Scratch the Surface
Scratch the Surface is the third studio album by American band Sick of It All, released in 1994.[4] It was the band's first major label recording on East West Records, their first venture away from an indie label.
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Released | October 18, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1994 at Normandy Sound, Warren, Rhode Island | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
Length | 35:20 | |||
Label | East West | |||
Producer | Sick Of It All[1] | |||
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Singles from Scratch the Surface | ||||
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AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [1] |
Scratch the Surface became Sick of It All's most successful release, and it produced two singles: "Scratch the Surface" and "Step Down".
The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[5]
Critical reception
Decibel called the album a "hardcore magnum opus" and a "slab of extraordinarily lithe, stylized aggression."[6] Trouser Press wrote: "As a blast of unreconstructed hardcore in a time and a place where such a thing was once impossible to imagine, Scratch the Surface makes Sick of It All’s principled point loud if not clear."[7]
Track listing
- "No Cure" – 2:58
- "Insurrection" – 1:50
- "Consume" – 3:42
- "Who Sets the Rules" – 2:45
- "Goatless" – 1:21
- "Step Down" – 3:15
- "Maladjusted" – 2:25
- "Scratch the Surface" – 2:51
- "Free Spirit" – 1:53
- "Force My Hand" – 2:28
- "Desperate Fool" – 1:52
- "Return to Reality" – 2:43
- "Farm Team" – 2:22
- "Cease Fire" – 2:58
References
- MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1013.
- Franck, John. "Scratch The Surface - Sick of It All - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 442.CS1 maint: location (link)
- "Sick of It All | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- "Sick of It All". Billboard.
- "Sick of it All - "Scratch the Surface"". Decibel Magazine. August 28, 2012.
- "Sick of It All". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 January 2021.