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History. "Rebel Without a Pause" was the first song created for It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back. The group had recently finished a tour with fellow Def Jam artists LL Cool J and Eric B. & Rakim, among others. According to Chuck D., the group felt that their prior album Yo! Bum Rush The Show was already dated, as production ...
Released: January 6, 1989. It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back is the second studio album by American hip hop group Public Enemy, released on June 28, 1988, [7] by Def Jam Recordings and Columbia Records. It was recorded from 1987 to 1988 in sessions at Chung King Studios, Greene St. Recording, and Sabella Studios in New York.
The song's lyrics are mostly about the political issues that were current in the United States at the time of its release. "Don't Believe the Hype" charted at number 18 on the U.S. R&B chart and also reached a high of 18 in the UK Singles Chart in July 1988. Chuck D has stated the song was inspired by the works of Noam Chomsky.
Fragile (Yes album) Fragile. (Yes album) Fragile is the fourth studio album by the English progressive rock band Yes, released in the UK on 12 November 1971 [5] and in the US on 4 January 1972 by Atlantic Records. [6] It was the band's first album to feature keyboardist Rick Wakeman, who replaced Tony Kaye after the group had finished touring ...
Professional ratings. The Steven Wilson Remixes is a box set by the English progressive rock band Yes. Released on 29 June 2018, it compiles remixed versions of five of the band's albums— The Yes Album (1971), Fragile (1971), Close to the Edge (1972), Tales from Topographic Oceans (1973), and Relayer (1974)—overseen by Steven Wilson.
Yes Remixes is a remix album featuring the songs of progressive rock band Yes and was released in 2003. Taking material harking back from 1970's Time and a Word to 1980s Drama, Virgil Howe a.k.a. "The Verge" (and son of Steve Howe) re-imagined Yes's music into a techno context, dramatically altering the band's sound. Although it briefly dented ...
A1. "Rebel Without a Pause" (from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back) – 4:18 A2. "Bring the Noise" (from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back) – 3:47 B1. "Don't Believe the Hype" (from It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back) – 5:19 B2.
As a single, "Fight the Power" reached number one on Hot Rap Singles and number 20 on the Hot R&B Singles. It was named the best single of 1989 by The Village Voice in their Pazz & Jop critics' poll. It has become Public Enemy's best-known song and has received accolades as one of the greatest songs of all time by critics and publications.