Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion
Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion is the debut album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience.[4][5][6] It was released in 1986 by Disorder Records.[7][8] The album established the band's presence in the prolific San Francisco Bay Area music scene of the late 1980s and the 1990s. Lookout! Records re-released the album in 1990 and again in 1995.
Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1986 (re-released 1990 & 1995) | |||
Recorded | 1986 | |||
Genre | Punk rock, pop punk | |||
Label | Disorder Records, Lookout![1] | |||
The Mr. T Experience chronology | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [3] |
Production
The album was recorded and mixed in one day.[9]
Critical reception
Trouser Press called the album "sloppy mid-tempo punk that leaves tunefulness a goal more than an actual quality."[9] The East Bay Express wrote that it revels "in dopey pop culture."[10]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Dr. Frank except where noted.
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "One Big Lie" | 1:36 |
2. | "Just Your Way of Saying No" (Jon Von Zelowitz) | 2:06 |
3. | "Marine Recruiter" | 2:11 |
4. | "Sheep" | 2:37 |
5. | "Surfin' Mozart" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart) | 0:30 |
6. | "Danny Partridge" | 2:48 |
7. | "Scientific" | 2:43 |
8. | "Disconnection" | 2:12 |
9. | "Surfin' Cows" (Zelowitz) | 2:11 |
10. | "I'm in Love with Paula Pierce" (Zelowitz) | 1:30 |
11. | "Big Mistake" | 2:36 |
12. | "Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King; originally performed by The Monkees) | 1:42 |
13. | "Mary Mary" | 3:05 |
14. | "The Empty Experience" | 1:43 |
Performers
References
- Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 131.
- "Everyone's Entitled to Their Own Opinion - The Mr. T Experience | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 768.
- "Growing Pains". SF Weekly. September 1, 1999.
- Winwood, Ian (November 20, 2018). "Smash!: Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and the '90s Punk Explosion". Hachette Books – via Google Books.
- Floyd, John (February 1, 1996). "Total Eclipse of the Punk Heart". Miami New Times.
- Prested, Kevin (November 29, 2014). "Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records". Microcosm Publishing – via Google Books.
- "Perfect Sound Forever: Mr. T Experience". www.furious.com.
- "Mr. T Experience". Trouser Press.
- Kay, Lawrence R. "Show Business Is My Life". East Bay Express.
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