Check Your Head - Definition and Overview

Check Your Head
Album by The Beastie Boys
Released	April 21, 1992
Recorded	1991-1992
Genre	Old school rap
Length	53 min 29 sec
Label	Capitol
Producer	Mario Caldato, Jr.
Professional reviews
Allmusic.com	5 stars out of 5	link (http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&uid=UIDCASS70311061608252709&sql=Aema9kect7q7x)
Rolling Stone	3½ stars out of 5	link (http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album?id=239478)
The Beastie Boys chronology
Paul's Boutique (1989)	Check Your Head (1992)	Ill Communication (1994)

Check Your Head is an album by the Beastie Boys. It was released on April 21, 1992.

Three years elapsed between the release of the band's second album, Paul's Boutique and their recording of this album and all songs were cut at the G-Son Studios in Atwater Village, California in 1991.

Tracks

1. "Jimmy James" - 3:14
2. "Funky Boss" - 1:35
3. "Pass the Mic" - 4:17
4. "Gratitude" - 2:45
5. "Lighten Up" - 2:41
6. "Finger Lickin' Good" - 3:39
7. "So What'cha Want" - 3:37
8. "The Biz Vs. The Nuge" - :33
9. "Time for Livin'" - 1:48
10. "Something's Got To Give" - 3:28
11. "The Blue Nun" - :32
12. "Stand Together"- 2:47
13. "Pow" - 2:13
14. "The Maestro" - 2:52
15. "Groove Holmes" - 2:33
16. "Live at P.J.'s" - 3:18
17. "Mark on the Bus" - 1:05
18. "Professor Booty" - 4:13
19. "In 3's" - 2:23
20. "Namasté" - 4:01

Chart positions

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - album

1992 Check Your Head            The Billboard 200                    No. 10
1992 Check Your Head            Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums               No. 37

Billboard Music Charts (North America) - singles

1992 So What'cha Want           The Billboard Hot 100                No. 93 
1992 So What'cha Want           Hot Rap Singles                      No. 18 
1992 So What'cha Want           Modern Rock Tracks                   No. 22 
1992 Pass The Mic Hot           Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales       No. 38 
1992 So What'cha Want           Hot Dance Music/Maxi-Singles Sales   No. 26