Madhouse: The Very Best of Anthrax is the name of the sixteenth release, and second compilation album, by the band Anthrax

Anthrax (band)

Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...

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The album was released in 2001 by the Island Def Jam Music Group

Island Records

Island Records is a record label that was founded by Chris Blackwell in Jamaica. It was based in the United Kingdom for many years and is now owned by Universal Music Group...

 without the direct participation of any band member, unlike the 1999 release Return of the Killer A's

Return of the Killer A's

Return of the Killer A's is a best of compilation album by the heavy metal band Anthrax, released in 1999.The cover of Ball of Confusion features Anthrax's first new recording with former lead singer Joey Belladonna since 1991, and their first with former bassist Dan Lilker since 1984...

. Such was the haphazard nature of the release that guitarist and founding member Scott Ian

Scott Ian

Scott Ian Rosenfeld , better known by the stage name Scott Ian, is an American musician, best known as the rhythm & lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Anthrax. Ian is also the guitarist and a founding member of the crossover thrash band Stormtroopers of Death...

 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

Persistence of Time

-Personnel:* Joey Belladonna – Vocals* Scott Ian – Rhythm guitar, Lead guitar on "Got the Time", Harmony Guitar on "Intro to Reality", vocal intro on "In My World", lead vocals on "Protest and Survive"* Dan Spitz – Lead guitar* Frank Bello – Bass...

track "Time" in place of the band's hit cover version

Cover version

In popular music, a cover version or cover song, or simply cover, is a new performance or recording of a contemporary or previously recorded, commercially released song or popular song...

 of Joe Jackson

Joe Jackson (musician)

Joe Jackson is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001...

'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 lists "Keep It in the Family" as a live version.

Reception

Track listing

1. "Madhouse
   Madhouse (song)
   "Madhouse" is a song by the American heavy metal band Anthrax. It was released as the only single from their second album, Spreading the Disease. The song is an up-tempo time signature with heavy distorted guitar riffs. The song has become a staple of live concerts, and has also appeared on...
   
   " (Anthrax
   Anthrax (band)
   Anthrax is an American heavy metal band from New York City, formed in 1981. Founded by guitarists Scott Ian and Danny Lilker, the band has since released ten studio albums and 20 singles, and an EP featuring Public Enemy. The band was one of the most popular of the 1980s thrash metal scene...
   
   ) – 4:18
2. "A.I.R." (Anthrax) – 5:48
3. "Armed and Dangerous
   Armed and Dangerous (album)
   -Personnel:*Joey Belladonna - Vocals*Scott Ian - Rhythm Guitar*Dan Spitz - Lead Guitar*Frank Bello - Bass*Charlie Benante - Drums*Neil Turbin - Vocals on "Soldiers of Metal" and "Howling Furies"*Dan Lilker - Bass on "Soldiers of Metal" and "Howling Furies"...
   
   " (Anthrax, Neil Turbin
   Neil Turbin
   Neil Turbin is an American thrash metal vocalist known for being the original lead singer for American band Anthrax and current lead vocalist and songwriter of the heavy metal band DeathRiders. -DeathRiders:...
   
   , Danny Lilker
   Dan Lilker
   Dan Lilker is a musician from the United States, most known as a bass player, but also guitarist, pianist, drummer and vocalist...
   
   ) – 5:45
4. "I Am the Law" (Anthrax, Lilker) – 5:56
5. "Indians
   Indians (song)
   "Indians" is a single by thrash metal band Anthrax, from the album, Among the Living. It is one of Anthrax's most famous songs, appearing on their best-of albums: Return of the Killer A's, Madhouse: The Very Best of Anthrax and Anthrology: No Hit Wonders .It appears in Guitar Hero game Guitar Hero:...
   
   " (Anthrax) – 5:41
6. "Caught in a Mosh" (Anthrax) – 5:00
7. "I'm the Man" (Anthrax, John Rooney
   John Rooney
   John Rooney is an American sportscaster, currently best known for his role as a radio broadcaster for Major League Baseball's St. Louis Cardinals.-Early career:...
   
   , Moore) – 3:04
8. "Antisocial
   Antisocial (song)
   "Antisocial" is a song by the French hard rock band Trust, from their album . The song was written by Bernie Bonvoisin and Norbert Krief.The song is featured in the video game Guitar Hero World Tour and is available as downloadable content to Guitar Hero III: Legends of Rock.-Anthrax...
   
   " (Bernie Bonvoisin, Norbert Krief
   Norbert Krief
   Norbert Krief , often known as Nono, is a French rock guitarist.Krief was the guitarist of hard-rock bands like Shakin' Street and Trust. He later worked as lead guitarist for Johnny Hallyday and Fabienne Shine among a variety of other collaborations.- References :...
   
   ) – 4:27
9. "Belly of the Beast" (Anthrax) – 4:47
10. "Time" (Anthrax) – 6:55
11. "Keep It in the Family
    Keep It in the Family (song)
    "Keep It in the Family" is a song by American thrash metal band Anthrax, from the Grammy Nominated album, Persistence of Time. It's one of the longest and most popular track from the album and is often played live.-Other Releases:...
    
    " (Anthrax) – 7:09
12. "Bring the Noise
    Bring the Noise
    "Bring the Noise" is a song by the hip hop group Public Enemy. It was included on the soundtrack of the 1987 film Less Than Zero and was also released as a single that year. It later became the first song on the group's 1988 album It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back...
    
    " (Anthrax, Carl Ridenhour, Hank Shocklee
    The Bomb Squad
    The Bomb Squad is an American hip hop production team, known for their work with the rap group Public Enemy. The Bomb Squad are noted for their dense, distinct, innovative production style, often utilizing dozens of samples on just one track...
    
    , Eric "Vietnam" Sadler
    The Bomb Squad
    The Bomb Squad is an American hip hop production team, known for their work with the rap group Public Enemy. The Bomb Squad are noted for their dense, distinct, innovative production style, often utilizing dozens of samples on just one track...
    
    ) – 3:28

Reissue track listing

1. "Madhouse" (Anthrax) – 4:18
2. "A.I.R." (Anthrax) – 5:48
3. "Armed and Dangerous" (Anthrax, Turbin) – 5:45
4. "I Am the Law" (Anthrax, Lilker) – 5:56
5. "Indians" (Anthrax) – 5:41
6. "Caught in a Mosh" (Anthrax) – 5:00
7. "I'm the Man" (Anthrax, Rooney, Moore) – 3:04
8. "Antisocial" (Bonvoisin, Krief) – 4:27
9. "Belly of the Beast" (Anthrax) – 4:47
10. "Got the Time" (Joe Jackson
    Joe Jackson (musician)
    Joe Jackson is an English musician and singer-songwriter now living in Berlin, whose five Grammy Award nominations span from 1979 to 2001...
    
    ) - 2:44
11. "Keep It in the Family" (Anthrax) – 7:09
12. "Bring the Noise" (Anthrax, Ridenhour, Shocklee, Sadler) – 3:28