Built to Last (Sick of It All album)

Built to Last
Studio album by
Sick of It All
ReleasedFebruary 11, 1997[1]
Recorded1996 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California, Entourage Studios, Los Angeles, California and Normandy Sound, Warren, Rhode Island
Length39:15
LabelEast West Records[2]
Equal Vision Records[3]
ProducerGGGarth
Sick of It All
Sick of It All chronology
Scratch the Surface
(1995) 		Built to Last
(1997) 		Call to Arms
(1999)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[5]
Metal Hammer[6]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[2]

Built to Last is the fourth studio album by American band Sick of It All, released in 1997.[7][8] Equal Vision Records held the exclusive rights to release it on vinyl.

The album peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[9]

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.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "the music and attitude are entirely predictable, but the 'hey-hey-heys' are rather charming."[10] 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'."[11]

Track listing

  1. "Good Lookin' Out" – 1:53
  2. "Built to Last" – 2:01
  3. "Closer" – 2:56
  4. "One Step Ahead" – 2:07
  5. "Us vs. Them" – 3:04
  6. "Laughingstock" – 2:42
  7. "Don't Follow" – 2:02
  8. "Nice" – 2:41
  9. "Busted" – 1:37
  10. "Burn 'Em Down" – 2:55
  11. "End the Era" – 3:05
  12. "Chip Away" – 2:02
  13. "Too Late" – 2:00
  14. "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

  1. ^ "Popular Uprisings". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. January 11, 1997 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1013.
  3. ^ "Built To Last". Equal Vision Records.
  4. ^ "Built to Last - Sick of It All | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
  5. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 442.
  6. ^ Winwood, Ian (April 1997). "Under the Hammer". Metal Hammer. UK: Dennis Publishing. p. 59.
  7. ^ "Sick of It All | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  8. ^ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. Macmillan. ISBN 9781250083616 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "Sick of It All". Billboard.
  10. ^ Jenkins, Mark (February 28, 1997). "SICK OF IT ALL: CHRONIC ADOLESCENCE" – via www.washingtonpost.com.
  11. ^ "Built to Last". EW.com.


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