Editing Armed and Dangerous (EP)

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{{Infobox album|
| name       = Armed and Dangerous
| type       = EP
| artist     = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]
| cover      = AnthraxArmedAndDangerous.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = February 1985
| recorded   = Pyramid Sound Studios, [[Ithaca, New York]], 1984
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Thrash metal]]
| length     = 27:02
| label      = [[Megaforce Records|Megaforce]]
| producer   = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], Carl Canedy, [[Jon Zazula]]
| chronology = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] EP
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[I'm the Man (EP)|I'm the Man]]
| next_year  = 1987
}}
{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Torreano|first=Bradley|title=Anthrax: Armed and Dangerous|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=armed-and-dangerous-mw0000201757|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=March 14, 2013}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev2Score = 6/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = November 1, 2005 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | isbn = 978-1894959315 | page= 23}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev3Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="New RS">{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|date=2004|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/20 20]}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Armed and Dangerous''''' is the first EP by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], released in February 1985 through [[Megaforce Records]]. The band produced the album with Carl Canedy and [[Jon Zazula]] acting as executive producer. This is the first [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] release to feature [[Joey Belladonna]] on vocals, and [[Frank Bello]] on bass guitar.

The 1992 issue includes the songs "Soldiers of Metal" and "Howling Furies" as its last two tracks. The line-up for those two tracks is [[Neil Turbin]], [[Scott Ian]], [[Dan Spitz]], Greg D'Angelo (except where [[Charlie Benante]] rerecorded the drums), and [[Dan Lilker]].<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.zianet.com/joefro/anthraxchap1.html | title = Chapter 1: In the beginning | accessdate = 24 March 2013 | work = Anthrax History | publisher = Zianet.com | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20010724225420/http://www.zianet.com/joefro/anthraxchap1.html | archivedate = July 24, 2001}}</ref> It was released as a double album (along with ''[[Fistful of Metal]]'') in (Germany) in 2000.

The song "Armed and Dangerous" also appears on the album ''[[Spreading the Disease]]'' with a different mix, which does not include the fade-in intro leading into the initial acoustic guitar melody. That intro was omitted from the album version for unverified reasons but it is possible that it was for album continuity.

The song "Raise Hell" was an original Anthrax recording exclusive to the EP, and "[[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]" was originally recorded by the [[Sex Pistols]] on the ''[[Never Mind the Bollocks, Here's the Sex Pistols]]'' album. Despite being marked as live versions, "Metal Thrashing Mad" and "Panic" are studio re-recordings of tracks featured on the band's debut album.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1          = Armed and Dangerous
| note1           = special pre-release version
| writer1         = [[Neil Turbin]], [[Joey Belladonna]], [[Dan Spitz]], [[Scott Ian]], [[Danny Lilker]], [[Frank Bello]], [[Charlie Benante]]
| length1         = 6:07
| title2          = Raise Hell
| note2           = 
| writer2         = Turbin, Spitz, Ian, Bello, Benante
| length2         = 4:03
| title3          = [[God Save the Queen (Sex Pistols song)|God Save the Queen]]
| note3           = [[Sex Pistols]] cover
| writer3          = [[Johnny Rotten]], [[Steve Jones (musician)|Steve Jones]], [[Glen Matlock]], [[Paul Cook]]
| length3         = 3:02
| title4          = Metal Thrashing Mad
| note4           = live
| writer4         = Turbin, Spitz, Ian, Lilker, Benante
| length4         = 2:51
| title5          = Panic
| note5           = live
| writer5         = Turbin, Ian, Lilker
| length5         = 3:45
| total_length    = 19:48
}}
{{Track listing
| headline        = 1992 reissue bonus tracks
| title6          = Soldiers of Metal
| note6           = from the first Anthrax single, unavailable since 1983
| writer6         = Turbin, Ian, Lilker
| length6         = 3:07
| title7          = Howling Furies
| note7           = from the first Anthrax single, unavailable since 1983
| writer7         = Ian, Lilker
| length7         = 4:07
| total_length    = 27:02
}}

==Personnel==
;Band members
*[[Joey Belladonna]] – vocals
*[[Dan Spitz]] – lead guitar
*[[Scott Ian]] – rhythm guitar
*[[Frank Bello]] – bass
*[[Charlie Benante]] – drums

;Additional musicians
*[[Neil Turbin]] – vocals on "Soldiers of Metal" and "Howling Furies"
*[[Dan Lilker]] – bass on "Soldiers of Metal" and "Howling Furies"
*[[Greg D'Angelo]] – drums on "Howling Furies"

;Production
*Carl Canedy – producer
*[[Alex Perialas]] – Norman Dunn – engineers
*George Marino – mastering
*[[Jon Zazula]] – executive producer

==References==
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