- east coast hip hop, hip hop, funk, rap rock
- 53 min
- 20 tracks
- Capitol Records
Check Your Head is the third studio album by the American hip-hop group Beastie Boys, released on April 21, 1992, by Grand Royal and Capitol Records. It was their first album in three years, following Paul's Boutique (1989), and was recorded at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village in 1991 under the guidance of producer Mario Caldato Jr., the group's third producer in as many albums.
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Character
Spare, cool, warm and character-led.
- sparerichly built
- cooloverwhelming
- warmbleak
- character-ledplot-driven
- classical in formformally daring
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- AllMusic5/5 ★
- The A.V. ClubA−
- Entertainment WeeklyA
- Mojo4/5 ★
- Pitchfork6.7/10
- PopMatters9/10
- Q5/5 ★
- Record Collector5/5 ★
- Rolling Stone4/5 ★
- Spin Alternative Record Guide8/10
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Tracks
- A1Jimmy James3:14
- A2Funky Boss1:35
- A3Pass The Mic4:16
- A4Gratitude2:45
- A5Lighten Up2:41
- B1Finger Lickin' Good3:39
- B2So What'cha Want3:37
- B3The Biz Vs The Nuge0:33
- B4Time For Livin'1:48
- B5Something's Got To Give3:28
- C1The Blue Nun0:31
- C2Stand Together2:47
- C3Pow2:13
- C4The Maestro2:52
- C5Groove Holmes2:33
- D1Live At P.J.'s3:18
- D2Mark On The Bus1:05
- D3Professor Booty4:11
- D4In 3's2:22
- D5Namasté4:01
20 tracks, 53 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Beastie Boys
- Label
- Capitol Records
- Released
- 1992
- Type
- Album
- Format
- 12" Vinyl
- Country
- XE
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