The latest installment of this summer's deluxe remastered Beastie Boys series has been confirmed: Ill Communication will get the multi-format reissue treatment on July 14 on Capitol Records. Beastieboys.com is taking preorders as of July 6 for versions ranging from a digital download of the full album and bonus b-sides/rarities disc to an ultra-deluxe 3 LP 180HQ vinyl version packaged with a lenticular hardcover coffee table book case and limited to 1500 copies.
Debuting at #1 upon its May 1994 release,
Beastie Boys' fourth album would quickly become an unstoppable force of nature, pervading every aspect of pop culture and public consciousness. Its charge to the top of the charts was led by "
Sabotage" and its legendary Spike Jonze/Nathanial Hornblower helmed tribute to '70s TV police dramas, as
Rolling Stone dubbed
Ill Communication 1994's "
soundtrack for summer."
Crowds and critics alike were equally and instantly floored by hip hop highlights like the opening "Sure Shot," the classic Jimmy Smith homage "Root Down" and the Q-Tip collaboration "Get It Together," as a VIBE (RIP) cover story - the magazine's first on a white artist - hailed Beastie Boys as "perhaps the most consistently innovative musicians to emerge out of hip hop." It was a claim that Ill Communication would justify for years to come, as everything from the household name hits to instrumental favorites "Sabrosa" and "Ricky's Theme" to hardcore punk workouts "Tough Guy" and "Heart Attack Man" remain B Boys staples to this day.
And back then as now, Ill Communication's impact and momentum showed no signs of abating. 1995 saw Beastie Boys instantly sell out the Quadrophonic Joystick Tour, marking the band's return to arena-headlining status. They continued to circle the globe as the record went multi-platinum, finally taking a break after the historic first Tibetan Freedom Concert drew 100,000 attendees over two days at San Francisco's Golden Gate Park in June 1996.
Ill Communication (Remastered Edition) deluxe configurations are as follows:
Digital Download (album and b-sides)
Deluxe Digital Download (album, b-sides, videos, video director commentary)
Deluxe, limited collector’s vinyl + Digital Download
Standard double vinyl + Digital Download
Ecopack double CD + Digital Download
Shirt combos:
Digital + shirt
Standard Vinyl + shirt
CD + shirt
Deluxe, limited collector’s vinyl + shirt
The retail release date of all physical editions other than the 3xLP version will be July 14. The ultra deluxe will be released shortly thereafter.
Beastie Boys' all new Hot Sauce Committee Part 1 will be released September 15.
Beastie Boys: Ill Communication (Remastered Edition)
Disc 1:
01. Sure Shot
02. Tough Guy
03. B-Boys Makin’ With The Freak Freak
04. Bobo on the Corner
05. Root Down
06. Sabotage
07. Get It Together
08. Sabrosa
09. The Update
10. Futterman’s Rule
11. Alright Hear This
12. Eugene’s Lament
13. Flute Loop
14. Do It
15. Ricky’s Theme
16. Heart Attack Man
17. The Scoop
18. Shambala
19. Bodhisattva Vow
20. Transitions
Disc 2:
01. Root Down (Free Zone Mix) (Remixed By The Prunes)
02. Resolution Time
03. Get It Together (Buck-Wild Remix)
04. Dope Little Song
05. Sure Shot (European B-Boy Mix) (Remixed by the Prunes)
06. Heart Attack Man (Unplugged) (Previously Unreleased)
07. The Vibes
08. Atwater Basketball Association File No.172-C
09. Heart Attack Man (Live)
10. The Maestro (Live)
11. Mullet Head
12. Sure Shot (European B-Boy Instrumental) (Remixed By The Prunes)
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