Food for Thought/Take It Back

Food for Thought/Take It Back is a compilation album by American post-hardcore band Gray Matter.

Food for Thought/Take It Back
Compilation album by
Gray Matter
Released1990
RecordedNovember 1984
August 1985
StudioInner Ear
Genre
Length52:55
LanguageEnglish
LabelDischord
ProducerIan MacKaye

Overview

Food for Thought/Take It Back consists of Gray Matter's remastered material that combines, in its entirety, the 1985 Food for Thought studio album[nb 1][1][2] and the six-song 1986 Take It Back EP;[nb 2] plus three bonus tracks: two previously unreleased demo recordings, and the first version of "Walk the Line", originally featured on Alive & Kicking, a various artists 7-inch EP compiled in 1985 by WGNS Recordings.[nb 3]

Production

Food for Thought was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia in November 1984, while Take It Back was recorded in August 1985, also at Inner Ear. The bonus tracks were recorded at WGNS Studios, also located in Arlington.

Release

Food for Thought/Take It Back was released by Dischord Records in 1990, on CD[nb 4] and cassette tape.[nb 5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Gray Matter, except where noted.

Food for Thought
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Retrospect" 2:08
2."Oscars Eye" 2:52
3."Fill a Void" 2:02
4."Give Me a Clue" 3:15
5."Gray Matter" 1:15
6."Caffeine Blues" 3:36
7."Crisis and Compromise" 2:04
8."Flash in Time" 1:45
9."Phobias" 1:31
10."I Am the Walrus"John Lennon, Paul McCartney6:19
Take It Back EP
No.TitleLength
11."Chutes and Ladders"2:26
12."Burn No Bridges"2:39
13."Walk the Line"2:37
14."Take It Back"3:17
15."4 A.M."2:17
16."Head"7:23
Bonus tracks
No.TitleLength
17."Phobias" (demo version)1:39
18."The Spy" (demo version)0:59
19."Walk the Line" (original version)2:51
Total length:52:55

Personnel

Gray Matter

Additional performers
  • Amy Pickering – backing vocals (1 to 10)
  • Ian MacKaye – backing vocals (1 to 10)
  • Skeeter Thompson – backing vocals (1 to 10)
  • John Kirschten – backing vocals (1 to 10)
  • Molly Burnham – backing vocals (1 to 10)

Production

Notes
  1. Dischord #DIS 48
  2. Dischord #DIS 21
  3. WGNS #DM-5023
  4. Dischord #DIS 49
  5. Dischord #DIS 48C

References
  1. Gray Matter, Food for Thought. Dischord Records. Retrieved July 3. 2015.
  2. Gray Matter, Food for Thought. AllMusic. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
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