Overkill - Taking Over (1987)

Overkill - Taking Over (1987)

Tracklist front / back album covers

1. "Deny the Cross"   4:43

2. "Wrecking Crew"   4:32

3. "Fear His Name"   5:24

4. "Use Your Head"   4:19

5. "Fatal if Swallowed"   6:45

6. "Powersurge"   4:36

7. "In Union We Stand"   4:26

8. "Electro-Violence"   3:45

9. "Overkill II (The Nightmare Continues)"   7:07

Total length:   45:37

Overkill Band Members / Musicians

Bobby "Blitz" Ellsworth – vocals

Bobby Gustafson – guitar

Rat Skates – drums

D. D. Verni – bass

Overkill – production

Alex Perialas – engineering, mixing, producer

Tom Coyne – mastering

Stephen Innocenzi – mastering (CD edition)

Jon Zazula – executive producer

Bill Benson – cover painting

Taking Over is the 2nd studio album by thrash metal band Overkill, released in March 1987 through Atlantic and Megaforce Records. The album is Overkill's last to feature drummer Rat Skates, who left the band later in 1987 and was replaced by Sid Falck. It was also the first to be released through Atlantic, who would release all of the band's albums up to W.F.O. (1994).