About to Crack

About To Crack
About To Crack
Studio album by Vitamin X
Released	11 September 2012
Studio	Electrical Audio
Genre	Hardcore punk, crossover thrash
Length	18:25
Label	Tankcrimes, Agipunk
Producer	Steve Albini
Vitamin X chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Ox-Fanzine	8/10^[1]

About To Crack is the fifth studio album by Dutch punk hardcore band Vitamin X. Released through Tankcrimes on 11 September 2012 in the US, Agipunk in Europe and Peculio Discos in Brazil. The album was recorded at Electrical Audio in Chicago by Steve Albini.^[2]

An animation video of the song 'About To Crack' was released in 2016 based on John Baizleys artwork and created by Marco IMOV from IMOV Studios.^[3] The video features (animated) cameos from people across the punk and metal scenes (Lemmy, Danzig, Municipal Waste, Ozzy, etc.).^[4] The cartoon style owes a debt to Beavis & Butthead while paying homage to The Simpsons.^[5] The video went viral, reached millions of views ^[6] on youtube and was selected for the 2016 Annecy International Animation Festival ^[7]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are written by Marc Emmerik, except where noted

No.	Title	Length
1.	"About To Crack"	1.14
2.	"Ready To Burn"	1:40
3.	"Carnival Of Fools"	1:03
4.	"Crank It Up"	1:02
5.	"Straight Back"	1:20
6.	"Maelstrom"	1:28
7.	"I Don't Know What To Say"	1:28
8.	"Shatter The Beast" (Lyrics: Emmerik/Koutsman)	1:21
9.	"Outta Here"	1:09
10.	"No Return"	1:12
11.	"Raise The Flag"	0:51
12.	"Sick And Tired" (Koutsman)	1:23
13.	"Mind Control/Crowd Control"	1:24
14.	"Last Laugh"	1:50

Personnel[edit]

Marko Korac - vocals^[8]
Marc Emmerik - guitars, backing vocals
Alex Koutsman - bass, backing vocals
Wolfram "Wolfi" Eggebrecht - drums
Steve Albini - recording, engineering, mixing
Dan Randall - mastering
Benjamin Flint - assistant engineer
Patrick Delabie - additional dubs
John Dyer Baizley - art
Gijs Edge, Marc, Marko - layout

References[edit]

^ Hiller, Joachim (June 2013). "VITAMIN X About To Crack". Ox-fanzine.de. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^ Joseffer, Jordan (2010-03-22). "Vitamin X". Thrasher. Retrieved 2015-06-25.
^ "Watch a Skateboarding Skeleton Raise Hell in Vitamin X's New Video for "About to Crack"". Noisey.vice.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "Vitamin X: "About to Crack"". Punknews.org. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "Vitamin X 'About To Crack' by Marco Imov on Promo News". Promonews.tv. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.
^ "VITAMIN X: Amsterdam-Based Hardcore Punk Act To Release New LP Through Southern Lord This Spring". Earsplitcompound.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ "Onze films de Wallonie-Bruxelles au Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy". Wbi.be. Retrieved 5 September 2020.
^ "Vitamin X - About to Crack". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2022-11-17.

[1] Hiller, Joachim (June 2013). "VITAMIN X About To Crack". Ox-fanzine.de. Retrieved 11 March 2020.

[Thrasher-2] Joseffer, Jordan (2010-03-22). "Vitamin X". Thrasher. Retrieved 2015-06-25.

[3] "Watch a Skateboarding Skeleton Raise Hell in Vitamin X's New Video for "About to Crack"". Noisey.vice.com. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[4] "Vitamin X: "About to Crack"". Punknews.org. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[5] "Vitamin X 'About To Crack' by Marco Imov on Promo News". Promonews.tv. Archived from the original on 9 September 2017. Retrieved 11 July 2017.

[6] "VITAMIN X: Amsterdam-Based Hardcore Punk Act To Release New LP Through Southern Lord This Spring". Earsplitcompound.com. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[7] "Onze films de Wallonie-Bruxelles au Festival International du Film d'Animation d'Annecy". Wbi.be. Retrieved 5 September 2020.

[8] "Vitamin X - About to Crack". Discogs.com. Retrieved 2022-11-17.

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