N.O. Hits at All are a series of compilation albums by American musician Nick Oliveri, released through Heavy Psych Sounds Records.[1] The tracks used on these albums are from bands Oliveri has provided vocals for either as a member or a guest.

Background

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In November 2016, Oliveri announced the release of a series of compilation albums titled, N.O. Hits at All, to be issued on Heavy Psych Sounds Records.[2] As of 2024, nine volumes have been released.[1]

Track listings

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.1

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.1 was released on January 27, 2017.[2]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."Lockdown"Komatsu3:54
2."Anything and Everything"Death Acoustic2:13
3."Revenge"Winnebago Deal0:54
4."Speedfreak"Svetlanas2:52
5."Time to Think / Surf&Destroy"Death Acoustic4:34
6."Eccentric Man"Ken Pustelnik's Groundhogs4:21

Notes

  • "Anything and Everything" is an acoustic version of the song "Anything That Moves", which appears on Vol.5.

N.O. Hits at All Vol.2

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.2 was released on July 7, 2017.[3]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."We Only Came to Get High"Dwarves1:26
2."Nothing at All"Royale Daemons4:00
3."Back to Dungaree High" (Turbonegro cover)Queens of the Stone Age3:03
4."Wastoid"You Know Who2:04
5."John Lawman / Green Machine"Nick Oliveri5:59
6."In the Butt"Lightnin' Woodcock3:31

Notes

N.O. Hits at All Vol.3

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.3 was released on October 20, 2017.[4]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."R'N'R Outlaw" (Rose Tattoo cover)Royale Daemons2:54
2."Luv Is Fiction"Dwarves2:51
3."Medication"He Who Can Not Be Named3:21
4."Kyuss Dies!"Kyuss Lives!3:43
5."Country as Fuck"Plan B2:15
6."The Mob Rules" (Black Sabbath cover)Melissa Auf der Maur's Hand of Doom2:57

Notes

  • "Luv Is Fiction" is one of three separate recordings/reworkings of the song. The second version being featured in the Dwarves album The Dwarves Invented Rock & Roll, and the third in Leave Me Alone.
  • "Kyuss Dies!" is listed as being performed by Kyuss Lives!, despite the band having changed its name to Vista Chino. This indicates that the song may have been recorded while the band was still operating under the former moniker. The song was later rerecorded for the Mondo Generator album, Fuck It.

N.O. Hits at All Vol.4

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.4 was released on February 23, 2018.[5][6]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."Walk On"The Uncontrollable2:41
2."Identify, Isolate, Manipulate"Biblical Proof of UFOs2:34
3."Endless Vacation" (Ramones cover)Death Acoustic1:41
4."Hanging Low"Loading Data4:22
5."Fuck You Up and Get High"Dwarves0:35
6."Super Hero"He Who Can Not Be Named2:16
7."Don't Believe"Rattlin' Bones2:18
8."Susy Is a Headbanger" (Ramones cover)Jennifer Finch's Brats on the Beat2:09

Notes

  • "Walk On" is a reworking of "Come and You're Gone" from Oliveri's solo album, Leave Me Alone.
  • "Super Hero" features Oliveri on vocals rather than Blag Dahlia on the original version from the HeWhoCannotBeNamed album Love.

N.O. Hits at All Vol.5

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.5 was released on October 12, 2018.[7]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."It's You I Don't Believe"Dwarves1:32
2."Head" (Simon Stokes cover)Simon Strokes1:25
3."976 - Whore"Mondo Generator3:02
4."Won't Let Me Go"Death Acoustic3:44
5."People Suck"Svetlanas1:35
6."Crashed Out and Burnt"The Situationalists1:40
7."Anything That Moves"Dwarves2:07
8."Campfire Kyuss"Death Acoustic5:38

Notes

  • "It's You I Don't Believe" and "Anything That Moves" are two songs taken from the Dwarves' album Take Back the Night. The former song was rerecorded for Mondo Generator's Fuck It.
  • "Anything and Everything" from Vol.1 and "Anything That Moves" are the same song, aside from the former being an acoustic version and the latter being a studio version with the Dwarves.
  • The artwork for Vol.5 contains ball-peen hammers with blood on them. This is most likely a reference to the Roky Erickson song "Bloody Hammer", upon which Oliveri recorded a cover version for with Queens of the Stone Age and Mondo Generator.
  • "Campfire Kyuss" consists of acoustic versions of various Kyuss songs, including "Gardenia" from Welcome to Sky Valley, and "The Law", "Big Bikes" and "I'm Not", all from Wretch.
  • "976 Whore" is a reworking of "Night Calls" from the Mondo Generator album Hell Comes to Your Heart. A re-recorded shorter version of the song later appeared on Mondo Generator's Shooters Bible.
  • "Won't Let Me Go" is an acoustic version of "Won't Let Go", also from Hell Comes to Your Heart. The latter was later re-recorded and appeared on Shooters Bible.

N.O. Hits at All Vol.666

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N.O. Hits All Vol.666 was released on March 6, 2020.[8]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."Bleed Alright"Dwarves2:53
2."Life as One"Nick Oliveri's Uncontrollable1:39
3."U.S.A."Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic (credited to Stöner)2:05
4."You Turn Me On"Dwarves3:29
5."Listening to the Daze (Portland Demo Session)"Mondo Generator3:29
6."The Cure"H.O.D. "High On Pussy"2:39
7."Behind the Walls (Intro)"Starring Blag Dahlia as Rex Everything0:47
8."I Love You to Death"V.L.D. "Virgin Lovers Die"3:14
9."Fuck 'Em All (Atlanta Session)"I.O.D. "Infected Organ Donors"1:22
10."Bite It You Scum"Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic3:13
11."S.V.E.T.L.A.N.A.S."Two Headed Dog 
12."In Pieces"Mondo Generator4:10

Notes

  • Two separate track listings of this album exist, with the songs "The Cure" and "S.V.E.T.L.A.N.A.S." being replaced on the other version by "Lovely Bong" by The Young Tuffs, and "Auto 2000 Demo Session 2000" by Stöner, respectively.[8]
  • "Fuck 'Em All" is a reworking of the song of the same name from the Dwarves album, Thank Heaven for Little Girls, and features Oliveri on vocals instead of Blag Dahlia.
  • "Bite It You Scum" is an acoustic cover of the song of the same name by GG Allin.
  • "In Pieces" is a reworking of the song "Like a Bomb" from the Mondo Generator album, Dead Planet.

N.O. Hits at All Vol.7

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.7 was released on July 2, 2021.[9]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."Bram Stalker"Bram Stalker2:54
2."I Am Your Sun"Death Machine II (DMII)3:38
3."Up & Down Under"Nick Oliveri & The Black Armada3:13
4."ME 262"Captain Dick & The Seamen5:06
5."Infected"Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic2:31
6."Without a Sound"Full Tone Generator2:02
7."Predators"Gunash2:15
8."Disease with No Control"Nick Oliveri's Uncontrollable3:13
9."Warning"Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic2:22
10."I Want You / She's So Heavy"Mondo Generator7:46

Notes

  • "Bram Stalker" was originally titled "Dormant" for its single release by Bram Stalker.
  • "Disease with No Control" is a rerecording of the version that appeared on Mondo Generator's Fuck It.

N.O. Hits at All Vol.8

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.8 was released on January 19, 2024.[10]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."Chains and Shackles"Slash, Eric Valentine, Josh Freese, Nick Oliveri4:31
2."Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction"Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic2:54
3."I'm Not Dead"He Who Can Not Be Named (with Rex Everything)2:46
4."Back Off Boogaloo"Nick Oliveri and the Drug Store Cowboy3:59
5."The Lords Are Here to Ride"Death Machine III3:16
6."She Wanted to Leave"Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic1:49
7."Outlaw Scumfuc"Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic5:26

N.O. Hits at All Vol.9

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N.O. Hits at All Vol.9 was released on January 19, 2024.[10]

No.TitlePerformed byLength
1."Death March"Temple of Deimos (with Nick Oliveri)2:43
2."Blast Off"Nick Oliveri's Uncontrollable1:50
3."Twitter Troll"Dead End America1:29
4."Up Against the Void"Mondo Generator2:21
5."Blow Up the Embassy"Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic2:25
6."Road Warrior"Death Machine II3:44
7."Conspiracy (Fact or Theory)"Mondo Generator4:08
8."Consider Me"Nick Oliveri's Death Acoustic2:51
9."Take Aim"Nebula (with Nick Oliveri)5:07

References

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  1. ^ a b "Nick Oliveri". Heavy Psych Sounds. Retrieved April 11, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "NICK OLIVERI To Release 'N.O. Hits At All'". Blabbermouth.net. November 29, 2016. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  3. ^ "NICK OLIVERI - N.O. Hits At All Vol. 2, by HEAVY PSYCH SOUNDS Records". Bandcamp. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  4. ^ "Nick Oliveri (ex- QOTSA) to release collaborative album 'N.O. Hits At All, Vol.3' in OctoberMetal Insider". Metal Insider. August 10, 2017. Retrieved August 25, 2017.
  5. ^ "Full Album Stream: Nick Oliveri – "N.O. Hits at All Vol. 4"". Decibel Magazine. February 20, 2018. Retrieved July 14, 2018.
  6. ^ "NICK OLIVERI to Release 'N.O. Hits at All Vol. 4' on Feb. 23". The Obelisk. November 28, 2017. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  7. ^ "Nick Oliveri Announces Oct. 12 Release for N.O. Hits at All Vol. 5". The Obelisk. July 13, 2018. Retrieved July 21, 2018.
  8. ^ a b "Nick Oliveri N.O. Hits At All Vol. 666 by Heavy Psych Sounds Records". Bandcamp. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
  9. ^ "Nick Oliveri is coming back with the Volume 7 of his N.O. Hits At All solo series". Doomed Nation. Retrieved August 25, 2021.
  10. ^ a b "NICK OLIVERI: new albums "N.O. HITS AT ALL VOL 8 & 9" announced!". Metal Planet Music. October 25, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.