Check Your Head

Check Your Head
Beastie Boys
Studioalbumin Check Your Head kansikuva
Studioalbumin tiedot
 Äänitetty  1990 - 1992
 Julkaistu 21. huhtikuuta 1992
 Tuottaja(t) Mario Caldato, Jr.
 Tyylilaji Hip hop
 Kesto 53.29
 Levy-yhtiö Capitol Records
Beastie Boysin muut julkaisut
Paul's Boutique
1989
Check Your Head
1992
Ill Communication
1994

Check Your Head on Beastie Boysin kolmas studioalbumi, joka julkaistiin 21. huhtikuuta 1992.

Albumi julkaistiin kolme vuotta edellisen albumin, Paul's Boutiquen jälkeen ja albumi nauhoitettiin G-Son studioilla Atwater Villagessa, Kaliforniassa vuonna 1991. Albumi sisältää suositut hitit "So Whatcha Want" ja "Pass the Mic"; molempien kappaleiden musiikkivideot olivat yhtyeen musiikkivideokokoelmalla Criterion Collection.

Kappalelista

  1. "Jimmy James" – 3:14
  2. "Funky Boss" – 1:35
  3. "Pass the Mic" – 4:17
  4. "Gratitude" – 2:45
  5. "Lighten Up" – 2:41
  6. "Finger Lickin' Good" – 3:39
  7. "So What'cha Want" – 3:37
  8. "The Biz Vs. The Nuge" – :33
  9. "Time for Livin'" – 1:48
  10. "Something's Got to Give" – 3:28
  11. "The Blue Nun" – :32
  12. "Stand Together"– 2:47
  13. "Pow" – 2:13
  14. "The Maestro" – 2:52
  15. "Groove Holmes" – 2:33
  16. "Live at P.J.'s" – 3:18
  17. "Mark on the Bus" – 1:05
  18. "Professor Booty" – 4:13
  19. "In 3's" – 2:23
  20. "Namasté" – 4:01

(Japanin bonusraidat)

  1. "Dub The Mic (Instrumentaali)"
  2. Drunken Praying Mantis Style
  3. Skills to Pay the Bills (Pass the Mic, Pt. 2)
  4. Netty's Girl

Listasijoitukset

Albumi

Vuosi Lista Sijoitus
1992 The Billboard 200 10
1992 Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums 37

Singlet

Vuosi Single Lista Sijoitus
1992 So What'cha Want The Billboard Hot 100 93
1992 So What'cha Want Hot Dance Music/Max-Singles Sales 26
1992 So What'cha Want Hot Rap Singles 18
1992 So What'cha Want Modern Rock Tracks 22
1992 Pass The Mic Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales 38

Lista sämpleistä

Jimmy James

  • "Rockin' It" (Fearless Four)
  • "Fresh is the Word" (Mantronix)
  • "Beat Bop" (Rammelzee vs. K Rob)
  • "Surrender" (Cheap Trick (liveversio albumilta At Budokan))
  • "I'm Chief Kamanawanalea (We're the Royal Macadamia Nuts)" (The Turtles)
  • "3rd Stone from the Sun", "Foxy Lady", "Happy Birthday", & "Still Raining, Still Dreaming" (Jimi Hendrix)

Funky Boss

  • "Funky Worm" (Ohio Players)
  • "Under Mi Sensei" (Barrington Levy)
  • "Anywhere But Nowhere" (K.C. White)
  • "Acid", & "Bicentennial Nigger" (Richard Pryor)
  • "Duppy Conqueror" (Bob Marley & the Wailers)

Pass the Mic

  • "Choir" (James Newton)
  • "Big Take Over" (Bad Brains)
  • "So What'cha Sayin'?" (EPMD)
  • "I Walk on Guilded Splinters" (Dr. John)
  • "Big Sur Suite" (Johnny "Hammond" Smith)
  • "The Black Prince Has Arrived" (Jimmie Walker)

Finger Lickin' Good

  • "Aquarius" (5th Dimension)
  • "Breakout" (Johnny "Hammond" Smith)
  • "Just Like Tom Thumb's Blues" (Bob Dylan)[1]
  • "Dance to the Music" (Sly & the Family Stone)
  • "Freaks for the Festival" (Rahsaan Roland Kirk)

So What'Cha Want

  • "Just Rhymin' With Biz" (Big Daddy Kane)
  • "I've Been Watching You" (Southside Movement)

The Biz vs. The Nuge

The Blue Nun

  • "Hector" (The Village Callers)

Stand Together

Live at P.J.'s

  • "Change Le Beat" (Fab Five Freddy)

Mark on the Bus

  • Dialogi elokuvasta Wild Style

Professor Booty

Lähteet

  1. "Seven hundred bucks, but he asked for two thousand dollars. I thought it was kind of fly that he asked for $2000.00, and I bartered Bob Dylan down. That's my proudest sampling deal." BeastieMania.com - Song Spotlight: Finger Lickin' Good beastiemania.com. Viitattu 14.2.2007. This site has cited Boston Rock, June 1992, Issue 123 as the original source.
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