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| Released | February 25, 1992[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1991 | |||
| Studio | Pantego Sound (Pantego, Texas) | |||
| Genre | Groove metal[2][3] | |||
| Length | 52:48 | |||
| Label | Atco | |||
| Producer | Terry Date, Vinnie Paul | |||
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Vulgar Display of Power is the sixth studio album by American heavy metal band Pantera. Released on February 25, 1992, through Atco Records, it was the band's second collaboration with producer Terry Date, after having worked with him on their breakthrough album Cowboys from Hell (1990).
The album was well received by both critics and fans, and is Pantera's highest selling album to date, eventually being certified double platinum.[4] It is often considered one of the most influential heavy metal albums of the 1990s.[5] In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked Vulgar Display of Power 10th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time'.[6] Several of its tracks have become among the band's best known, such as "Mouth for War", "A New Level", "Walk", "Fucking Hostile", and "This Love". Vulgar Display of Power received an expanded reissue in 2012, including an unreleased track, "Piss".
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- ^ "Gold & Platinum". Recording Industry Association of America.
- ^ Robinson, Joe. "Top 11 Metal Albums of the 1990s". Loudwire. Retrieved May 24, 2012.
- ^ "Rolling Stone Share Their Choices for 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time'". June 21, 2017.