Food for Thought/Take It Back is a compilation album by 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 albumGray Matter, Food for Thought. Dischord Records. Retrieved July 3. 2015.Gray Matter, Food for Thought. AllMusic. Retrieved July 3, 2015. and the six-song 1986 Take It Back EP; 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.
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 and cassette tape.
Track listing
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
Additional performers 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
References
External links "Dischord Records: Gray Matter, Food for Thought/Take It Back". Dischord Records.