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No. 15Rolling Stone’s 500 greatest albums1988
It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back album coverNo. 15

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back

Public Enemy

It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back by Public Enemy is No. 15 on Rolling Stone's list of the 500 greatest albums of all time (2020 edition). It came out in 1988, has 16 tracks and runs 58 minutes. It sits between London Calling (No. 16) and Exile on Main Street (No. 14).

1988 · 16 tracks · No. 15 of 500

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Track list

  1. Countdown to Armageddon
  2. Bring the Noise
  3. Don't Believe the Hype
  4. Cold Lampin' with Flavor
  5. Terminator X to the Edge of Panic
  6. Mind Terrorist
  7. Louder Than a Bomb
  8. Caught, Can We Get a Witness?
  9. Show 'Em Whatcha Got
  10. She Watch Channel Zero?!
  11. Night of the Living Baseheads
  12. Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos
  13. Security of the First World
  14. Rebel Without a Pause
  15. Prophets of Rage
  16. Party for Your Right to Fight

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