W.F.O. [Import]

Over Kill | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (July 29, 1996)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Atl
• ASIN: B00000IXY2
• Average Customer Review: 3.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #958,284 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Where It Hurts

2. Fast Junkie

3. The Wait/New High in Lows

4. They Eat Their Young

5. What's Your Problem?

6. Under One

7. Supersonic Hate

8. R.I.P. (Undone)

9. Up to Zero

10. Bastard Nation

11. Gasoline Dream

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Overkill - 'W.F.O.' (Atlantic), February 20, 2005

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Mike Reed (USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: W.F.O. (Audio CD)

'W.F.O.' is something like my fifth Overkill CD/lp I've ever had,so I am familiar with most of their material.On this effort,vocalist Bobby 'Blitz' Ellwsworth and crew had apparently parted ways with their long time producer,Terry Dale in order to handle that very chore themselves.So MUCH better than their dismal 'I Hear Black' offering.The blazing guitar work done here by Rob Cannavino and Merrit Gant works well on tracks like "Fast Junkie",the ass-kicking "Supersonic Hate","The Wait" and the raging "What's Your Problem".Plain and simple,a good thrash catalog title.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars What the??? Import? Travesty., May 17, 2004

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Eric Prescott "Go vegan" (Brighton, MA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: W.F.O. (Audio CD)

I've had these tracks for so long, I can't remember where they originally came from. I originally had the album, so I'm kinda surprised to see it here as an import-only. Bizarre, 'cause some of Overkill's best tracks are on this album.

I submit:

Where It Hurts
The Wait/New High in Lows
What's Your Problem?
R.I.P. (Undone)

Those four tracks alone are worth the purchase price, certainly at the "used" prices I'm seeing here.

I mean, these are some of the fast, loudest, heaviest songs in the true Overkill tradition. You can't go wrong with those songs. I'm listening to them over and over again now, just because I had forgotten how much I truly loved 'em.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Totally solid, but not too amazing, February 23, 2005

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General Zombie (the West) - See all my reviews

This review is from: W.F.O. (Audio CD)

I currently have 7 Overkill studio albums, and this is probably the least interesting of any of them, but it's still totally worth having. While Overkill has changed it up some over the last decade or so, 'W.F.O.' is complete thrash. Arguably, it's a bit more purely thrashy than 'Horrorscope' or 'The Years of Decay' or 'Under the Influence', which I suppose leads to one of it's flaws: 'W.F.O.' is less varied than any of the other Overkill albums I've heard. It's almost all straight ahead thrash, moderately fast to fast, without the sorta tonal differences or epic song structures you'd find in their best albums. Still, every single song on here is good, even if they aren't as good as the better tracks from their classic work. But, that's enough to make it worth owning.

The production is a slight problem. The guitar tone isn't quite vicious enough. Just compare this album's sound to 'Horrorscope' and you'll here what I'm talking about. Also, the bass is really damn loud. I don't think this is a problem in and of itself, though I suspect it may add to the problem with the guitar tone. Still, this sounds better than the vast majority of the thrash albums out there, even if it doesn't sound all that hot for '93 or '94.

As I said, everything on here is good. Though it isn't a full track 'R.I.P. (Undone)' is one of the best things here. It's just a minute and a half instrumental, mostly just acoustic guitars with a little bit of lead guitar at the end. Still, it's a very powerful, stunning piece. 'Bastard Nation' is probably the best full length track. It's got a nice, evocative little intro, than cuts to some thrashier stuff. It's definitely got the best chorus on the album, a nice drunken bellowing kinda gang chorus. Very effective. 'Where it Hurts' is the opener, and it's about what you'd expect. Very energetic and driving, with a nice pounding middle break. The middle breaks the best part, as a matter of fact. 'Fast Junkie' is next, and it's one of your punkier, more playful Overkill songs. It's not as good as 'Elimination' or 'Hello From the Gutter' but it's a good, catchy track. Another great gang chorus. 'Under One' is a darker, more aggressive track, with some nice, venomous vocals from Blitz. 'Supersonic Hate' isn't the most immediately memorable thing here, but it's got the best riffs of any track on the album, which naturally makes it stand out. It kinda reminds me of 'Live Young, Die Free', which is probably the most skullcrushing riffarama that I've heard from them. 'Gasoline Dream' is the closer (well, before the wacky bonus track and empty tracks). It's a slower, longer and denser piece. Not totally amazing, but a good, solid track, and a nice change of pace.

Another more than worthwhile thrash album from the great Overkill.