Force of Habit (Mlps) [Extra tracks, Limited Edition, Original recording reissued]

Exodus | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (March 11, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Extra tracks, Limited Edition, Original recording reissued
• Label: Caroline
• ASIN: B0012RCMGK
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (15 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #44,327 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Limited Edition U.S. distributed edition at lower price! Japanese pressing of this album comes housed in a miniature LP sleeve. 2008.

Customer Reviews

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars MIXED BAG....BUYER BEWARE., April 19, 2008

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Thomas Anderson "Metal Head" (Harrisburg, IL USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Force of Habit (Mlps) (Audio CD)

This is a review for the 2008 re-issue on Caroline Records.

First of all, the good news. The disc has been Remastered. So the music sounds as good as ever. The disc art is somwhat cool despite being somewhat simple. A white disc with the Exodus logo in a hand-written font in red similating blood, with a bit of splatter. Same for the album title on the bottom half of the disc.

Now then, for the band news (if you're a collector like me)...the disc comes not in a jewel case with an enhanced liner note booklet, nor in a digipak. It comes in a thin cardboard LP-replica sleeve. And the disc has an inner paper sleeve to protect it from the cardboard. But that's it! No booklet at all...no lyrics, no nothing.

Anyway, I give the album 5 stars for the music minus 2 stars for the cheap packaging. I like collectible packaging just as muc as the next guy, but this is throw away stuff.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Exodus - 'Force Of Habit' (Capitol), February 5, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Force of Habit (Audio CD)

'Force Of Habit',is in fact the band's sixth lp.I liked this disc at least as much as I did 'Bonded By Blood'.If you're a big Exodus fan,you're sure to dig this record.As for myself,this is only the second of their recorded works that I've had the pleasure.Heard others say that 'Force...' is a bit more melodic than they've been on past releases.Basically,just good old school speed metal.Tunes that I thought stood out were "Thorn In My Side","Feeding Time",the eleven-minute head smasher "Architect Of Pain" and their two unlikely covers,the Stone's "Bitch" and Elvis Costello's "Pump It Up".Should appeal to fans of Metal Church,Flotsam&Jetsam,Hirax.Overkill and Testament.Sad footnote:not sure as to what the band is doing now,but their vocalist Paul Baloff had passed on awhile back.I'll have to check out some of their other CD's.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Force of Habit, December 18, 2009

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David Chris "visualized1" (Iowa) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Force of Habit (Mlps) (Audio CD)

Force of Habit, along with several other releases in close proxemity of this one (The Black Album, Overkill's I Hear Black, Anthrax's Sound of White Noise, Testament's The Ritual, and Megadeth's Countdown to Extinction/Youthanasia) showed a more subdued band, musically. Though this album was still thrashier than the others I listed, it was still not as intense as the albums Exodus released in the previous years. But, like the other big-name thrash bands at the time, Exodus showed a more matured sound with Force of Habit. There is some fantastic guitar playing on this album. The solos range from all-out metal shred to blues-oriented licks. And the riffs are just as amazing. When I listen to Force of Habit I not only bang my head, but also find myself foot stompin' to some excellent groove riffing. This is a great, underrated cd!