Top 40 Hits is the second full-length album by Anal Cunt

Anal Cunt

Anal Cunt, also known as AxCx and A.C., was an American grindcore band that formed in Newton, Massachusetts in 1988. Since its inception, the band underwent a number of line-up changes. Known for its grindcore musical style and controversial lyrics, Anal Cunt released eight full-length studio...

, released in 1995 on CD and cassette by Earache Records

Earache Records

Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...

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The cover of this album is a parody of the compilation albums released in the 1970s by TV advertising company K-Tel

K-tel

K-tel International is an "As-Seen-On-TV" company, which is most noted for its compilation music albums, such as "The Super Hits" series, "The Dynamic Hits" series and "The Number One Hits" series...

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The album was recorded in 1994 as part of the band's attempt to move from playing noisecore to playing fast hardcore songs, although the album contains both styles. There are also numerous cover songs on the album including those of Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes

Rupert Holmes is an American-British composer, singer-songwriter, musician and author of plays, novels and stories. He is best known for his number one pop hit "Escape " and the song "Him", which reached the number 6 position on the Hot 100 U.S. pop chart in 1980...

's "Escape (The Pina Colada Song)", The Guess Who

The Guess Who

The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...

's "American Woman

American Woman (song)

"American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, first released in January 1970 on the album of the same name and later in March as a single, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by many rock artists, including Lenny Kravitz, Krokus, and The Butthole...

", Elton John

Elton John

Sir Elton Hercules John, CBE, Hon DMus is an English rock singer-songwriter, composer, pianist and occasional actor...

's "I'm Still Standing

I'm Still Standing

"I'm Still Standing" is a song on English pop rock performer Elton John's 1983 album, Too Low for Zero. He sings about making a comeback despite problems in daily life. The video, directed by Russell Mulcahy, was shot in Cannes and Nice on the Côte d'Azur in France and features the colours of the...

", The A-Team

The A-Team

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theme song, and a cover of the Bee Gees

Bee Gees

The Bee Gees are a musical group that originally comprised three brothers: Barry, Robin, and Maurice Gibb. The trio was successful for most of their 40-plus years of recording music, but they had two distinct periods of exceptional success: as a pop act in the late 1960s and early 1970s, and as a...

 song "Stayin' Alive

Stayin' Alive

"Stayin' Alive" is a song by the pop group Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. The song was written by the Bee Gees and produced by the Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. It was released on 13 December 1977, as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever...

". Their "Oi! version" of this song was also released as a promotional single before the album was released.

Track listing

1. "Some Hits" – 1:18
2. "Some More Hits" – 0:45
3. "Pepe, the Gay Waiter" – 0:38
4. "Even More Hits" – 0:49
5. "M.J.C." – 1:27
6. "Flower Shop Guy" – 0:51
7. "Living Colour
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    Is My Favorite Black Metal Band" – 0:49
8. "Lenny's In My Basement" – 0:40
9. "Stayin' Alive
   Stayin' Alive
   "Stayin' Alive" is a song by the pop group Bee Gees from the Saturday Night Fever motion picture soundtrack. The song was written by the Bee Gees and produced by the Bee Gees, Albhy Galuten and Karl Richardson. It was released on 13 December 1977, as the second single from the Saturday Night Fever...
   
    (Oi! Version)" – 1:23
10. "Benchpressing Effects on Kevin Sharp's Vocals" – 0:38
11. "Josue" – 0:11
12. "Delicious Face Style" – 2:01
13. "19 to Go" – 0:16
14. "Stealing Seth's Ideas: the New Book by Jon Chang" – 1:06
15. "Morbid Dead Guy" – 1:00
16. "Believe in the King" – 0:57
17. "Don't Call Japanese Hardcore
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     Jap Core" – 0:35
18. "Shut Up Mike (Part 2)" – 0:33
19. "Hey, Aren't You Gary Spivey
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    ?" – 0:43
20. "Breastfeeding J.M. J. Bullock's Toenail Collection" – 4:49
21. "Foreplay
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     With a Tree Shredder" – 0:50
22. "2 Down; 5 to Go" – 0:31
23. "I Liked Earache
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    Earache Records is a heavy metal-oriented record label based in Nottingham, UK and New York, USA. It helped to pioneer extreme metal by releasing many of the earliest grindcore and death metal records in the period 1988-1994.-History:...
    
     Better When Dig
    Digby Pearson
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     Answered the Phone" – 0:29
24. "Brain Dead" – 1:34
25. "Newest H.C. Song #3" – 0:25
26. "The Sultry Ways of Steve Berger" – 0:52
27. "Escape (The Pina Colada
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     Song)" – 1:00
28. "Lives Ruined by Music" – 2:12
29. "Still a Freshman
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     After All These Years" – 0:47
30. "I'm Still Standing" – 0:10
31. "Art Fag" – 0:48
32. "John" – 0:37
33. "Newest H.C. Song #4" – 0:15
34. "Song #9" – 1:33
35. "Cleft Palate" – 0:18
36. "Theme From The A-Team
    The A-Team
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    " – 0:46
37. "Old Lady Across the Hall With No Life" – 1:06
38. "Shut Up Paul" – 0:23
39. "Lazy Eye (Once a Hank, Always a Hank)" – 1:03
40. "American Woman
    American Woman (song)
    "American Woman" is a song by Canadian rock band The Guess Who, first released in January 1970 on the album of the same name and later in March as a single, which reached #1 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song has been covered by many rock artists, including Lenny Kravitz, Krokus, and The Butthole...
    
    " – 2:05

Writing credits

• Tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10, 11, 14, 16, 19, 22, 23, 26, 29, 32, 35, 37, 38 and 39 written by Anal Cunt.
• Tracks 3, 6, 12, 13, 15, 17, 20, 21, 28, 33 and 34 written by Seth Putnam.
• Track 9 credited to The Bee Gees. Written by Barry Gibb, Robin Gibb & Maurice Gibb, traditional Oi! arrangement by Anal Cunt.
• Track 18 written by Bratface and Anal Cunt.
• Track 24 written by John Kozik and Seth Putnam.
• Track 25 written by Salmon Patties, Kurt Habelt and Seth Putnam.
• Track 27 written by Rupert Holmes, arranged by Anal Cunt.
• Track 30 written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin (uncredited), arranged by Anal Cunt.
• Track 31 written by Seth Putnam and Paul Kraynak.
• Track 36 written by "Some Guy".
• Track 40 credited to The Guess Who
  The Guess Who
  The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...
  
  , written by Randy Bachman, Burton Cummings, Jim Kale and Garry Peterson.

Personnel

• Seth Putnam
  Seth Putnam
  Seth Edward Putnam was the founder of grindcore band Anal Cunt. He was known for his brutal screaming and lyrics that either shock, offend, or invoke morbid humor...
  
   – vocals
• Paul Kraynak – guitar
  Guitar
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• John Kozik – guitar
• Tim Morse – drums
  Drum kit
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