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{{Use American English|date=December 2022}} {{Use mdy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox album | name = Far Beyond Driven | type = studio | artist = [[Pantera]] | cover = Pantera-FarBeyondDriven.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1994|3|21}} | recorded = 1993 | venue = | studio = Abtrax Recording ([[Nashville, Tennessee]]) | genre = [[Groove metal]] [[Deathcore]] | length = {{Duration|m=56|s=19}} | label = * [[Elektra Records|Elektra]] * [[East West Records|East West]] | producer = {{hlist|[[Terry Date]]|[[Vinnie Paul]]}} | prev_title = [[Hostile Moments]] | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = [[The Great Southern Trendkill]] | next_year = 1996 | misc = {{Extra chronology | artist = [[Pantera]] studio album | type = studio | prev_title = [[Vulgar Display of Power]] | prev_year = 1992 | title = Far Beyond Driven | year = 1994 | next_title = [[The Great Southern Trendkill]] | next_year = 1996 }} {{Extra album cover | header = Alternative cover | type = studio | cover = Far Beyond Driven Alt Cover.jpg | border = | alt = | caption = ''Far Beyond Driven'' cover originally rejected by the record label. The cover was used for vinyl record releases. }} {{Singles | name = Far Beyond Driven | type = studio | single1 = [[I'm Broken]] | single1date = March 7, 1994<ref name="FBD Release">{{cite web |title=Pantera "Far Beyond Driven" Advert |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-03-05.pdf |website=[[Music Week]] |publisher=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=May 23, 2025 |pages=1 |date=March 5, 1994}}</ref> | single2 = [[5 Minutes Alone]] | single2date = May 29, 1994<ref>{{cite web |title=New Releases: Singles |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-05-28.pdf |website=[[Music Week]] |publisher=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=May 23, 2025 |pages=25 |date=May 28, 1994}}</ref> | single3 = [[Planet Caravan#Pantera cover|Planet Caravan]] | single3date = October 10, 1994<ref>{{cite web |title=New Releases: Singles |url=https://www.worldradiohistory.com/UK/Music-Week/1994/Music-Week-1994-10-08.pdf |website=[[Music Week]] |publisher=worldradiohistory.com |access-date=May 23, 2025 |pages=25 |date=October 8, 1994}}</ref> }} }} '''''Far Beyond Driven''''' is the seventh studio album by American [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Pantera]], released on March 21, 1994 in the UK<ref name="FBD Release"/> and March 22 internationally by [[Elektra Records]] and [[East West Records]].<ref>{{Cite web|title=Pantera - Far Beyond Driven|url=http://pantera.com/farbeyonddriven/|website=pantera.com}}</ref> Pantera's fastest-selling album,<ref name="Allmusic" /> it peaked at number 1 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]]<ref name="RS" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/far-beyond-driven-mw0000623560/awards|title=Far Beyond Driven β Pantera Awards|website=[[Allmusic]]}}</ref> and was certified Platinum by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]].<ref name="RIAA">{{cite web|url=https://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=pantera&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120913111030/http://www.riaa.com/goldandplatinumdata.php?resultpage=1&table=SEARCH_RESULTS&action=&title=&artist=pantera&format=&debutLP=&category=&sex=&releaseDate=&requestNo=&type=&level=&label=&company=&certificationDate=&awardDescription=&catalogNo=&aSex=&rec_id=&charField=&gold=&platinum=&multiPlat=&level2=&certDate=&album=&id=&after=&before=&startMonth=1&endMonth=1&startYear=1958&endYear=2009&sort=Artist&perPage=25 |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 13, 2012|title=Gold & Platinum|publisher=[[Recording Industry Association of America]]}}</ref> The album was also certified Platinum by the [[Music Canada|Canadian Recording Industry Association]].<ref name="CRIA">{{cite web|url=http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php|title=CRIA β Search Certification Database|publisher=[[Canadian Recording Industry Association]]|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090412081617/http://www.cria.ca/cert_db_search.php|archive-date=April 12, 2009}}</ref> ''Far Beyond Driven'' is the first album by Pantera where the band's guitarist [[Dimebag Darrell|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: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack|''The Crow'' soundtrack]].<ref>{{cite web|title=The Crow (1994)|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109506/soundtrack|website=IMDB.com|access-date=July 9, 2017}}</ref>
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