Time Waits for No Slave is the thirteenth studio album by the British grindcore band Napalm Death. It was released through Century Media on 23 January 2009.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
The Aquarian WeeklyA
Blabbermouth.net9.5/10
Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles10/10
Chronicles of Chaos10/10
The Metal Forge8.5/10
MetalReviews89/100
The QuietusFavourable
The Washington PostFavourable

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Strong-Arm"Mark GreenwayShane Embury3:04
2."Diktat"GreenwayMitch Harris3:41
3."Work to Rule"GreenwayEmbury3:17
4."On the Brink of Extinction"EmburyEmbury3:30
5."Time Waits for No Slave"GreenwayHarris4:27
6."Life and Limb"HarrisHarris4:01
7."Downbeat Clique"GreenwayHarris4:26
8."Fallacy Dominion"Harris, GreenwayHarris4:07
9."Passive Tense"GreenwayHarris3:49
10."Larceny of the Heart"EmburyEmbury3:36
11."Procrastination on the Empty Vessel"GreenwayEmbury2:57
12."Feeling Redundant"GreenwayEmbury3:23
13."A No-Sided Argument"GreenwayEmbury2:14
14."De-Evolution ad Nauseum"GreenwayHarris3:49
Total length:50:20
Digipak CD bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
15."Suppressed Hunger"GreenwayEmbury3:09
16."Omnipresent Knife in Your Back"GreenwayEmbury5:41
Japanese edition bonus tracks
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
15."Suppressed Hunger"GreenwayEmbury3:09
16."We Hunt in Packs"GreenwayHarris3:49
17."Omnipresent Knife in Your Back"GreenwayEmbury5:41

Personnel

Napalm Death

Production

  • Napalm Death – arrangement, producer
  • Russ Russell – producer, engineering, mixing, mastering
  • Mick Kenney – outside illustration
  • Kevin Sharp – inside illustration
  • Carsten Drescher – layout
  • Hugo Chevalier – band photo (Herrera)
  • ccphotoart.biz – band photos (other band members)

Chart positions

Chart (2009)Peak position
French Albums (SNEP)178
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)95
US Heatseekers Albums (Billboard)19