Criteria for a Black Widow
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{{Infobox album
| name = Criteria for a Black Widow
| type = studio
| artist = Annihilator
| cover = AnnihilatorCriteriaForABlackWidow.jpg
| alt =
| released = June 1, 1999
| recorded = Phantom Blitz Studios, Watersound Studios Inc., Ottawa, Canada
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Thrash metal
| length = 50:50
| label = Roadrunner Records
| producer = Jeff Waters
| prev_title = Remains
| prev_year = 1997
| next_title = Carnival Diablos
| next_year = 2001
}}
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = Allmusic
| rev1Score = {{Rating|3|5}}{{cite web | url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/criteria-for-a-black-widow-r450633/review | title = Annihilator Criteria for a Black Widow review | access-date = December 2, 2011 | last = Huey | first = Steve | work = Allmusic | publisher = Rovi Corporation}}
| rev2 =Record Collector
| rev2Score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal | title = Ninth studio set from Jeff Waters et al, from 1999 | journal = Record Collector | date = December 2010 | first = Tim | last = Jones | issue = 382| url = http://www.recordcollectormag.com/reviews/review-detail/6315 | access-date = December 2, 2011}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Criteria for a Black Widow is the seventh studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Annihilator, released on June 1, 1999, by Roadrunner Records. It is the only album to feature the reunited Alice in Hell-era line-up (with the exception of bassist Wayne Darley, who declined to rejoin the band, and was replaced by Russ Bergquist).
Track listing
{{Track listing
| all_music = Jeff Waters
| title1 = Bloodbath
| lyrics1 = Jeff Waters, John Bates
| length1 = 5:21
| title2 = Back to the Palace
| lyrics2 = Waters, Bates
| length2 = 5:34
| title3 = Punctured
| lyrics3 = Waters, Bates
| length3 = 5:48
| title4 = Criteria for a Black Widow
| lyrics4 = Waters
| length4 = 5:57
| title5 = Schizos (Are Never Alone) Part III
| lyrics5 = Instrumental
| length5 = 5:52
| note5 = 4:26 on the 2010 reissue
| title6 = Nothing Left
| lyrics6 = Waters, Bates
| length6 = 4:51
| title7 = Loving the Sinner
| lyrics7 = Waters
| length7 = 4:38
| title8 = Double Dare
| lyrics8 = Waters, Bates
| length8 = 5:26
| title9 = Sonic Homicide
| lyrics9 = Waters
| length9 = 4:28
| title10 = Mending
| lyrics10 = Instrumental
| length10 = 2:46
| total_length = 50:41
}}
{{track listing
| headline = Re-release bonus tracks
| title11 = Loving the Sinner
| lyrics11 = Jeff Waters Vocal Version
| length11 = 4:34
| note11 = bonus track
| title12 = Jeff Waters Speaks
| lyrics12 = Waters
| length12 = 11:57
| note12 = bonus track
}}
Personnel
=Band members=
- Jeff Waters – guitar, bass, vocals, producer, engineer, mixing, liner notes
- Randy Rampage – vocals
- David Scott Davis – guitar
- Russell Bergquist – bass (not on the album)
- Ray Hartmann – drums
=Production=
- Mike Rogerson – engineer
- Paul Blake – assistant engineer
- Craig Waddell – mastering
- Victor Dezso – photography
- Carol Sirna – model
- Robert Stefanowicz – digital imaging
- Ralph Alfonso – package design
- Tom Bagley – restoration, drawing, logo illustration
References
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External links
- [https://www.allmusic.com/album/criteria-for-a-black-widow-mw0000258442 Criteria for a Black Widow] at AllMusic
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