Pound for Pound

Pound for Pound is the fifth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil, released in 1988.

Pound for Pound
Studio album by Anvil
Released	21 September 1988
Recorded	1988
Studio	Quest Recording Studios, Oshawa, Canada
Genre	Heavy metal, speed metal
Length	36:40
Label	Metal Blade / Enigma (North America) ZYX Metallic (Germany)
Producer	Anvil, Paul Lachapelle, Mel Berger
Anvil chronology
Strength of Steel (1987) Pound for Pound (1988) Past and Present – Live in Concert (1989)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal	8/10[2]
Rock Hard	8.0/10[3]

Track listing

All songs written by Anvil

Side one

1. "Blood on the Ice" – 5:26
2. "Corporate Preacher" – 4:07
3. "Toe Jam" – 2:46
4. "Safe Sex" – 3:22

Side two

5. "Where Does All the Money Go?" – 4:06
6. "Brain Burn" – 3:30
7. "Senile King" – 4:05
8. "Machine Gun" – 2:56
9. "Fire in the Night" – 6:10
10. "Cramps" – 0:12

Personnel

Anvil

• Steve "Lips" Kudlow – vocals, lead guitar
• Dave Allison – rhythm guitar
• Ian Dickson – bass
• Robb Reiner – drums

Production

• Paul Lachapelle – producer, engineer, mixing
• Mel Berger – executive producer

References

1. Anderson, Jason. "Anvil Pound for Pound review". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 September 2011.
2. Popoff, Martin (1 November 2005). The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 2: The Eighties. Burlington, Ontario, Canada: Collector's Guide Publishing. p. 25. ISBN 978-1894959315.
3. Stratmann, Holger (1988). "Review Album: Anvil – Pound For Pound". Rock Hard (in German). No. 30. Retrieved 21 January 2017.