''Blast Tyrant'' is the sixth full-length studio album by American rock band Clutch and was released March 23, 2004, but has since had a reissue on May 10, 2011. It was the first release with

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by the band.

Album information

The unabridged title of the album is ''Blast Tyrant Atlas of the Invisible World with Illustrations of Strange Beasts and Phantoms''. A reissue of the album was released through Clutch's own label, Weathermaker Music, and contains the original album along with a second bonus disc, entitled ''Basket of Eggs'', which is a collection of acoustic versions of songs, from 2001 to 2011 by the band, including the "Polar Bear Lair Demos". The music video for the song "The Mob Goes Wild" was created by

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. Unlike some reissues the band have done, or some of the "import" versions of their albums to begin with, the track listing of the original album remains the same. The album debuted at #147 on the Billboard 200, selling 8,000 copies in its first week.

Track listing

All songs written by Clutch.

Original album

''Basket of Eggs'' (2011 bonus disc)

Tracks 1–4 were recorded between September 2010 and January 2011; track 5 was live in a Milwaukee radio station in 2001; tracks 6-10 were recorded in July 2002 and are known as the "Polar Bear Lair Demos", of which 6, 7 and 10 are previously unreleased tracks by the band.

Personnel

Neil Fallon Neil Fallon (born October 25, 1971) is an American musician, best known as the lead singer and occasional rhythm guitarist and keyboardist for the rock band Clutch. He is also the lead singer for The Company Band and Dunsmuir, and joined The Bak ...

– vocals, rhythm guitar, organ *

Tim Sult Richard Timothy Sult is an American musician best known as the guitarist for rock band Clutch. He is also the guitarist for an instrumental side project, The Bakerton Group, and an occasional member of the reggae rock / stoner rock Stoner ...

– lead guitar * Dan Maines – bass *

Jean-Paul Gaster Jean-Paul Gaster (born June 19, 1971) is the drummer for American rock band Clutch. Style and influences Jean-Paul Gaster learned to play drums by playing along to 1960s and 1970s heavy rock bands like Jimi Hendrix, Cream, ZZ Top and Black ...

– drums

Production

* Produced by Clutch and Machine * Recorded and mixed by Machine * Drums were recorded at Water Music,

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* Pro-Tools by Nick Rowe and assisted by Ted Young * Guitars and vocals were recorded at The Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey * Additional production of vocals and guitars recorded in

's living room * Mixed at the Machine Shop, Hoboken, New Jersey * Mastered by Ue Nastasi at Sterling Sound * Artwork by Encarnacion Hernandez

Chart performance

Album - Billboard (United States) Singles - Billboard (United States)

References

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