Freedumb
Appearance
Freedumb | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | May 18, 1999 | |||
Recorded | 1998–1999 at Ocean Studios, Titan Studios, Skip Saylor Studios | |||
Genre | Skate punk, thrash metal, crossover thrash | |||
Length | 40:00 | |||
Label | Suicidal Records, SideOneDummy | |||
Producer | Paul Northfield & Suicidal Tendencies | |||
Suicidal Tendencies chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [1] |
Chronicles of Chaos | 7/10[2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Rock Hard | 10/10[4] |
Freedumb is the ninth studio album by American crossover band Suicidal Tendencies.[5][6] It was released in 1999 on Suicidal Records.[7]
The tracks are rawer than the funk-influenced thrash metal direction they were taking before the hiatus. The album's cover art is a reference to the photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima taken during World War II.
Reception
[edit]CMJ New Music Report wrote that the songs "display thousand-mile-an-hour, classic hardcore guitar assaults."[8] In 2005, Freedumb was ranked number 489 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[9]
Track listing
[edit]No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Freedumb" | Mike Muir, Josh Paul, Dean Pleasants, Mike Clark | 2:52 |
2. | "Ain't Gonna Take It" | Muir, Clark, Pleasants | 2:09 |
3. | "Scream Out" | Muir | 2:29 |
4. | "Half Way up My Head" | Muir, Pleasants | 4:01 |
5. | "Cyco Vision" | Muir, Clark | 1:49 |
6. | "I Ain't Like You" | Muir | 2:35 |
7. | "Naked" | Suicidal Tendencies | 3:56 |
8. | "Hippie Killer" | Muir | 3:10 |
9. | "Built to Survive" | Muir | 3:07 |
10. | "Get Sick" | Muir, Pleasants, Clark | 2:58 |
11. | "We Are Family" | Muir, Clark | 2:54 |
12. | "I'll Buy Myself" | Muir, Clark | 1:48 |
13. | "Gaigan Go Home" (Gaijin Go Home on Japanese edition) | Muir, Brooks Wackerman | 1:58 |
14. | "Heaven" | Muir, Clark | 4:13 |
15. | "Don't Take No" (Bonus track on Japanese edition) | Muir, Clark | 3:19 |
Credits
[edit]- Mike Muir – vocals
- Dean Pleasants – lead guitar
- Mike Clark – rhythm guitar
- Brooks Wackerman – drums
- Josh Paul – bass (credited as "additional musician")
Tracks 1, 2, 5–10, 12, 13
[edit]- Recorded at Ocean Studios and Skip Saylor Studios
- Produced by Paul Northfield and Suicidal Tendencies
- Engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield
Tracks 3, 4, 11, 14
[edit]- Recorded at Titan Studios, except track 11 guitars at Skip Saylor
- Produced by Suicidal Tendencies
- Engineered by Michael Vail Blum
- Mixed by Paul Northfield at Skip Saylor Studios
- Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios
References
[edit]- ^ "Freedumb - Suicidal Tendencies | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via allmusic.com.
- ^ "CoC : Suicidal Tendencies - Freedumb : Review". chroniclesofchaos.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 832.
- ^ Stratmann, Holger. "Rock Hard". issue 146. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
- ^ "Suicidal Tendencies | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (January 29, 2007). "Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu". Jawbone Press – via Google Books.
- ^ "Suicidal Tendencies". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
- ^ "Loud Rock". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. August 2, 1999 – via Google Books.
- ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 12. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.