Punk in Drublic

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Punk in Drublic
NOFX - Punk in Drublic cover.jpg
Studio album by
NOFX
ReleasedJuly 19, 1994 (1994-07-19)
Recorded1993–1994
StudioWestbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California
Genre
Length39:55
LabelEpitaph
ProducerRyan Greene, Fat Mike
NOFX chronology
White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
(1992) 		Punk in Drublic
(1994) 		I Heard They Suck Live!!
(1995)
Singles from Punk In Drublic
  1. "Don't Call Me White"
    Released: May 11, 1994[4]
  2. "Leave It Alone"
    Released: 1995

Punk in Drublic is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on July 19, 1994, through Epitaph Records. The title is a spoonerism of "Drunk in Public".

Punk in Drublic is NOFX's most successful album to date, peaking at number 12 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart.[5] The album has received positive reviews and is now considered a classic punk album by fans and critics alike. Six years after its release, it became the band's only gold record for sales of over 500,000 copies[6] in the United States, all without any radio play or aired music videos (although a video was made for the song "Leave It Alone"). Worldwide, the record has sold over 1 million copies.[7]

Reception and legacy[]

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[8]
Punk PlanetFavorable[9]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[10]
The Village VoiceA−[11]

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards the album 4.5 stars and states: "The quartet didn't change their approach at all — at their core, they remain a heavy, speed-addled, hook-conscious post-hardcore punk group — but their songwriting has improved, as has their attack."[8]

Accolades[]

Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Guitar World United States Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994[12] 2014 *
BuzzFeed 36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die[2] *
Rock Sound United Kingdom The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time[3] 4
Kerrang! 51 Greatest Pop Punk Albums Ever[13] 2015 6

* denotes an unordered list

The album was a big influence on Blink-182's Cheshire Cat (1995), Unwritten Law's Oz Factor (1996), Lagwagon's Let's Talk About Feelings (1998), Sum 41's All Killer No Filler (2001) and Anti-Flag's The General Strike (2012).[14]

Track listing[]

All tracks are written by Fat Mike, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Linoleum"2:10
2."Leave It Alone" (Written by Fat Mike and Eric Melvin)2:04
3."Dig"2:16
4."The Cause"1:37
5."Don't Call Me White"2:33
6."My Heart Is Yearning"2:23
7."Perfect Government" (Written by Mark Curry)2:06
8."The Brews"2:40
9."The Quass"1:18
10."Dying Degree"1:50
11."Fleas"1:48
12."Lori Meyers"2:21
13."Jeff Wears Birkenstocks"1:26
14."Punk Guy"1:08
15."Happy Guy"1:58
16."Reeko"3:05
17."Scavenger Type"7:12
Total length:39:55

Personnel[]

Album notes[]

  • The song "Jeff Wears Birkenstocks" was written about Jeff Abarta an Epitaph Records employee. In 2017, the Birkenstock company produced a short-form documentary about how the song came together that includes new interviews on the subject with Jeff and Fat Mike.[15] Jeff later founded a band called Punk Is Dead that performs punk rock covers of Grateful Dead songs, and currently plays bass in as "Jeff Massacre."
  • "Linoleum" is referenced in the Pilot episode of One Tree Hill, when protagonist Lucas Scott notices a NOFX sticker on one of Peyton Sawyer's folders, he sings the line "that's me inside your head."
  • Track 17 contains a hidden track starting at 5:29, after 3 minutes of silence; guitarist El Hefe performs impressions of cartoon characters, such as Yosemite Sam and Popeye.
  • The song "Jeff Wears Birkenstocks?" is included in the EA Sports video game NCAA Football 06.
  • The song "Linoleum" was released as DLC for the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
  • The song "Linoleum" was also featured in the soundtrack for the game Grind Session.
  • "Linoleum" is also covered by hardcore-punk band Shai Hulud, Russell and the Wolf Choir, post-third wave ska band Streetlight Manifesto on their 2010 album 99 Songs of Revolution, Bad Astronaut, August Burns Red and Frank Turner
  • The song "Lori Meyers" was covered by Aiden as a hidden track on their album Knives.
  • The song "Dying Degree" was covered by Evergreen Terrace on their cover album Writer's Block.
  • The song "Leave It Alone" references another song, "Bringing In the Sheaves", written in 1874 by Knowles Shaw. It is a popular American gospel song strongly associated with Protestant Christians. Despite this fact, both credited songwriters, Fat Mike and Eric Melvin are Jewish.
  • The song "Leave It Alone" was also featured in the soundtrack for the game Watch Dogs 2.

References[]

Citations
  1. ^ Chesler, Josh (September 29, 2015). "10 Best Skate Punk Albums of All Time". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  2. ^ a b Sherman, Maria; Broderick, Ryan (July 2, 2013). "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F----ing Die". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Bird, ed. 2014, p. 74
  4. ^ "NOFX". Fat Wreck Chords.
  5. ^ AllMusic Charts: Punk In Drublic Accessed 3 June 2008
  6. ^ RIAA Certification: (requires search) Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 3 June 2008
  7. ^ Rob Spectre (2009-05-25). "(d)N0t » Blog Archive » Dream Not Of Today – On The Shitter With Fat Mike by Rob Spectre". Dreamnotoftoday.com. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  8. ^ a b Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Punk in Drublic – NOFX". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  9. ^ Dandy, Will (September–October 1994). "Record Reviews". Punk Planet (3): 59.
  10. ^ Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "NOFX". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 590. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  11. ^ Christgau, Robert (June 6, 1995). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  12. ^ "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994". GuitarWorld.com. July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  13. ^ "51 Greatest Pop Punk Albums Ever". Kerrang! (1586): 18–25. September 16, 2015.
  14. ^ Sayce 2014, p. 38
  15. ^ "NOFX: Jeff wears Birkenstocks? | Birkenstories BIRKENSTOCK". www.birkenstock.com. Retrieved 2021-01-18.
Sources
  • Bird, Ryan, ed. (September 2014). "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (191). ISSN 1465-0185.
  • Sayce, Rob (September 2014). Bird, Ryan (ed.). "Hall of Fame: Punk in Drublic". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (191). ISSN 1465-0185.

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