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1985 compilation album by Anvil

Backwaxed

Compilation album by Anvil

Released

22 April 1985

Genre

Heavy metal, speed metal

Length

37:06

Label

Viper/Attic

Producer

Chris Tsangarides, Anvil

Compiler

Ralph Alonso

Anvil chronology

Forged in Fire
(1983)

Backwaxed
(1985)

Strength of Steel
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10
Rock Hard	8.0/10

Backwaxed is a compilation album by the Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It is a compilation which features five unreleased tracks recorded during sessions for previous albums on side one, and five previously released tracks on side two. It is Anvil's only album with a main title not consisting of three words with the first and third words starting with the same letter.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pussy Poison" (instrumental, recorded December 1983 at Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada)	Robb Reiner, Steve "Lips" Kudlow	2:42
2.	"Backwaxed" (recorded January 1983 at Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)	Anvil	3:49
3.	"Steamin'" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)	Reiner, Kudlow	3:39
4.	"You're a Liar" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)	Dave Allison, Kudlow	4:56
5.	"Fryin' Cryin'" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)	Reiner, Kudlow	3:08

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
6.	"Metal on Metal"	Anvil	Metal on Metal (1982)	3:58
7.	"Butter-Bust Jerky"	Anvil	Forged in Fire (1983)	3:20
8.	"Scenery"	Anvil	Metal on Metal	4:44
9.	"Jackhammer"	Anvil	Metal on Metal	3:34
10.	"School Love"	Reiner, Kudlow	Hard 'n' Heavy (1981)	3:16

Personnel

Anvil

Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, guitar
Dave Allison – guitar, vocals on "You're a Liar"
Ian Dickson – bass guitar
Robb Reiner – drums

Production

Chris Tsangarides – producer, engineer and mixing on tracks 2, 6–9
Anvil – producer on tracks 1, 3–5, 10
Ralph Alonso – compiler

References

Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Anvil – Backwaxed review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1894959315.
Trojan, Frank (1985). "Review Album: Anvil - Backwaxed". Rock Hard (in German). No. 12. Retrieved 2017-01-30.

v t e Anvil
Steve "Lips" Kudlow Robb "Robbo" Reiner Chris Robertson Dave "Squirrely" Allison Ian "Dix" Dickson Sebastian Marino Mike Duncan Ivan Hurd Glenn Gyorffy Sal Italiano
Studio albums	Hard 'n' Heavy Metal on Metal Forged in Fire Strength of Steel Pound for Pound Worth the Weight Plugged in Permanent Absolutely No Alternative Speed of Sound Plenty of Power Still Going Strong Back to Basics This Is Thirteen Juggernaut of Justice Hope in Hell Anvil Is Anvil Pounding the Pavement Legal at Last
Live albums	Past and Present – Live in Concert
Compilations	Backwaxed Anthology of Anvil Monument of Metal
Related articles	Anvil! The Story of Anvil

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