Ballads from the Revolution

Infobox Album
Name = Ballads From the Revolution
Type = Album
Artist = Good Riddance

Released = February 10 1998
Recorded = October, 1997
Motor Studios,
San Francisco, U.S.
Genre = Hardcore punk
Melodic hardcore
Length = 33:45
Label = Fat Wreck Chords
Producer = Ryan Greene
Good Riddance
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:75520r5ay48p link]

*Punknews Rating|4|5 [http://www.punknews.net/review/281 link]
Last album = "A Comprehensive Guide to Moderne Rebellion"
(1996)
This album = "Ballads From the Revolution"
(1998)
Next album = "Operation Phoenix"
(1999) |

"Ballads From the Revolution" is the third full-length album from Californian hardcore punk band, Good Riddance. It was released on February 10 1998 on Fat Wreck Chords and, as with the previous two albums, was co-produced by Ryan Greene. This time round, however, they swapped studios from Razor's Edge to Motor Studios, still within San Francisco.

The album was also released on limited edition blue vinyl, which has since gone out of print. Contrary to the album's title, there were no songs on this album which could be called ballads in the traditional musical sense of the word.

Track listing

*All songs written by Russ Rankin, unless stated
#"Fertile Fields" (Luke Pabich, Rankin) – 2:09
#"Sacrifice" (Sean Sellers, Rankin) – 1:20
#"State Control" (Pabich, Rankin) – 1:23
#"Jeannie" – 2:09
#"Salt" – 1:49
#"Choices Made" – 1:16
#"Not With Him" – 2:11
#"Understood" (Pabich, Rankin) – 1:48
#"Waste" – 2:00
#"Slowly" – 2:31
#"Without Anger" – 1:33
#"Holding On" – 2:12
#"Eversmile" – 1:11
#"I Stole Your Love" (Paul Stanley) – 2:38
#"Years From Now" – 7:36

Credits

* Russ Rankin – vocals
* Luke Pabich – guitar
* Chuck Platt – bass
* Sean Sellers – drums

* Recorded in October, 1997 at Motor Studios, San Francisco, USA
* Produced by Ryan Greene and Good Riddance
* Engineered and mixed by Ryan Greene
* Assisted by Adam Krammer
* Mastered at Oceanview Digital Mastering

Trivia

*The voices talking at the beginning of the song "Fertile Fields" are quotes from the film "Sudden Impact".

External links

* [http://www.fatwreck.com/record/detail/565 Fat Wreck Chords album page]
* [http://www.good-riddance.com Good Riddance official website]
* [http://www.fatwreck.com/band/index/13 Fat Wreck Chords band page]