Check Your Head
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Beastie Boys
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studio album
First released:
Apr 21 1992

Overview Edit

Check Your Head is the third album by the Beastie Boys, released on April 21, 1992.

Three years elapsed between the release of Paul's Boutique (the band's second album) and their recording of this album. Check Your Head was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California in 1991. The album features the popular hits "So Whatcha Want" and "Pass the Mic"; the music videos for both songs are available on the Criterion Collection Beastie Boys Video Anthology DVD set. The album was re-released in 2009 in a number of formats and featured 16 b-sides and rarities as well as a commentary track.</font>

The album is extensively broken down track-by-track by Mike D, MCA, Ad-Rock, Mario Caldato Jr., and Money Mark in Brian Coleman's book Check the Technique.

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Record label:
Catalog number:
98938
Release dates:
  • 1998 in Japan

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5 stars One of my favourite CDs
"Check Your Head" is, simply, the Beastie Boys' best album. They have done nothing better (only Paul's Boutique comes close) and I find it doubtful they ever will. Although this is awesome to listen to at any time, I personally prefer putting it in my walkman and listening while I'm walking or on the bus. It just puts you in an irrepressable groove. As the Boys say "Life ain't nothin' but a good groove, a good mix tape to put you in the right mood" and that was their intention with this album, w…
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3 stars Great
I liked this CD a lot. It does sag with the rhymes though, and when I heard the funky instrumentals for the first time, I really liked it. But then I heard "In Sound", and liked a bit less. Hard to put down, though, a great outing from an even better band.
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Track listing Edit

Credits Edit

  1. composer

    1. Beastie Boys [6,7,10,11,14]
    2. Mario Caldato Jr. [1,3,6,10,12,18]
    3. Mark Ramos-Nishita [2,5,10,13,15,16,17,20]

  2. design

    1. Glen E. Friedman [cover art]

  3. engineer

  4. performer

    1. Ad-Rock [guitar]
    2. Arturo "Ture" Oliva [percussion (5,19)]
    3. Drew Lawrence [cuica (6)]
    4. Drew Lawrence [congas (6)]
    5. James Bradley, Jr. [tamboura (2,4,10,13,16,20)]
    6. James Bradley, Jr. [mridunga (2,4,10,13,16,20)]
    7. Juanito Vazquez [bata' (5,15)]
    8. Juanito Vazquez [shakeree (5,15)]
    9. Mark Ramos-Nishita [clavinet]
    10. Mark Ramos-Nishita [keyboard]
    11. Mark Ramos-Nishita [wurlitzer]
    12. Mark Ramos-Nishita [master carpenter]
    13. MCA [bass guitar]
    14. Mike D [drums]
    15. Nax Setevassac [vocals (14)]

  1. producer

  2. writer

    1. Beastie Boys [except 8,9,17]
    5. Sly Stone [9]

Other versions Edit

Check Your Head 20 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: 98938
release dates: Apr 21 1992
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Check Your Head 20 tracks format: 1 x CD
record label: Capitol Records
catalog number: CDP.7989382
release dates: Apr 21 1992
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  • recorded and mixed at G.Son Studios, Atwater Village, CA

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