Food for Thought/Take It Back

Food for Thought/Take It Back
Compilation album by Gray Matter
Released 1990
Recorded November 1984
August 1985
Studio Inner Ear
Genre
Length 52:55
Language English
Label Dischord
Producer Ian MacKaye

Food for Thought/Take It Back is a compilation album by the American post-hardcore band Gray Matter.

Overview

Food for Thought/Take It Back consists of Gray Matter's remastered material that combines, in its entirety, the 1985 Food for Thought studio album[nb 1][1][2] and the six-song 1986 Take It Back EP;[nb 2] plus three bonus tracks: two previously unreleased demo recordings, and the first version of "Walk the Line", originally featured on Alive & Kicking, a various artists 7-inch EP compiled in 1985 by WGNS Recordings.[nb 3]

Production

Food for Thought was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia in November 1984, while Take It Back was recorded in August 1985, also at Inner Ear. The bonus tracks were recorded at WGNS Studios, also located in Arlington.

Release

Food for Thought/Take It Back was released by Dischord Records in 1990, on CD[nb 4] and cassette tape.[nb 5]

Track listing

All tracks written by Gray Matter, except where noted. 

Food for Thought
No. TitleWriter(s) Length
1. "Retrospect"    2:08
2. "Oscar's Eye"    2:52
3. "Fill a Void"    2:02
4. "Give Me a Clue"    3:15
5. "Gray Matter"    1:15
6. "Caffeine Blues"    3:36
7. "Crisis and Compromise"    2:04
8. "Flash in Time"    1:45
9. "Phobias"    1:31
10. "I Am the Walrus"  John Lennon, Paul McCartney 6:19
Take It Back EP
No. Title Length
11. "Chutes and Ladders"   2:26
12. "Burn No Bridges"   2:39
13. "Walk the Line"   2:37
14. "Take It Back"   3:17
15. "4 A.M."   2:17
16. "Head"   7:23
Bonus tracks
No. Title Length
17. "Phobias" (demo version) 1:39
18. "The Spy" (demo version) 0:59
19. "Walk the Line" (original version) 2:51
Total length:
 52:55

Personnel

Band
Additional performers
  • Amy Pickering - backing vocals (1 to 10)
  • Ian MacKaye - backing vocals (1 to 10)
  • Skeeter Thompson - backing vocals (1 to 10)
  • John Kirschten - backing vocals (1 to 10)
  • Molly Burnham - backing vocals (1 to 10)
Production

Notes

  1. ↑ Dischord #DIS 48
  2. ↑ Dischord #DIS 21
  3. ↑ WGNS #DM-5023
  4. ↑ Dischord #DIS 49
  5. ↑ Dischord #DIS 48C

References

  1. ↑ Gray Matter, Food for Thought. dischord.com. Retrieved July 3. 2015.
  2. ↑ Gray Matter, Food for Thought. allmusic.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

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