Ballads from the Revolution
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Ballads from the Revolution | ||||
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File:Good Riddance - Ballads from the Revolution cover.jpg | ||||
Studio album by | ||||
Released | February 10, 1998 | |||
Recorded | October 1997 at Motor Studios, San Francisco | |||
Genre | Punk rock, pop punk, melodic hardcore, skate punk, post-hardcore | |||
Length | 33:39 | |||
Label | Fat Wreck Chords (FAT 565) | |||
Producer | Ryan Greene, Good Riddance | |||
Good Riddance chronology | ||||
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Ballads from the Revolution is the third album by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance, released February 10, 1998 through Fat Wreck Chords.
The original release contained I Stole Your Love titled I.S.Y.L. and this particular track was not made available to modern streaming services.
Reception
Andy Hinds of Allmusic rated Ballads from the Revolution four and a half stars out of five, remarking that Good Riddance "play harder, louder and faster — the tunes detonate, one after another, like a volley of mortar fire. Still, the band know how to incorporate pure pop sweetness into their relentless assault without ever coming close to cheesiness".[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Russ Rankin, except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Fertile Fields" (lyrics: Rankin; music: Luke Pabich; contains dialogue from the film Sudden Impact) | 2:08 |
2. | "Sacrifice" (lyrics: Rankin; music: Chuck Platt) | 1:19 |
3. | "State Control" (lyrics: Rankin; music: Pabich) | 1:23 |
4. | "Jeannie" | 2:09 |
5. | "Salt" | 1:49 |
6. | "Choices Made" | 1:16 |
7. | "Not with Him" | 2:10 |
8. | "Understood" (lyrics: Rankin; music: Pabich) | 1:48 |
9. | "Waste" | 1:59 |
10. | "Slowly" | 2:30 |
11. | "Without Anger" | 1:33 |
12. | "Holding On" | 2:12 |
13. | "Eversmile" | 1:10 |
14. | "I Stole Your Love" (Paul Stanley; originally performed by Kiss) | 2:37 |
15. | "Years from Now" | 7:36 |
Total length: | 33:39 |
Personnel
- Russ Rankin – vocals
- Luke Pabich – guitar
- Chuck Platt – bass guitar
- Sean Sellers – drums
- Ryan Greene – producer, recording engineer, mix engineer
- Adam Krammer – assistant engineer
References
- ^ Hinds, Andy. "Review: Ballads from the Revolution". Allmusic. Retrieved 2010-09-02.