Beastie Boys - Check Your Head (1992)

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Product Identifiers

Record LabelCapitol/Emi Records / Grand Royal
EAN0077779893829
eBay Product ID (ePID)3960098

Product Key Features

LanguageEnglish
Era1990s
Run Time3224 Sec
FormatCD
Release Year1992
FeaturesStudio Recording
GenreAlternative, Rap & Hip-Hop
TypeAlbum
ArtistBeastie Boys
Release TitleCheck Your Head

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs1
DistributionEmi Operations/Ceva Logistics
Recording ModeStereo
Number of Tracks20
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States
ReviewsRanked #4 in Spin's list of the `20 Best Albums Of The Year' - "...after the critically acclaimed yet commercially distraught PAUL'S BOUTIQUE, who knew the Beaties would come back samplin', riffin', dissin', and jammin' on instruments they decided to play themsleves...", 3.5 Stars - Very Good - "...their most unconventional outing to date...Beneath the seeming chaos, the Beastie Boys have created a harmonious playground out of their musical fantasies...", Ranked #23 in AP's list of the `Top 99 Of '85-'95' - "...reinvented rap, sampling, and hip-hop's parameters, incorporating their posse as near-equals, picking up instruments themselves, and...making an album that's hard to turn off....That's the true mark of a classic...", Ranked #5 in the Village Voice's List of the 40 Best Albums of 1992., "The Beasties shrugged off all expectations and created an endlessly thrilling album that simulated the freewheeling, anything-goes atmosphere of their private mixtapes...", "...a deft blend of samples, noise and live instrumentation...stoopid, fun, loud...the Beasties know exactly what they're doing...", Highly Recommended-"...Thick, Deep, Textured and Varied....An Aural Joyride...", 5 stars out of 5 -- "Astonishing, like stumbling into a jam session mixed from on high by an invisible scratch DJ....They ping-ponged between hardcore punk and hip-hop...", Ranked #12 in Spin Magazine's "90 Greatest Albums of the '90s.", "The trio pushed their rhymes to byzantine new heights and stretched out with Hammond-and-bongos funk jams." -- Grade: A, "It proved that the Beasties could find a new tack on their sonic workmanship without needing a Rick Rubin or some Dust Brothers to guide them."
Recording TypeStudio
Number of Audio ChannelsStereo

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