Jump to content

Freedumb

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Freedumb
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 18, 1999
Recorded1998–1999 at Ocean Studios, Titan Studios, Skip Saylor Studios
GenreSkate punk, thrash metal, crossover thrash
Length40:00
LabelSuicidal Records, SideOneDummy
ProducerPaul Northfield & Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies chronology
Six the Hard Way
(1998)
Freedumb
(1999)
Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos7/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Rock Hard10/10[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.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Freedumb"Mike Muir, Josh Paul, Dean Pleasants, Mike Clark2:52
2."Ain't Gonna Take It"Muir, Clark, Pleasants2:09
3."Scream Out"Muir2:29
4."Half Way up My Head"Muir, Pleasants4:01
5."Cyco Vision"Muir, Clark1:49
6."I Ain't Like You"Muir2:35
7."Naked"Suicidal Tendencies3:56
8."Hippie Killer"Muir3:10
9."Built to Survive"Muir3:07
10."Get Sick"Muir, Pleasants, Clark2:58
11."We Are Family"Muir, Clark2:54
12."I'll Buy Myself"Muir, Clark1:48
13."Gaigan Go Home" (Gaijin Go Home on Japanese edition)Muir, Brooks Wackerman1:58
14."Heaven"Muir, Clark4:13
15."Don't Take No" (Bonus track on Japanese edition)Muir, Clark3:19

Credits

[edit]

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]
  1. ^ "Freedumb - Suicidal Tendencies | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "CoC : Suicidal Tendencies - Freedumb : Review". chroniclesofchaos.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 832.
  4. ^ Stratmann, Holger. "Rock Hard". issue 146. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "Suicidal Tendencies | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (January 29, 2007). "Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu". Jawbone Press – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Suicidal Tendencies". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  8. ^ "Loud Rock". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. August 2, 1999 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 12. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.
[edit]