Editing Madhouse: The Very Best of Anthrax

{{Infobox album
| name       = Madhouse: The Very Best of Anthrax
| type       = compilation
| artist     = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]
| cover      = Madhouse - The Very Best of Anthrax.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = June 26, 2001
| recorded   = 1985–1991
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Thrash metal]]
| length     = 61:00
| label      = [[Island Records|Island]]
| producer   = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Mark Dodson (record producer)|Mark Dodson]], Paul Hamingson, [[Eddie Kramer]], Mike Ragogna
| prev_title = [[Return of the Killer A's]]
| prev_year  = 1999
| next_title = Classic Anthrax: The Universal Masters Collection
| next_year  = 2002
}}
'''''Madhouse: The Very Best of Anthrax''''' is the sixteenth release and second compilation album by the band [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]].

The album was released in 2001 by the [[Island Records|Island Def Jam Music Group]] without the direct participation of any band member, unlike the 1999 release ''[[Return of the Killer A's]]''. Such was the haphazard nature of the release that guitarist and founding member [[Scott Ian]] openly criticized Island Def Jam for what he saw as the shoddy nature of the compilation, especially the accidental inclusion of the ''[[Persistence of Time]]'' track "Time" in place of the band's hit [[cover version]] of [[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]]'s "Got the Time", which was listed on the cover. The [[iTunes Music Store]] digital version of the album, and presumably subsequent pressings of the CD version, correct this mistake but incorrectly list "Keep It in the Family" as a live version. Metallica's James Hetfield is featured on the "I'm The Man".

{{Album reviews
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]] 
|rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name=AM>{{cite web|last=Prato|first=Greg|title=Madhouse: The Very Best of Anthrax|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r539804|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=April 19, 2014}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Larkin">{{cite book|last=Larkin|first=Colin|authorlink=Colin Larkin (writer)|year=2011|title=[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]|publisher=[[Omnibus Press]]|page=2006|isbn=0-85712-595-8|edition=5th}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
|rev3Score = {{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>
}}

==Track listing==
#"[[Madhouse (song)|Madhouse]]" <small>([[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]])</small> – 4:18
#"A.I.R." <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 5:48
#"Armed and Dangerous" <small>([[Neil Turbin]], [[Scott Ian]])</small> – 5:45
#"I Am the Law" <small>(Anthrax, [[Dan Lilker|Danny Lilker]])</small> – 5:56
#"[[Indians (song)|Indians]]" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 5:41
#"Caught in a Mosh" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 5:00
#"I'm the Man" <small>(Anthrax, John Rooney, Moore)</small> – 3:04
#"[[Antisocial (Trust song)|Antisocial]]" <small>([[Bernie Bonvoisin]], [[Norbert Krief]])</small> – 4:27
#"Belly of the Beast" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 4:47
#"Time" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 6:55
#"Keep It in the Family" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 7:09
#"[[Bring the Noise]]" <small>(Anthrax, [[Carl Ridenhour]], [[The Bomb Squad|Hank Shocklee]], [[The Bomb Squad|Eric "Vietnam" Sadler]])</small> – 3:28

===Reissue track listing===
#"Madhouse" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 4:18
#"A.I.R." <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 5:48
#"Armed and Dangerous" <small>([[Neil Turbin]], [[Scott Ian]])</small> – 5:45
#"I Am the Law" <small>(Anthrax, Lilker)</small> – 5:56
#"Indians" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 5:41
#"Caught in a Mosh" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 5:00
#"I'm the Man" featuring James Hetfield <small>(Anthrax, Rooney, Moore)</small> – 3:04
#"Antisocial" <small>(Bonvoisin, Krief)</small> – 4:27
#"Belly of the Beast" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 4:47
#"[[Got the Time]]" <small>([[Joe Jackson (musician)|Joe Jackson]])</small> - 2:44
#"Keep It in the Family" <small>(Anthrax)</small> – 7:09
#"Bring the Noise" <small>(Anthrax, Ridenhour, Shocklee, Sadler)</small> – 3:28

*Tracks 1-3 taken from ''[[Spreading the Disease]]''.
*Tracks 4-6 taken from ''[[Among the Living]]''.
*Track 7 taken from ''[[I'm the Man (EP)|I'm the Man]]'' EP.
*Track 8 taken from ''[[State of Euphoria]]''.
*Tracks 9 -11 taken from ''[[Persistence of Time]]''.
*Track 12 taken from ''[[Attack of the Killer B's]]''.

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