorHank Shocklee
  • Rap [The Bass]Chuck D
  • Rap [The Treble]Flavor Flav
  • ScratchesNorman (Terminator X) Rogers*
  • Voice [Occasional Voices]Professor Griff
  • Written-ByShocklee* (tracks: A1 to A4, A6 to B8)

Notes

Black Columbia labels with white lettering and thus different to this similar European version, which has CBS labels.

Made & printed in Holland.

Barcode and Other Identifiers

  • Barcode: 5 099746 241513
  • Label Code: LC 8427
  • Matrix / Runout (On label Silver Side (A)): 01-462415-1
  • Matrix / Runout (On label Black Side (B)): 01-462415-2
  • Matrix / Runout (Silver Side (A)): 01 462415 3A1
  • Matrix / Runout (Black Side (B)): 01 462415 3B1
  • Price Code: CB 291
  • Price Code (Encircled): 58
  • Price Code: PX
  • Rights Society: BIEM / STEMRA
  • Other (On labels): (01-462415-20)
  • Other (On rear sleeve): 01-462415-20

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Title (Format) Label Cat# Country Year
It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (CD, Album) CBS DEF 462415 2, 01-462415-10 Europe 1988
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (LP, Album, Stereo, Carrollton Pressing) Def Jam Recordings BFW 44303 US 1988
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (LP, Album, Stereo) CBS DEF 462415 1 Europe 1988
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Cassette, Album) CBS 462415 4 UK 1988
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It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back (Cassette, Album, Opaque White Shell, Checkered) Def Jam Recordings FCT 44303, CT 44303 US 1988

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  • frankbullitt's avatar
    frankbullitt
    Came with double sided printed innersleeve with Lyrics on one side ans on the other side with Infos ans shout outs.

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