Editing Attack of the Killer B's

{{Infobox album
| name       = Attack of the Killer B's
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]
| cover      = Attack of the Killer B's (Anthrax album) coverart.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 25, 1991
| recorded   = 1989–1991
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Thrash metal]], [[rap metal]]
| length     = 44:24
| label      = [[Megaforce Records|Megaforce]], [[Island Records|Island]]
| producer   = Anthrax, [[Mark Dodson (record producer)|Mark Dodson]], [[Charlie Benante]]
| prev_title =
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [[Return of the Killer A's]]
| next_year  = 1999
}}

{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Steve|last=Huey|title=Anthrax: Attack of the Killer B's|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r768|pure_url=yes}}|website=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>
|rev2 = [[Robert Christgau]]
|rev2score = {{Rating-Christgau|dud}}<ref>{{cite web|first=Robert|last=Christgau|author-link=Robert Christgau|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=anthrax|title=Consumer's Guide: Anthrax|work=[[The Village Voice]]|access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>
|rev3 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
|rev3Score = 7/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | author-link1 = Martin Popoff | title = The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties | publisher = [[Collector's Guide Publishing]] | date = August 1, 2007 | location = [[Burlington, Ontario]], Canada | page=26 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev4Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|author-link=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2011|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|page=2006|isbn=978-0-85712-595-8|edition=5th}}</ref>
|rev5 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev5Score = {{Rating|3.5|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
}}

'''''Attack of the Killer B's''''' is a [[compilation album]] of [[B-side]]s, [[Cover version|cover]]s and rarities by the thrash metal band [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] and the band's last audio album released before vocalist [[John Bush (singer)|John Bush]] replaced longtime Anthrax vocalist [[Joey Belladonna]] in 1992. The album was released in June 1991 by [[Megaforce Records|Megaforce Worldwide]]/[[Island Records|Island Entertainment]]. The "B's" in the album's title refers to b-sides previously unreleased and compiled for a single release. In 1992 the album was nominated for a [[Grammy Award]] in the category [[Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance|Best Metal Performance]].

==Album information==
Though a collection of "B-sides", the album featured one of their biggest singles; a collaboration/cover of [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]]'s "[[Bring the Noise]]". ''Attack of the Killer B's'' was certified gold by the [[RIAA]]. The two live tracks, "Keep It in the Family" and "Belly of the Beast", were recorded during the 1990–91 ''[[Persistence of Time]]'' tour. Also included is an updated version of their 1987 single, "I'm the Man", and three songs previously released only in Europe and Japan on the 1989 [[Extended play|EP]], ''[[Penikufesin]]'' ("Nise Fukin EP"), recorded during the ''[[State of Euphoria]]'' sessions.

Two versions of the album were released: the uncensored version contained full expletives and the song "Startin' Up a Posse", and the censored version which excluded the aforementioned track, and in place of the explicit words, a buzzing noise (like bees) is heard. The track "Startin' Up a Posse" is a tongue in cheek attack on the [[Parents Music Resource Center]]. The sample at the end of the track was taken from the final scene of the [[Marilyn Chambers]] movie [[Insatiable_(film)|"Insatiable"]]. The compilation also includes covers of songs by [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]], [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]], [[Trust (French band)|Trust]], and the [[surf rock]] staple "[[Pipeline (instrumental)|Pipeline]]", recorded by [[The Chantays]].

The song "N.F.B. (Dallabnikufesin)" was intended to illustrate the band's disdain for [[Power ballad#Power ballads|power ballads]], which were very fashionable in the commercial metal scene at the time, and parodies 80s [[glam metal]] power ballads. The band also covers two songs ("Milk (Ode to Billy)" and "Chromatic Death") originally recorded by [[Stormtroopers of Death]], a mid-80s side project by Anthrax members [[Scott Ian]], [[Charlie Benante]], and then-bassist [[Dan Lilker]]. The "Billy" referenced in the title is S.O.D. vocalist [[Billy Milano]].

"Bring the Noise" is a collaboration with rap group Public Enemy, making this song one of the first [[rap metal]] collaborations (albeit some years after the [[Aerosmith]]/[[Run DMC]] 1986 collaboration on "[[Walk This Way#Run-DMC/Aerosmith version|Walk This Way]]"), although [[Joey Belladonna]] and [[Dan Spitz]] had collaborated with [[UTFO|Untouchable Force Organization]] on a song called "Lethal" in 1987 that was released as a single{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}. "Bring the Noise" has been a live staple since Anthrax first played it on the [[Headbangers Ball Tour]] with [[Helloween]] and [[Exodus (band)|Exodus]] in 1989,<ref>{{cite news|title=Bring the Noise by Anthrax Concert Statistics|website=setlist.fm|url=https://www.setlist.fm/stats/songs/public-enemy-63d686a3.html?artist=7bd68e98&song=Bring+the+Noise|access-date=August 24, 2018}}</ref> and it later appeared in the videogames ''[[Tony Hawk's Pro Skater 2]]'' and ''[[WWE SmackDown! vs. Raw]]''.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| title1 = Milk (Ode to Billy)
| writer1 = [[Billy Milano]], [[Charlie Benante]], [[Danny Lilker]], [[Scott Ian]]
| note1 = [[Stormtroopers of Death|S.O.D.]] cover
| length1 = 3:44
| title2 = [[Bring the Noise]]
| writer2 = [[Carl Ridenhour]], [[The Bomb Squad|Hank Shocklee]], [[The Bomb Squad|Eric "Vietnam" Sadler]], [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]
| note2 = [[Public Enemy (band)|Public Enemy]] cover
| length2 = 3:28
| title3 = Keep It in the Family
| note3 = Live, Birmingham, England
| writer3 = Anthrax
| length3 = 7:19
| title4 = Startin' Up a Posse
| writer4 = Anthrax
| length4 = 4:14
| title5 = Protest and Survive
| writer5 = Kevin "Cal" Morris, Roy "Rainy" Wainwright, Garry Maloney, Tony "Bones" Roberts
| note5 = [[Discharge (band)|Discharge]] cover
| length5 = 2:20
| title6 = Chromatic Death
| writer6 = Milano, Benante, Lilker, Ian
| note6 = S.O.D. cover
| length6 = 1:28
| title7 = I'm the Man '91
| writer7 = Anthrax, John Rooney
| length7 = 5:00
| title8 = [[Parasite (Kiss song)|Parasite]]
| writer8 = [[Ace Frehley]]
| note8 = [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] cover
| length8 = 3:14
| title9 = [[Pipeline (instrumental)|Pipeline]]
| writer9 = [[Bob Spickard]], Brian Carman
| note9 = [[The Chantays]] cover
| length9 = 2:00
| title10 = Sects
| writer10 = [[Norbert Krief]], [[Bernie Bonvoisin]]
| note10 = [[Trust (French band)|Trust]] cover
| length10 = 3:06
| title11 = Belly of the Beast
| note11 = Live, Birmingham, England
| writer11 = Anthrax
| length11 = 6:01
| title12 = N.F.B. (Dallabnikufesin)
| writer12 = Anthrax
| length12 = 2:16
}}

==Personnel==
;Anthrax
*[[Joey Belladonna]] - [[Singing|lead vocals]], [[backing vocals]]
*[[Dan Spitz]] - [[lead guitar]], backing vocals
*[[Scott Ian]] - [[rhythm guitar]], backing vocals, lead vocals (third and fourth verses) on "Bring the Noise", "Protest and Survive", "Startin' Up a Posse", and "I'm the Man '91"
*[[Frank Bello]] - [[Bass guitar|bass]], [[backing vocals]]
*[[Charlie Benante]] - [[drum kit|drums]], lead vocals on "I'm the Man '91", [[sampling (music)|sampling]] and [[drum programming]] on "Bring the Noise" and "I'm the Man '91", 12-string acoustic guitar on "N.F.B. (Dallabnikufesin)"

;Additional musicians
*[[Chuck D]] - lead vocals (first two verses) on "Bring the Noise"
*[[Flavor Flav]] - backing vocals on "Bring the Noise"
*[[Mark Dodson (record producer)|Mark Dodson]] - backing vocals on "Startin' Up a Posse"
*[[Eddie Trunk|Ed "Parasite" Trunk]] - backing vocals on "Parasite"<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uGOcNOxgmsg | title=- YouTube | website=[[YouTube]] }}</ref>

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
|-
! Chart (1991)
! Peak<br/>position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite web|url=http://i.imgur.com/3NOGOHe.png|title=Chartifacts – Week Ending September 2 1990 (from The ARIA Report Issue No. 34)|publisher=Imgur.com (original document published by [[Australian Recording Industry Association]])|access-date=October 24, 2021}}</ref>
|align="center"|50
|-
{{album chart|Canada|50|artist=Anthrax|album=Attack of the Killer B's|rowheader=true|chartid=1647|access-date=November 8, 2023}}
|-
! scope="row"| Finnish Albums ([[The Official Finnish Charts]])<ref name=FINI>{{cite book|last=Pennanen|first=Timo|title=Sisältää hitin – levyt ja esittäjät Suomen musiikkilistoilla vuodesta 1972|edition=1st|publisher=Kustannusosakeyhtiö Otava|location=Helsinki|year=2006|isbn=978-951-1-21053-5 | language= fi}}</ref>
| align="center"| 9
|-
{{Album chart|UK2|13|date=19910714|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|-
{{Album chart|Billboard200|27|artist=Anthrax|rowheader=true|accessdate=November 8, 2023}}
|}

==Certifications==
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==References==
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[[Category:Island Records compilation albums]]
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