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{{for|the song by Sevendust|Beg to Differ (song)}}
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{{Infobox album
| name       = Beg to Differ
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Prong (band)|Prong]]
| cover      = Prong-begtodiffer.jpg
| caption    = Cover art by [[Pushead]]
| released   = March 12, 1990
| recorded   = 1989
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Thrash metal]]|[[crossover thrash]]|[[groove metal]]<ref name="Noisecreep">{{Cite web|url=https://noisecreep.com/rediscovered-steel-prongs-beg-to-differ/|title=Rediscovered Steel Prongs Beg to Differ|date=June 11, 2009 |publisher=NoiseCreep}}</ref>}}
| length     = 45:24
| label      = [[Epic Records|Epic]]<ref name="Decibel">{{Cite web|url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/08/16/prong-beg-differ/|title=Beg to Differ Decibel Review|publisher=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]]|author=Chris Dick|date=August 16, 2017|access-date=May 22, 2019}}</ref>
| producer   = [[Mark Dodson (record producer)|Mark Dodson]], Prong
| prev_title = [[Force Fed]]
| prev_year  = 1988
| next_title = [[Prove You Wrong]]
| next_year  = 1991
}}
'''''Beg to Differ''''' is the second studio album by American [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] band [[Prong (band)|Prong]], released in 1990 through [[Epic Records]]. The album includes one live track ("Third from the Sun", a [[Chrome (band)|Chrome]] cover) recorded at [[CBGB's]] in New York City in 1989. [[Pushead|Brian "Pushead" Schroeder]] did the design and cover artwork for the album. Part of the song "Lost and Found" was used for commercial breaks of [[MTV]]'s ''[[Headbangers Ball]]'' in the early 1990s.

''Beg to Differ'' was the start of Prong's change in music direction, showcasing an experimentation with [[thrash metal|thrash]] and [[speed metal|speed]] arrangements and [[hardcore punk|hardcore]] influences inspired by the likes of [[Bad Brains]] and [[Suicidal Tendencies]].<ref name="Noisecreep" /><ref name="Decibel" /><ref name="Metal Digest">{{cite web|url=https://metal-digest.com/2022/03/12/prong-beg-to-differ/|title=Prong – 'Beg to Differ' – Metal Digest – The Normless Magazine|publisher=metal-digest.com|access-date=April 23, 2022}}</ref> The album also stands as one of the earliest examples of the then-emerging subgenre of [[groove metal]], predating [[Pantera]]'s ''[[Cowboys from Hell]]'' by four months;<ref name="Noisecreep" /><ref name="Metal Digest" /> this fact was later acknowledged by Prong vocalist and guitarist [[Tommy Victor]], who claimed, "[''Beg to Differ''] was the first groove metal record. It gets overlooked, but I don't know who came out with anything before that."<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 27, 2019 |title=Every Prong Album Ranked From Worst To Best By Tommy Victor |url=https://www.kerrang.com/features/every-prong-album-ranked-from-worst-to-best-by-tommy-victor/ |access-date=December 2, 2022 |website=Kerrang!}}</ref>

==Reception==
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
|rev1score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r15866|pure_url=yes}}|title=Beg to Differ - Prong|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref>
|rev2 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
|rev2score = 6/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |pages=350–351}}</ref>
|rev3 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
|rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/prong/albums/album/210598/review/5942969/beg_to_differ |access-date=May 17, 2007 |title=Prong Album Reviews|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070703111709/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/prong/albums/album/210598/review/5942969/beg_to_differ |archivedate=July 3, 2007 }}</ref>
}}
''Beg to Differ'' has received mostly positive reviews. Eduardo Rivadavia of [[AllMusic]] wrote, "Prong's once diffuse, post-hardcore rumble solidifies into a tightly disciplined thrash metal attack on their first major label release, ''Beg to Differ''. Also a more democratic affair than later efforts, the album finds guitarist Tommy Victor and bassist Mike Kirkland alternating lead vocals as well as writing credits. And drummer Ted Parsons is equally impressive, providing a thunderous rhythmic foundation of [[Neil Peart]]-like diversity and precision."<ref name="AllMusic" />

Adam McCann of Metal Digest referred to ''Beg to Differ'' as "the superb 1990 album", and wrote, "When it comes to heavy metal, Prong may just be one of the most underrated and overlooked bands ever. With ''Beg to Differ'', Prong delivered riff after riff of not only thrash metal, but thrash with the uptempo pumping riffage of crossover thrash whilst also deliver the meat and potatoes offered from the then burgeoning groove metal scene with both [[Exhorder]] and Prong laying the foundations for what would come very, very soon with [[Pantera]]".<ref name="Metal Digest" />

==Track listing==
{{track listing
| title1 = For Dear Life
| music1 = [[Tommy Victor]]
| length1 = 3:26
| title2 = Steady Decline
| music2 = Mike Kirkland, Victor
| length2 = 4:13
| title3 = Beg to Differ
| length3 = 4:15
| music3 = [[Ted Parsons]], Victor
| title4 = Lost and Found
| music4 = Victor
| length4 = 4:05
| title5 = Your Fear
| length5 = 4:51
| music5 = Kirkland, Parsons, Victor
| title6 = Take It in Hand
| music6 = Victor
| length6 = 3:43
| title7 = Intermenstrual, D.S.B.
| note7 = instrumental
| music7 = Parsons, Victor
| length7 = 3:12
| title8 = Right to Nothing
| music8 = Victor
| length8 = 2:57
| title9 = Prime Cut
| length9 = 3:49
| music9 = Parsons, Victor
| title10 = Just the Same
| music10 = Victor, Kirkland, Parsons
| length10 = 4:41
| title11 = Third from the Sun
| note11 = live, [[Chrome (band)|Chrome]] cover
| music11 = [[Helios Creed]], [[Damon Edge]]
| length11 = 5:56
| total_length = 40:58
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Tommy Victor]] – vocals, guitar
*Mike Kirkland – bass, vocals
*[[Ted Parsons]] – drums

===Production===
*Produced by Prong (Mike Kirkland, Ted Parsons, Tommy Victor), Mark Dodson
*Executive producer: Bob Feineigle 
*Engineers: Mark Dodson, Steve McAllister
*Assistant engineer: Jamie Locke
*Mixing: Mark Dodson
*Mastering: Greg Calbi, Roger Lomas

==References==
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