Backwaxed

1985 compilation album by Anvil

Backwaxed

Compilation album by

Anvil

Released

22 April 1985

Genre

Heavy metal, speed metal

Length

37:06

Label

Viper/Attic

Producer

Chris Tsangarides, Anvil

Compiler

Ralph Alonso

Anvil chronology

Forged in Fire
(1983)

Backwaxed
(1985)

Strength of Steel
(1987)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	6/10^[2]
Rock Hard	8.0/10^[3]

Backwaxed is a compilation album by the Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. It is a compilation which features five unreleased tracks recorded during sessions for previous albums on side one, and five previously released tracks on side two. It is Anvil's only album with a main title not consisting of three words with the first and third words starting with the same letter.

Track listing

Side one
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pussy Poison" (instrumental, recorded December 1983 at Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada)	Robb Reiner, Steve "Lips" Kudlow	2:42
2.	"Backwaxed" (recorded January 1983 at Phase One Studios, Toronto, Ontario, Canada)	Anvil	3:49
3.	"Steamin'" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)	Reiner, Kudlow	3:39
4.	"You're a Liar" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)	Dave Allison, Kudlow	4:56
5.	"Fryin' Cryin'" (recorded October 1981 at Phase One Studios)	Reiner, Kudlow	3:08

Side two
No.	Title	Writer(s)	From the album	Length
6.	"Metal on Metal"	Anvil	Metal on Metal (1982)	3:58
7.	"Butter-Bust Jerky"	Anvil	Forged in Fire (1983)	3:20
8.	"Scenery"	Anvil	Metal on Metal	4:44
9.	"Jackhammer"	Anvil	Metal on Metal	3:34
10.	"School Love"	Reiner, Kudlow	Hard 'n' Heavy (1981)	3:16

Personnel

Anvil

Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, guitar
Dave Allison – guitar, vocals on "You're a Liar"
Ian Dickson – bass guitar
Robb Reiner – drums

Production

Chris Tsangarides – producer, engineer and mixing on tracks 2, 6–9
Anvil – producer on tracks 1, 3–5, 10
Ralph Alonso – compiler

References

^ Rivadavia, Eduardo. "Anvil – Backwaxed review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved 2016-12-31.
^ Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1894959315.
^ Trojan, Frank (1985). "Review Album: Anvil - Backwaxed". Rock Hard (in German). No. 12. Retrieved 2017-01-30.