Licensed to Ill

~ Release group by Beastie Boys

Album

Release	Format	Date/Area	Label
Official
Licensed to Ill	12" Vinyl	1986-11-15 US	Columbia, Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	1986-11-15 US	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	1986-11 US	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	1986 AU 1986 XE	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	1986 CA	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	12" Vinyl	1986 XE	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	1986 XE	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	12" Vinyl	1986 GB	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	1986 US	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	12" Vinyl	1986 US	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill (BMG club edition)	CD	1986 US	Def Jam Recordings, BMG Direct Marketing, Inc.
Licensed to Ill	CD	1993-07-21 JP	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill (Remastered)	CD	1995-07-17 AU 2000-04-03 GB 2000 XE	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	1995-10-25 JP	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill (Manufactured and distributed by PolyGram Group Canada Inc.)	CD	1996 CA	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	1999 KR	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	CD	2000 ZA	Universal Music
Licensed to Ill	SHM-CD	2011-10-12 JP	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill	Digital Media	2012-11-02 AL 2012-11-02 DZ (show 191 more) 2012-11-02 ZW	Def Jam Recordings, Island Def Jam, Universal
Licensed To Ill (30th Anniversary Edition)	Vinyl	2016-11-16 US	Def Jam Recordings, UMe
Licensed to Ill (30th Anniversary Edition, Reissue, 180 Gram, Gatefold,)	12" Vinyl	2016 XE	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed To Ill (24 96 hi-res version)	Digital Media	2023-09-12 XW	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed To Ill (90's repress, made in Germany by PMDC)	CD	- XE	Def Jam Recordings
Licensed to Ill (repress, Made in UK by PMDC)	CD	- GB	Def Jam Recordings
Bootleg
Licensed to Ill (Instrumentals)	12" Vinyl	1986 US
Original Ill	CD	1997 US	Blue Moon

Relationships

part of:	8th Annual Smash Hits Reader’s Poll – Worst LP (number: 2) (order: 2) My Life in Music: Prince Paul (number: I) (order: 8) Z-Trip’s Top Nine 80s Records (number: 8) (order: 8) Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (number: 48) (order: 48) Billboard Decade End Chart: Billboard 200 (number: 58) (order: 59) The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 59) (order: 59) Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 66) (order: 66) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 192) (order: 192) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 192) (order: 192) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 217) (order: 217) Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 219) (order: 219) 1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (number: 565) (order: 566)

part of:

8th Annual Smash Hits Reader’s Poll – Worst LP (number: 2) (order: 2)
My Life in Music: Prince Paul (number: I) (order: 8)
Z-Trip’s Top Nine 80s Records (number: 8) (order: 8)
Rolling Stone: 100 Best Debut Albums of All Time (number: 48) (order: 48)
Billboard Decade End Chart: Billboard 200 (number: 58) (order: 59)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 59) (order: 59)
Uncut: The 100 Greatest Debut Albums (2006) (number: 66) (order: 66)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 192) (order: 192)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 192) (order: 192)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 217) (order: 217)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 219) (order: 219)
1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die (number: 565) (order: 566)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/20090 [info]
reviews:	https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/9718/Beastie-Boys-Licensed-to-Ill/ [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/beastie_boys/licensed_to_ill/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000649870 [info]
Wikidata:	Q1073460 [info]

Licensed to Ill

Genres: hip hop, rap rock, east coast hip hop, progressive

Other tags: cut-up dj, golden age, hip hop rap, east coast rap, mid-school hip hop

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