Volume 6: Black Anvil Ego

Volume 6: Black Anvil Ego
EP by The Desert Sessions
Released July 21, 1999 (1999-07-21)
Recorded March 11–14, 1999 at Rancho De La Luna, Joshua Tree, California
Genre Desert rock, stoner rock, alternative rock, experimental rock
Length 20:05
Label Man's Ruin
The Desert Sessions chronology
Volume 5: Poetry for the Masses (SeaShedShithead
ByTheSheSore)

(1999)
Volume 6: Black Anvil Ego
(1999)
Volume 7: Gypsy Marches
(2001)

Volume 6: Black Anvil Ego is the sixth extended play (EP) by American desert rock collective The Desert Sessions. Recorded in March 1999 at Rancho De La Luna, it was released by Man's Ruin Records on July 21, 1998. The album features eleven credited musicians, including Josh Homme, Dave Catching and Gene Trautmann.[1][2][3][4] It was later re-released with Volume 5: Poetry for the Masses (SeaShedShitheadByTheSheSore) as Volumes 5 & 6.[5]

Recording and release

The sixth Desert Sessions EP was recorded in sessions between March 11 and 14, 1999 at Rancho De La Luna in Joshua Tree, California, a studio founded by Fred Drake and Dave Catching.[1][2][3][4] The tracks on Volume 6 were engineered by Steve Feldman, with Tony Mason assisting, and feature a total of eleven credited musicians: Josh Homme (guitars, vocals, bass, drums and percussion), Brant Bjork, Catching (both guitar), Gene Trautmann (drums and percussion), Fugitive Pope (vocals, guitar and electronics), Digital D (vocals and guitar), Chizm (vocals and trombone), Drake (percussion), Van Conner, Hosh Ross Sonjoni (boh bass), Barrett Martin and Adam Maples (both drums).[1][2][3][4] Homme mixed the album, and it was mastered by Dave Schultz at DigiPrep in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California.[1][2][3][4]

Volume 6 was initially released alone on vinyl by Man's Ruin Records on July 21, 1999. It later received a re-release with its predecessor, Volume 5: Poetry for the Masses (SeaShedShitheadByTheSheSore), on CD on September 14, 1999 as Volumes 5 & 6.[5]

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]

Music website AllMusic awarded Volume 6: Black Anvil Ego three out of five stars.[6]

Track listing

Side A
No. Title Length
1. "A#1"   3:38
2. "Like a Drug"   2:24
3. "Take Me to Your Leader" (performed by Aliens) 4:40
Side B
No. Title Length
4. "Teens of Thailand"   5:38
5. "Rickshaw"   3:45

Personnel

Personnel credits adapted from album liner notes.[1][2][3][4]

Musicians
Additional personnel

References

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