This Is Thirteen

2007 studio album by Anvil

This Is Thirteen

Studio album by

Anvil

Released

2007

Studio

The Ecology Room, Deal, Kent, England

Genre

Heavy metal, speed metal

Length

51:01

Label

Self-released, re-released in 2009 by VH1 Classic Records

Producer

Chris Tsangarides

Anvil chronology

Back to Basics
(2004)

This Is Thirteen
(2007)

Juggernaut of Justice
(2011)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

This Is Thirteen is the thirteenth studio album by Canadian heavy metal band Anvil. The original release of This Is Thirteen has 13 tracks to coincide with the album title. Some tracks are included in the movie Anvil! The Story of Anvil, which devotes some time to the recording of the album, specifically the song "Game Over". In addition, "Burning Bridges" is heard in The Final Destination, but is not on the soundtrack to that film. This Is Thirteen sold over 1,400 copies in its first week of release in the United States,^[2] and by 2009 it had sold over 7,300 copies in the United States.

Track listing

No.	Title	Length
1.	"This Is Thirteen"	6:40
2.	"Bombs Away"	3:28
3.	"Burning Bridges"	5:52
4.	"Ready to Fight"	4:14
5.	"Flying Blind"	3:11
6.	"Room #9"	3:50
7.	"Axe to Grind"	4:33
8.	"Feed the Greed"	3:52
9.	"Big Business"	3:26
10.	"Should'a Would'a Could'a"	3:06
11.	"Worry"	3:15
12.	"Game Over"	2:58
13.	"American Refugee"	2:36

Bonus track
No.	Title	Length
14.	"Thumb Hang"	6:00

Vinyl/Australian/Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.	Title	Length
15.	"Metal on Metal (2009)"	4:07
16.	"666 (2009)"	4:43

Personnel

Anvil

Steve "Lips" Kudlow - vocals, lead guitar
Glenn Five - bass
Robb Reiner - drums

Additional musicians

Ivan Hurd - guitar solos on "Worry", "Burning Bridges" and "Room #9"

Production

Chris Tsangarides - producer, engineer, mixing

Charts

Chart (2009)	Peak position
US Independent Albums (Billboard)^[3]	50
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)^[4]	18

References

^ Huey, Steve. "Anvil - This Is Thirteen review". AllMusic. Retrieved 17 April 2010.
^ "ANVIL: 'Juggernaut Of Justice' First-Week Sales Revealed". Blabbermouth.net. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
^ "Anvil Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2018.
^ "Anvil Chart History (Heatseekers Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved 6 June 2018.