Album
Handle With Care
Handle With Care is the third studio album by the American thrash metal band Nuclear Assault, released in October 1989 on In-Effect. It followed their debut Game Over in 1986 and Survive in 1988, and it arrived just ahead of Out of Order in 1991.
It is the record that took the band furthest up the charts, reaching number 126 on the Billboard 200, their highest placing to date, and it is also their best seller. "Critical Mass" was issued as the single to promote it. If you want to hear Nuclear Assault at their commercial high point, this is the place to start.
Handle With Care: tracklist and credits
12 tracks · 35:05Tracklist
- 1New SongJohn Connelly2:58
- 2Critical MassJohn Connelly and Dan Lilker3:19
- 3Inherited HellJohn Connelly3:31
- 4SurgeryConnelly, Evans, Lilker2:44
- 5EmergencyGlenn Evans and John Connelly3:20
- 6Funky NoiseJohn Connelly0:51
- 7F# (Wake Up)John Connelly2:58
- 8When Freedom DiesJohn Connelly and Dan Lilker2:34
- 9Search & SeizureGlenn Evans4:11
- 10Torture TacticsJohn Connelly2:22
- 11Mother's DayGlenn Evans and Dan Lilker0:32
- 12Trail of TearsJohn Connelly5:44
- Produced by
- Randy Burns
- Recorded at
- Music Grinder Studios (Los Angeles, California)
- Recorded
- 1989
- Engineered by
- Casey McMackin
- Label
- In-Effect
- Length
- 35:05
Line-up
- Anthony Bramante · guitar
- John Connelly · guitar, lead vocals
- Glenn Evans · drums (drum set)
- Dan Lilker · bass guitar
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Releases and pressings
How we know the release date wikipedia 1989-10-03 vs 1989-11-22 (musicbrainz), 1989-11-23 (wikidata)
| Source | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|
| MusicBrainz | 22 November 1989 | |
| Wikipedia infobox | 3 October 1989 | |
| Wikidata | 23 November 1989 | |
| US release | 1989 | earliest US date |
| UK / Europe release | 1989 | earliest UK or European date |
9 editions
| Date | Country | Label | Barcode | Kind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | US | In-Effect | 088561301040 | other |
| 1989 | US | In-Effect | other | |
| 1989 | US | In-Effect | 088561301026 | other |
| 1989 | GB | Under One Flag | 5016583203528 | other |
| 22 November 1989 | JP | CBS/Sony | 4988009506623 | original |
| 1999 | DE | Century Media | 7277016604123 | other |
| 29 August 2008 | DE | Century Media | 5051099621183 | other |
| 9 September 2009 | JP | METAL FRONTIER | 4988003374518 | other |
| 2011 | XE | Century Media | 5051099621121 | other |
Cover art sources
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) |
| coverartarchive | 1000×1000 | upscaled |
| fanarttv | 1000×1000 | upscaled |