Album
Time Waits for No Slave
Time Waits for No Slave is the thirteenth studio album by Napalm Death, the British grindcore band, and it came out on 23 January 2009 through Century Media. It followed Smear Campaign from 2006 and arrived three years before Utilitarian, so it sits right in the middle of the band's long run of records stretching from Scum in 1987 to the present day.
For anyone who knows Napalm Death only from their late-80s beginnings, this is a good way to hear what the band were doing more than two decades on. It is still grindcore, and still committed to it, which says something about a group who had already made a dozen albums by this point. It makes a sensible entry for listeners catching up on their later work.
Time Waits for No Slave: tracklist and credits
14 tracks · 50:21Tracklist
- 1Strong-ArmShane Embury and Barney Greenway3:04
- 2DiktatMitch Harris and Barney Greenway3:41
- 3Work to RuleShane Embury and Barney Greenway3:16
- 4On the Brink of ExtinctionShane Embury3:30
- 5Time Waits for No SlaveMitch Harris and Barney Greenway4:27
- 6Life and LimbMitch Harris4:01
- 7Downbeat CliqueMitch Harris and Barney Greenway4:26
- 8Fallacy DominionMitch Harris and Barney Greenway4:07
- 9Passive TenseMitch Harris and Barney Greenway3:49
- 10Larceny of the HeartShane Embury3:36
- 11Procrastination on the Empty VesselShane Embury and Barney Greenway2:57
- 12Feeling RedundantShane Embury and Barney Greenway3:23
- 13A No-Sided ArgumentShane Embury and Barney Greenway2:14
- 14De-Evolution Ad NauseamMitch Harris and Barney Greenway3:49
- Produced by
- Shane Embury, Barney Greenway, Mitch Harris, Danny Herrera, Russ Russell, Napalm Death
- Recorded at
- Foel Studios, Llanfair Caereinion, Parlour Studios, Kettering
- Recorded
- August–October 2008
- Engineered by
- Russ Russell
- Artwork
- Mick Kenney, Kevin Sharp, Carsten Drescher
- Labels
- Фоно, Century Media
- Length
- 50:21
Line-up
- Shane Embury · bass guitar, background vocals · guest
- Mitch Harris · guitar, background vocals · guest
- Danny Herrera · membranophone · guest
- Barney Greenway · lead vocals · guest
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How we know the release date wikipedia + musicbrainz; also seen: 2009-02-10 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 23 January 2009 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 23 January 2009 | |
| Wikidata | 10 February 2009 | |
| US release | 10 February 2009 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 2 February 2009 | earliest UK or European date |
8 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | RU | Фоно | other | |
| 23 January 2009 | DE | Century Media | 5051099784529 | original |
| 28 January 2009 | JP | TOY’S FACTORY | 4988061874616 | other |
| February 2009 | DE | Century Media | 5051099784581 | other |
| 2 February 2009 | GB | Century Media | 5051099784581 | other |
| 10 February 2009 | US | Century Media | 727701854526 | other |
| 2010 | AR | Icarus Music | 5051099784529 | other |
| 13 July 2012 | XW | Century Media | 886443686700 | other |
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deezer · upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25)
| Source | Size | Verdict |
|---|---|---|
| deezer ✓ | 1200×1200 | upscaled: major: best source 1200x1200, upscaled to 1500 (x1.25) |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| coverartarchive | 600×600 | upscaled |