Editing Stomp 442

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Stomp 442
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]
| cover      = AnthraxStomp442_Improved.jpg
| alt        =
| caption    =
| released   = October 24, 1995
| recorded   = 1995
| venue      =
| studio     = Studio 4, [[Conshohocken, Pennsylvania]]
| genre      = <!--Please source genres-->{{flatlist|
*[[Groove metal]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Brave Album Ranks – ANTHRAX |first=Nick|last=Balazs|url=https://bravewords.com/features/brave-album-ranks-anthrax |publisher=[[BraveWords]] |access-date=May 29, 2023 |date=August 24, 2021}}</ref>
*[[speed metal]]<ref name="AM"/>
*[[alternative metal]]<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-09-14/music/anthrax-and-joey-belladonna-keep-it-in-the-family/ | title=Anthrax and Joey Belladonna Keep It in the Family | publisher=[[The Village Voice]] | date=September 14, 2011 | accessdate=December 14, 2015 | author=Weingarten, Christopher R. | archive-date=December 19, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219174506/http://www.villagevoice.com/2011-09-14/music/anthrax-and-joey-belladonna-keep-it-in-the-family/ | url-status=live }}</ref>
}}
| length     = 50:56
| label      = [[Elektra Records|Elektra]]/[[Warner Music Group|Warner]]
| producer   = [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]], [[Butcher Bros.]]
| prev_title = [[Sound of White Noise]]
| prev_year  = 1993
| next_title = [[Volume 8: The Threat Is Real]]
| next_year  = 1998
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Stomp 442
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = Fueled
 | single1date = 1995
 | single2     = Nothing
 | single2date = 1996
}}
}}

'''''Stomp 442''''' is the seventh studio album by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]]. It was released in 1995 by [[Elektra Records]]. The band and the [[Philadelphia]]-based producers [[Butcher Bros.|Butcher Brothers]] produced the album, which includes the singles, "Fueled" and "Nothing". The album debuted at No. 47 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] charts.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/stomp-442-mw0000176303/awards | title = Stomp 442 Billboard Albums | accessdate = April 14, 2013 | publisher = [[AllMusic]] }}</ref> The album is their last to be released by [[Elektra Records]], as they left the label after claiming that they didn't do enough to promote the album.

''Stomp 442'' is also Anthrax's first album without [[Dan Spitz]] on lead guitar. Though not credited as a member of the band, [[Paul Crook]] took over lead guitar duties.

==Critical reception==
{{Album ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1Score = {{Rating|2|5}}<ref name="AM">{{cite web|last=Erlewine|first=Stephen Thomas|author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine|title=Anthrax: Stomp 442|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/stomp-442-mw0000176303|publisher=[[AllMusic]]|accessdate=August 4, 2012|archive-date=May 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210503035933/https://www.allmusic.com/album/stomp-442-mw0000176303|url-status=live}}</ref> 
|rev2 = ''[[Robert Christgau|Christgau's Consumer Guide]]''
|rev2Score = {{Rating-Christgau|neither}}<ref>{{cite web|last=Christgau|first=Robert|author-link=Robert Christgau|title=Consumer Guide Review: Stomp 442|url=http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=anthrax|accessdate=July 13, 2011|archive-date=June 6, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120606164624/http://www.robertchristgau.com/get_artist.php?name=anthrax|url-status=live}}</ref>
|rev3 =''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
|rev3Score = 8/10<ref name="martin" >{{cite book | last1 = Popoff | first1 = Martin | authorlink1 = 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=27 |isbn = 978-1-894959-62-9}}</ref>
|rev4 = ''[[Encyclopedia of Popular Music]]''
|rev4Score = {{Rating|2|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}}<ref name="New RS">{{cite book|last1=Brackett|first1=Nathan|last2=Hoard|first2=Christian David|title=[[The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]]|year=2004|publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]]|isbn=0-7432-0169-8|page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/20 20]}}</ref> 
}}
[[AllMusic]] reviewer [[Stephen Thomas Erlewine]] gave the album a negative review, describing it as "a generic collection of speed metal bombast". He finished his review by saying that the record is a "disheartening experience."<ref name="AM"/> Reviewer Jimmy Neeson had a more positive view, noting, "A savage Anthrax album; and a worthy addition to any metal collection."<ref name=kingcrimsonprog>{{cite web | url=http://www.metalmusicarchives.com/stomp-442--review.aspx?id=252592 | title=ANTHRAX Stomp 442 | publisher=Metal Music Archives | date=September 23, 2011 | accessdate=March 7, 2013 | last=Neeson | first=Jimmy}}</ref> Canadian journalist [[Martin Popoff]] described ''Stomp 442'' as "a fine, responsible collection of working man's metal, if a bit of a repetition" compared to "the relatively unappreciated ''[[Sound of White Noise]]''" of 1993.<ref name="martin" />

==Cover art==
The album's cover gained controversy when retailer [[Walmart]] refused to stock it in its stores, because of the naked man standing next to the giant ball of garbage.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/anthrax-the-story-behind-every-album-cover |title=Anthrax: the story behind every album cover |last=Chantler |first=Chris |publisher=[[Metal Hammer]] |date=July 10, 2016 |accessdate=November 6, 2020 |archive-date=May 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210522170629/https://www.loudersound.com/features/anthrax-the-story-behind-every-album-cover |url-status=live }}</ref>

In a 1996 interview with Tom Russell of Glasgow-based radio [[Clyde 1]], [[Bruce Dickinson]] revealed that the original design for the cover art was done for his album ''[[Balls to Picasso]]'' – originally to be titled ''Laughing in the Hiding Bush'' – but he couldn't afford it. His album's title was changed and he drew two squares on a toilet wall for the cover.

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| all_music        = [[Charlie Benante]]
| all_lyrics       = [[Scott Ian]] and [[John Bush (singer)|John Bush]]
| extra_column     = Lead guitar
| total_length     = 50:55
| title1           = Random Acts of Senseless Violence
| length1          = 4:02
| extra1           = [[Paul Crook]]
| title2           = Fueled
| length2          = 4:02
| title3           = King Size
| length3          = 3:58
| extra3           = [[Dimebag Darrell]]
| title4           = Riding Shotgun
| length4          = 4:25
| extra4           = Crook, Darrell
| title5           = Perpetual Motion
| length5          = 4:18
| title6           = In a Zone
| length6          = 5:06
| extra6           = Crook
| title7           = Nothing
| length7          = 4:33
| extra7           = Benante
| title8           = American Pompeii
| length8          = 5:30
| extra8           = Benante, [[Mike Tempesta]]
| title9           = Drop the Ball
| length9          = 4:59
| extra9           = Crook
| title10          = Tester
| length10         = 4:21
| extra10          = Benante, Ian
| title11          = Bare
| length11         = 5:29
| extra11          = Benante
}}
{{track listing
| headline        = Bonus tracks (2001 remaster)
| total_length    = 69:04
| title12         = Grunt and Click
| writer12        = Bush, Ian, [[Frank Bello]], Benante
| length12        = 5:29
| title13         = Dethroned Emperor
| note13          = [[Celtic Frost]] cover
| writer13        = [[Thomas Gabriel Fischer|Tom Fischer]]
| length13        = 4:32
| title14         = [[Celebrated Summer]]
| note14          = [[Hüsker Dü]] cover
| writer14        = [[Bob Mould]]
| length14        = 4:30
| title15         = Watchin' You
| note15          = [[Kiss (band)|Kiss]] cover
| writer15        = [[Gene Simmons]]
| length15        = 3:38
}}

==Personnel ==
All credits adapted from the original release.<ref>{{cite AV media notes |title=Stomp 442 |others=[[Anthrax (American band)|Anthrax]] |year= 1995|type=CD Booklet |publisher=[[Elektra Records]] |id= 61856-2|location= Los Angeles, US}}</ref>
;Anthrax
*[[John Bush (singer)|John Bush]] – lead vocals
*[[Scott Ian]] – rhythm guitar, backing vocals, [[floor tom]] on "Drop the Ball"
*[[Frank Bello]] – bass, backing vocals
*[[Charlie Benante]] – drums, [[Percussion instrument|percussion]], guitars

;Guests
*[[Paul Crook]] – lead guitars on "Random Acts of Senseless Violence", "Perpetual Motion", "In a Zone" and "Drop the Ball"
*[[Dimebag Darrell]] – guitar on "King Size" and "Riding Shotgun"
*[[Mike Tempesta]] – guitar on "American Pompeii"
*[[Zach Throne]] – guitar solo on "Celebrated Summer"

;Production
*[[Butcher Bros.]] and Anthrax – producers, mixing
*Butcher Bros., Dirk Grobelny, Ian Cross – engineers
*Mike Monterulo, J.J. Bottari, Chris Gately, Phil Nowlan – assistant engineers
*Manny Lecuona – editing
*[[Bob Ludwig]] – mastering

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |Chart (1995)
! scope="col" |Peak
position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|49|artist=Anthrax|album=Stomp 442|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|Canada|81|chartid=2800|artist=Anthrax|album=Stomp 442|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|36|artist=Anthrax|album=Stomp 442|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|Oricon|44|M|url=https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/38489/products/308071/1/|title=ストンプ442|publisher=Oricon.co.jp|access-date=January 5, 2025|rowheader=true|}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|77|date=19951029|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|UKRock|10|date=19951029|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2025}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|47|artist=Anthrax|rowheader=true|access-date=January 5, 2025}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*{{Discogs master|type=album|42975|name=Stomp 442}}

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