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  • Artist: Alien Ant Farm
  • Rating: StarStarStarHalf Star
  • Release Date: March 06, 2001
  • Type: Lyrics are included with the album
  • Genre: Rock

Review

Discovering new limits to the nu metal scene by approaching mainstream measures and using avowed pop rhythms, Alien Ant Farm go beyond the widespread rampaging guitar strain. The band's kinship with Papa Roach proved to be crucial, for it was through Roach's logo New Noize that the LA quartet managed to deliver their disc on the Dreamworks label. Anthology surfaced as the band's first full-length on a major label with the production credits of Jay Baumgardner, who previously worked with groups such as Orgy and Coal Chamber. The album showcases the band's alternate dexterity, not only due to frontman Dryden Mitchell's revealing vocals, but also by virtue of their deliverance of full-blooded melodies. If "Courage," the album's opening track, provides a hint of their crossbreed intentions, "Movies" confirms Alien's unusual dispositions, surfacing as original discharges of alternative pop/rock. Anthology emphasizes the Californians intrepid enthusiasm, even including a version of a Michael Jackson's "Smooth Criminal," once more disclosing the team's hybrid intents. ~ Mario Mesquita Borges, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track TitleComposersPerformersTime
Courage Alien Ant Farm (3:30)
Movies Alien Ant Farm Alien Ant Farm (3:15)
Flesh and Bone Alien Ant Farm (4:28)
Whisper Alien Ant Farm (3:25)
Summer Alien Ant Farm (4:15)
Sticks and Stones Alien Ant Farm (3:16)
Attitude Alien Ant Farm (4:54)
Stranded Alien Ant Farm (3:57)
Wish Alien Ant Farm Alien Ant Farm (3:21)
Calico Alien Ant Farm (4:10)
Happy Death Day Alien Ant Farm (4:33)
Smooth Criminal Michael Jackson Alien Ant Farm (3:29)
Universe Alien Ant Farm (9:07)

Credits

Terry Corso (Guitar), Mike Cosgrove (Drums), Tye Zamora (Bass), Dryden Mitchell (Vocals)
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ANThology
Studio album by Alien Ant Farm
Released March 6, 2001 United States
Genre Alternative metal
Alternative rock
Post-grunge
Nu metal
Length 55:40
Label DreamWorks (U.S.)
LBJ-46
Producer Jay Baumgardner
Professional reviews
Alien Ant Farm chronology
Greatest Hits
(1999)		 ANThology
(2001)		 truANT
(2003)

ANThology is the first major label album by Alien Ant Farm released on March 6, 2001 in the USA and March 19, 2001 in the UK.

Smooth Criminal is featured as downloadable content for the Rock Band series as of 5/5/2009.

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Song information

Their first single, "Smooth Criminal", was a cover of Michael Jackson's song "Smooth Criminal", which started to bring popularity to the band. The song "Wish" was featured on the video game soundtrack of Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 3, and "Courage" was featured on the video game soundtracks of Shaun Palmer's Pro Snowboarder and ATV Offroad Fury 2. The album has sold over 1,000,000 units in the US.

Track listing

  1. "Courage" – 3:30
  2. "Movies" – 3:15
  3. "Flesh and Bone" – 4:28
  4. "Whisper" – 3:25
  5. "Summer" – 4:15
  6. "Sticks and Stones" – 3:16
  7. "Attitude" – 4:54
  8. "Stranded" – 3:57
  9. "Wish" – 3:21
  10. "Calico" – 4:10
  11. "Death Day" – 4:33
  12. "Smooth Criminal (Michael Jackson cover)" – 3:29
  13. "Universe" – 9:07 (includes hidden track "Orange Appeal")

Personnel

Charts

Billboard 200 - #12

Singles

Originally, the band made a small budget video for the song Movies (as they were still unknown). This was their intended first single. According to the band, they had never intended for Smooth Criminal to be a single. A radio station played the song (without permission from the band) and they received positive feedback. Instead of taking action against the radio station, they decided to accommodate the listeners and they quickly released their Smooth Criminal video and took away their Movies video. When it was time for a second single, they shot the current Movies video.

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Alien Ant Farm
Dryden Mitchell · Terry Corso · Tye Zamora · Mike Cosgrove
Discography
Greatest Hits (1999) · ANThology (2001) · truANT (2003) · 3rd Draft (Unreleased) · Up in the Attic (2006)
EPs
Singles
"Smooth Criminal" · "Movies" · "Attitude" · "These Days" · "Glow" · "S.S. Recognize" · "Forgive and Forget" · "Around the Block"
Compilations
Live Albums
Label(s)

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