Persistence of Time
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| Studio album by Anthrax | ||||
| Released | August 21, 1990 | |||
| Recorded | December 1989-February 1990 | |||
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A&M Studios and Conway Studios, Hollywood, California Soundtrack Studios, New York City |
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| Genre | Thrash metal | |||
| Length | 58:40 | |||
| Label | Megaforce, Island | |||
| Producer | Anthrax, Mark Dodson, Jon Zazula, Marsha Zazula | |||
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| Singles from Persistence of Time | ||||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   |
| Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal | 7/10 |
| Encyclopedia of Popular Music | |
| The New Rolling Stone Album Guide |  |
Persistence of Time is the fifth studio album by the American thrash metal band Anthrax. It was released on August 21, 1990 through Megaforce Worldwide/Island Records and was nominated in 1991 for a Grammy Award in the Best Metal Performance category.
The album included the singles, "Got the Time" (a Joe Jackson cover) and "In My World" (which was performed by the band on the Married... with Children episode, "My Dinner with Anthrax"). Persistence of Time was the last full Anthrax album to feature vocalist Joey Belladonna until 2011's Worship Music.
Anthrax returned to the studio in the fall of 1989 with Mark Dodson (who produced the previous album, State of Euphoria) to start work on their fifth album. Recording of the album was difficult, with a large structure fire causing the band to lose more than $100,000 worth of gear and their rehearsal studio on 24 January 1990. Following this disaster, the band moved to a different studio in late February of that year to finish work on the album.
The album's tone is decidedly more contemplative and mature than the bulk of Anthrax's previous work. Abandoning the humor and comic book references which were common on their previous albums, the lyrical focus of Persistence of Time is the need for tolerance and peace. Reaction to Persistence of Time was mixed, with critics and fans alternately panning and praising this darker sound. The band also introduced a progressive side of the music which had not been present in their earlier work, while also placing a reduced emphasis on typical thrash metal elements such as fast tempo and aggression.
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