Food for Thought/Take It Back

Food for Thought/Take It Back
Compilation album by Gray Matter
Released	1990
Recorded	November 1984 August 1985
Studio	Inner Ear
Genre	Post-hardcore emo
Length	52:55
Language	English
Label	Dischord
Producer	Ian MacKaye

Food for Thought/Take It Back is a compilation album released by the American post-hardcore band Gray Matter.

Overview

Food for Thought/Take It Back consists of Gray Matter's remastered material that combines, in its entirety, the 1985 Food for Thought studio album^{[nb 1][1][2]} and the 1986 Take it Back EP;^{[nb 2]} plus three bonus tracks: two previously unreleased demo recordings and the first version of "Walk the Line", originally featured on Alive & Kicking, a various artists 7-inch EP compiled in 1985 by WGNS Recordings.^{[nb 3]}

Production

Food for Thought was recorded at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia in November 1984, while Take It Back was recorded in August 1985, also at Inner Ear. The bonus tracks were recorded at WGNS Studios, also located in Arlington.

Release

Food for Thought/Take It Back was released by Dischord Records in 1990, on CD^{[nb 4]} and cassette tape^{[nb 5]}.

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Gray Matter, except where noted. 

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Retrospect"		2:08
2.	"Oscar's Eye"		2:52
3.	"Fill a Void"		2:02
4.	"Give Me a Clue"		3:15
5.	"Gray Matter"		1:15
6.	"Caffeine Blues"		3:36
7.	"Crisis and Compromise"		2:04
8.	"Flash in Time"		1:45
9.	"Phobias"		1:31
10.	"I Am the Walrus"	John Lennon, Paul McCartney	6:19
11.	"Chutes and Ladders"		2:26
12.	"Burn No Bridges"		2:39
13.	"Walk the Line"		2:37
14.	"Take It Back"		3:17
15.	"4 A.M."		2:17
16.	"Head"		7:23
17.	"Phobias" (demo version)		1:39
18.	"The Spy" (demo version)		0:59
19.	"Walk the Line" (original version)		2:51
Total length:			52:55

Personnel

Gray Matter Geoff Turner (credited as Jeff Turner) – vocals, guitar Mark Haggerty - lead guitar Steve Niles - bass, backing vocals (tracks 11 to 16) Dante Ferrando – drums Others Amy Pickering - backing vocals (1 to 10) Ian MacKaye - backing vocals (1 to 10) Skeeter Thompson - backing vocals (1 to 10) John Kirschten - backing vocals (1 to 10) Molly Burnham - backing vocals (1 to 10)

Production Gray Matter - production (1 to 10, 17 to 19) Ian MacKaye - production (1 to 16) Bert Queiroz - production (1 to 10) Don Zientara - engineering Linda Tobin - illustration (front cover) Liz Goodman - photography (back cover)

Notes

1. Dischord #DIS 48
2. Dischord #DIS 21
3. WGNS #DM-5023
4. Dischord #DIS 49
5. Dischord #DIS 48C

References

1. Gray Matter, Food for Thought. dischord.com. Retrieved July 3. 2015.
2. Gray Matter, Food for Thought. allmusic.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

External links

• Dischord Records: Food for Thought/Take It Back. dischord.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.

Reviews

• Raggett, Ned. "Food for Thought: AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
• Raggett, Ned. "Take It Back: AllMusic Review by Ned Raggett". allmusic.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015.

Images

• Food for Thought/Take It Back, cover art. discogs.com. Retrieved July 2, 2015.

Databases

• Food for Thought/Take It Back. allmusic.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
• Food for Thought/Take It Back. discogs.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
• Food for Thought/Take It Back. rateyourmusic.com. Retrieved July 3, 2015.