Force of Habit

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This article is about the 1992 Exodus album. For the Transformers story, see List of Transformers books § Force of Habit.
Force of Habit
Force of habit.jpg
Studio album by
Exodus
ReleasedAugust 17, 1992
Recorded1992
StudioBattery Studios, London
The Plant, Sausalito, California
GenreGroove metal[1]
Length68:41
LabelCapitol
ProducerChris Tsangarides
Exodus chronology
Lessons in Violence
(1992) 		Force of Habit
(1992) 		Another Lesson in Violence
(1997)

Force of Habit is the fifth studio album by American thrash metal band Exodus, released on August 17, 1992 by Capitol Records. The songs are a departure from the thrash metal style for Exodus, slower and more experimental.[2][3] Many of the song titles are common figures of speech.

Force of Habit is Exodus's last release until their 1997 live album Another Lesson in Violence and their last studio album until 2004's Tempo of the Damned, since the band went on two extended hiatuses. This is Exodus's last album to feature John Tempesta on drums and is also their only album to feature Mike Butler on bass as well as the band's only release without the jagged edged "Exodus" logo that had appeared on all of the band's previous and subsequent releases. It was later re-released in 2008 in a limited edition mini-album packaging to resemble the original vinyl release, including the inner sleeve. This version was remastered and includes the bonus tracks from the Japanese release. Force of Habit was also the second and last Exodus album to include more than one cover song (the other being 1989's Fabulous Disaster).

Reception[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic3/5 stars[4]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal8/10[5]

Force of Habit received a mixed review from AllMusic's Roch Parisien, who stated that "Exodus slows the pace a notch, drops the guitars a register, and gives the thrash a little room to breathe."[4] Guitarist Gary Holt stated on Metal Evolution that Force of Habit is his least favorite Exodus album.[6] Martin Popoff in his Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal welcomed the slower tempos and described the album as "earth-shattering heavy" and a great improvement in "vocals, lyrics, everything".[5]

Force of Habit was the first Exodus album not to chart on the Billboard 200 since 1985's Bonded by Blood.

Track listing[]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Thorn in My Side"Gary Holt, Steve Souza4:06
2."Me, Myself and I"Holt, Rick Hunolt5:03
3."Force of Habit"Holt, Souza4:19
4."Bitch" (The Rolling Stones cover)Mick Jagger, Keith Richards2:48
5."Fuel for the Fire"Holt, Souza6:04
6."One Foot in the Grave"Holt5:19
7."Count Your Blessings"Holt, Hunolt7:31
8."Climb Before the Fall"Holt, Hunolt, Souza5:38
9."Architect of Pain"Holt11:02
10."When It Rains It Pours"Holt4:20
11."Good Day to Die"Holt, Hunolt, Souza4:48
12."Pump It Up" (Elvis Costello & the Attractions cover)Elvis Costello3:10
13."Feeding Time at the Zoo"Michael Butler, Holt, Hunolt, Souza, John Tempesta4:33
2008 re-issue bonus tracks
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
14."Crawl Before You Walk"Butler, Holt, Hunolt, Souza, Tempesta3:59
15."Telepathetic"Butler, Holt, Hunolt, Souza, Tempesta4:48
Total length:77:28

Personnel[]

Exodus
Additional musicians
Production
  • Produced and engineered by Chris Tsangarides
  • Assistant engineered by Chris Marshall and Sarah Bedingham
  • Mixed by Steve Thompson and Michael Barbiero at Riversound, New York City
  • Additional recording and remixing by Marc Senesac at The Plant, Sausalito, California
  • Mastered by George Marino at Sterling Sound, New York City
  • Artwork by Ralph Steadman

References[]

  1. ^ "MusicMight :: Artists :: EXODUS". www.rockdetector.com. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016.
  2. ^ https://www.metal-archives.com/reviews/Exodus/Force_of_Habit/737/
  3. ^ https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/8418/Exodus-Force-Of-Habit/
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Parisien, Roch. "Exodus - Force of Habit review". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved June 11, 2021.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Popoff, Martin (August 1, 2007). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 146. ISBN 978-1-894959-62-9.
  6. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on September 1, 2015. Retrieved August 29, 2015.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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