Fear of a Black Planet

~ Release group by Public Enemy

Album

Release	Artist	Format	Tracks	Country/Date	Label	Catalog#	Barcode
Official
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	12" Vinyl	20	US1990-03-20	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)	C 45413	074644541311
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	CD	20	GB1990-04-30 XE1990	CBS (CBS Records’ international imprint from 1962–1990; renamed since 1991 as Columbia), Def Jam Recordings (US)	466281 2	5099746628123
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	CD	20	CA1990	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)	CK 45413	074644541328
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	CD	20	CA1990	Def Jam Recordings (US)	CCK 45413	074644541328
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	12" Vinyl	20	XE1990	Def Jam Recordings (US)	466281 1	5099746628116
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	CD	20	JP1990	CBS/Sony (imprint used in Japan, South Korea and Southeast Asia 1968–1991; also used in Spain until 1997), Def Jam Recordings (US)	CSCS 5102	4988009510224
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	Cassette	20	NL1990	Def Jam Recordings (US)	466281 4	5099746628147
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	CD	20	US1990	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)	CK 45413	074644541328
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	Cassette	20	US1990	Columbia (Sony Music, worldwide except JP; formerly owned by CBS between 1938–1990 within US/CA/MX), Def Jam Recordings (US)	45413, CT 45413, CT45413	074644541342
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	CD	20	US1994-07-26	Def Jam Recordings (US)	314 523 446-2	731452344625
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	CD	20	AU1994-11-21	Def Jam Recordings (US)	523 446-2	731452344625
Fear of a Black Planet	Public Enemy	CD	20	XE1994-11-22	Def Jam Recordings (US)	523 446-2	731452344625
Fear of a Black Planet (deluxe edition)	Public Enemy	2×Digital Media	20 + 18	US2014-11-24	Def Jam Recordings (US)		602547045966
Fear of a Black Planet (deluxe edition)	Public Enemy	2×CD	20 + 18	US2014-11-25	Def Jam Recordings (US), UMe (imprint of Universal Music Enterprises)	B0022079-02	602547045744

Relationships

dedicated to:	Oliver X. Beasley Brother Huey P. Newton Yusef Hawkins Keith (Cowboy) Wiggins (US hip hop MC Keith Wiggins, in The Furious Five)

associated singles/EPs:	911 Is a Joke Brothers Gonna Work It Out Can’t Do Nuttin’ for Ya Man Fight the Power Welcome to the Terrordome
included in:	3 Original CDs: Yo! Bum Rush the Show / It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back / Fear of a Black Planet

part of:

My Life in Music: Wyclef Jean (SPIN magazine, 2003-12) (number: G) (order: 7)
My Life in Music: Tom Morello (SPIN magazine, 2003-10) (number: K) (order: 11)
David Keenan: The Best Albums Ever (number: 24) (order: 24)
The Guardian 100 Best Albums Ever (number: 50) (order: 50)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2020 edition (number: 176) (order: 176)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2023 edition (number: 176) (order: 176)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2003 edition (number: 300) (order: 300)
Rolling Stone: 500 Greatest Albums of All Time: 2012 edition (number: 302) (order: 302)
Music Canada Certified Gold Albums (number: 1990-07-27) (order: 475)

Discogs:	https://www.discogs.com/master/30255 [info]
lyrics page:	https://genius.com/albums/Public-enemy/Fear-of-a-black-planet [info]
other databases:	https://rateyourmusic.com/release/album/public_enemy/fear_of_a_black_planet/ [info]
Allmusic:	https://www.allmusic.com/album/mw0000206260 [info]
Wikidata:	Q996926 [info]