Call to Arms (Sick of It All album)
| Call to Arms | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 23, 1999 | |||
| Recorded | Big House (New York City) | |||
| Genre | Heavy hardcore[1] | |||
| Length | 32:55 | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords[2] | |||
| Producer | Sick of It All & John Seymour | |||
| Sick of It All chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [3] |
| Chronicles of Chaos | 9/10[4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Pitchfork | 9.0/10[6] |
Call to Arms is the fifth full-length studio album from American hardcore punk band Sick of It All.[7] It was the band's first full-length release on Fat Wreck Chords and follows the 1998 EP, Potential for a Fall.
Critical reception
The A.V. Club called the album "packed with all the sturm und drang of its previous releases, bearing the hallmarks of virtually all good hardcore: breakneck speed, heavy guitar riffs, and shouting that would be unintelligible were it not for the lyric sheet."[7] CMJ New Music Report wrote that the songs "come from the gut — anthems in the truest sense, flexing championship muscles that have been pumped up by working class bravado and street punk pride."[8]
Track listing
All tracks written by Sick of It All.
- "Let Go" – 1:09
- "Call to Arms" – 1:48
- "Potential for a Fall" – 2:28
- "Falter" – 1:13
- "The Future Is Mine" – 2:04
- "Guilty" – 1:32
- "Falling Apart" – 2:03
- "Sanctuary" – 1:55
- "Morally Confused" – 1:50
- "Hindsight" – 2:27
- "Martin" – 2:46
- "Pass the Buck" – 1:27
- "Quiet Man" – 2:40
- "Drastic" – 1:23
- "(Just A) Patsy" – 6:10*
*at the end of the album, there is a hidden track called "Greezy Wheezy". The band has also played it several times live and the video of it can be seen on the movie Sick of It All: The Story So Far.
Credits
- Lou Koller – vocals
- Pete Koller – guitar
- Craig "Ahead" Setari – bass guitar
- Armand Majidi – drums
- Recorded at Big House, New York City
- Produced by Sick of It All and John Seymour
- Engineered by John Seymour
References
- ^ "Sick of It All Call to Arms (retro review) (1999)". Retrieved July 9, 2020.
- ^ "Call To Arms". Fat Wreck Chords.
- ^ Jason D. Taylor (February 9, 1999). "Call to Arms - Sick of It All | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
- ^ "CoC : Sick of it All - Call to Arms : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 442.
- ^ Ruggeri, Kevin. "Sick of It All: Call to Arms: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.
- ^ a b "Sick Of It All: Call To Arms". Music.
- ^ "Must Hear". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. February 15, 1999 – via Google Books.