Blue (Down by Law album)

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Blue
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Studio album by
Down by Law
ReleasedSeptember 25, 1992
Recorded1992
StudioWestbeach Recorders, Culver City, California
GenrePunk rock
Length40:53
LabelEpitaph
ProducerBrett Gurewitz, Donnell Cameron
Down by Law chronology
Down by Law
(1991) 		Blue
(1992) 		Punkrockacademyfightsong
(1994)

Blue (stylized as blue) is the second studio album by American punk rock band Down by Law.[1] It was released on September 25, 1992, by Epitaph Records on compact disc, cassette tape and phonograph record.[2][3] The release was their second recorded at Westbeach Recorders, Culver City, California and produced by Epitaph Records owner Brett Gurewitz; co-produced by Donnell Cameron.[4][3] The artwork was designed by Smalley's wife Caroline Murphy Smalley, in collaboration with Epitaph Records contract art director Joy Aoki and illustrator Michael Koelsch.[3] It was Down by Law's final release to feature the band's original line-up; Nazworthy, Bagarozzi and Urlik left immediately after the completion of the album's promotional tour.[4]

Track listing[]

Songwriting credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."The Last Brigade"
3:12
2."Looking for Something"
  • Smalley
  • Smalley
3:30
3."Break the Walls"
  • Smalley
  • Smalley
3:42
4."At Home in the Wasteland"
  • Smalley
  • Smalley
2:41
5."Rain"
  • Smalley
  • Smalley
5:02
6."Turn Away"
  • Nazworthy
  • Nazworthy
3:07
7."Air Conditioner"
  • Smalley
  • Nazworthy
  • Smalley
  • Nazworthy
3:31
8."The Greenest Field"
  • Smalley
  • Smalley
3:10
9."Straw"
  • Smalley
  • Smalley
3:52
10."Finally Here"
  • Urlik
  • Urlik
2:18
11."Our Own Way"
  • Smalley
  • Nazworthy
  • Smalley
  • Nazworthy
3:24
12."Dead End"
  • Smalley
  • Smalley
3:18
Total length:40:53

Personnel[]

Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[5]

Down by Law

  • David Smalley - Vocals, rhythm Guitar
  • David Nazworthy - Drums, vocals on "Turn Away"
  • Ed Urlik - Bass, vocals on "Finally Here"
  • Chris Bagarozzi - Lead guitar

Production and design

  • Brett Gurewitz - Producer
  • Donnell Cameron - Producer, engineer
  • Joe Peccerillo - Engineer
  • Joy Aoki - Artwork
  • Michael Koelsch - Artwork
  • Caroline Murphy Smalley - Design, photography

References[]

  1. ^ "Blue - Down by Law | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  2. ^ Records, Epitaph. "Down By Law - Blue" – via epitaph.com.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Down By Law - Blue". Discogs. Archived from the original on August 28, 2020. Retrieved August 28, 2020.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Colin Larkin, ed. (2000). The Virgin Encyclopedia of Nineties Music (First ed.). Virgin Books. p. 131. ISBN 0-7535-0427-8.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Blue liner notes. Epitaph Records. 1992.

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