Built to Last (Sick of It All album)
Built to Last | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 11, 1997[1] | |||
Recorded | 1996 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California, Entourage Studios, Los Angeles, California and Normandy Sound, Warren, Rhode Island | |||
Length | 39:15 | |||
Label | East West Records[2] Equal Vision Records[3] | |||
Producer | GGGarth Sick of It All | |||
Sick of It All chronology | ||||
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AllMusic | [4] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [2] |
Built to Last is a studio album by American band Sick of It All, released in 1997.[6][7] Equal Vision Records held the exclusive rights to release it on vinyl.
The album peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[8]
Production[]
Built to Last was the result of a year's work for Sick of It All, with pre-production beginning in late 1995/early 1996. The recording took place at Normandy Sound, in Warren, Rhode Island (where their first three albums had been recorded), and in two studios in California.[citation needed]
Critical reception[]
The Washington Post wrote that "the music and attitude are entirely predictable, but the 'hey-hey-heys' are rather charming."[9] Entertainment Weekly wrote that the band manages "to overcome the genre’s bark-and-lunge cliches simply because they’re so archetypal; these guys can actually make you feel the fury behind a song called 'Us Vs. Them'."[10]
Track listing[]
- All tracks written by Sick of It All
- "Good Lookin' Out" – 1:53
- "Built to Last" – 2:01
- "Closer" – 2:56
- "One Step Ahead" – 2:07
- "Us vs. Them" – 3:04
- "Laughingstock" – 2:42
- "Don't Follow" – 2:02
- "Nice" – 2:41
- "Busted" – 1:37
- "Burn 'em Down" – 2:55
- "End the Era" – 3:05
- "Chip Away" – 2:02
- "Too Late" – 2:00
- "Jungle" – 8:10
"Jungle" ends at 2:54, with silence from 2:55 to 5:53; at 5:54, a voice says "Oh c'mon, hurry up, ya old hag." There is silence again from 5:58 to 6:59. A hidden song, sung in English and Spanish, starts at 7:00 (unofficially titled "Culo Cagado").
Credits[]
- Lou Koller – vocals
- Pete Koller – guitar
- Craig Setari – bass guitar
- Armand Majidi – drums
- George Correia – percussion
- Produced by GGGarth and Sick of It All
- Engineered by GGGarth and Greg Fidelman
References[]
- ^ "Popular Uprisings". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 11, 1997 – via Google Books.
- ^ Jump up to: a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1013.
- ^ "Built To Last". Equal Vision Records.
- ^ "Built to Last - Sick of It All | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 442.CS1 maint: location (link)
- ^ "Sick of It All | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). "New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB". Macmillan – via Google Books.
- ^ "Sick of It All". Billboard.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (February 28, 1997). "SICK OF IT ALL: CHRONIC ADOLESCENCE" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
- ^ "Built to Last". EW.com.
- 1997 albums
- Albums produced by Garth Richardson
- Sick of It All albums
- East West Records albums
- Equal Vision Records albums
- Albums recorded at Sound City Studios
- 1990s punk rock album stubs