Far Beyond Driven is the seventh studio album by Pantera, released on March 22, 1994, by Elektra Records and East West Records. Pantera‘s fastest-selling album, it peaked at number 1 on the Billboard 200 and was certified Platinum by the RIAA. The album was also certified Platinum by the Canadian RIAA. Far Beyond Driven is the first album by Pantera where the band’s guitarist Darrell Abbott is credited as “Dimebag Darrell”, having changed his nickname from “Diamond Darrell” soon after Vulgar Display of Power was released. The Japanese and the Driven Downunder Tour ’94 Souvenir Collection editions contain a bonus thirteenth track, “The Badge”, a Poison Idea cover. This cover was also featured on The Crow soundtrack.
Tracklist:
- Strength Beyond Strength
- Becoming
- 5 Minutes Alone
- I’m Broken
- Good Friends and a Bottle of Pills
- Hard Lines, Sunken Cheeks
- Slaughtered
- 25 Years
- Shedding Skin
- Use My Third Arm
- Throes of Rejection
- Planet Caravan” (Black Sabbath cover)
Pantera
Phil Anselmo: vocals
Dimebag Darrell: guitars
Rex Brown: bass
Vinnie Paul: drums
Production
Terry Date: production, engineering, mixing
Pantera: co-production, arranging
Ted Jensen: mastering
Darrell Lance Abbott (August 20, 1966 – December 8, 2004)
Vincent Paul Abbott (March 11, 1964 – June 22, 2018).
