The Art of Rebellion

Infobox Album
Name = The Art of Rebellion
Type = Album
Artist = Suicidal Tendencies


Released = June 30, 1992
Recorded = November 1991–February 1992 at Ocean Way Studios, Hollywood and Ground Control Studios, Santa Monica
Genre = Thrash metal
Length = 58:07
Label = Epic
Producer = Peter Collins
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:pb6tk6gx9krw link]
* "Entertainment Weekly" (B-) [http://www.buy.com/prod/Art_Of_Rebellion/q/loc/109/60111219.html#prorev August 21, 1992 (p. 60)]
* "Q" Rating|4|5 [http://www.buy.com/prod/Art_Of_Rebellion/q/loc/109/60111219.html#prorev October 1992 (p. 92)]
Last album = "F.N.G."
(1992)
This album = "The Art of Rebellion"
(1992)
Next album = "Still Cyco After All These Years"
(1993)
Misc = Singles
Name = The Art of Rebellion
Type = studio
single 1 = Nobody Hears
single 2 = Asleep at the Wheel
single 3 = I'll Hate You Better
single 1 date = 1992
single 2 date = 1992
single 3 date = 1993

"The Art of Rebellion" is the 5th full length album by Suicidal Tendencies. It was released in 1992 on the Sony Music label.

It is widely considered to be Suicidal's "experimental" album. Mike Clark himself acknowledged this, but also mentioned that the album was not planned that way, and was just a reflection of the band's musical growth. The songs show the bands continuing experimentation with funk that had begun on this album's predecessor, "Lights...Camera...Revolution!", as well as more progressive song structures, a somewhat more alternative atmosphere, and even pop-oriented sounds. This helped the band not only outride the explosion of alternative rock in the early 1990s, it also helped them gain a fan base within that community. Nonetheless, the album still stays true to the band's thrash and hardcore roots on many of the songs.

At almost 60 minutes long, "The Art of Rebellion" is Suicidal Tendencies' longest album to date. Singles included "Nobody Hears", "Asleep At The Wheel", and the band's most successful single yet, "I'll Hate You Better". It has since achieved gold status and peaked at number 52 on the Billboard Top 100 [http://www.rockdetector.com/officialbio,8708.sm] .

Longtime drummer R.J. Herrera left the band prior to the recording of the album. The band actually performed as an incomplete four-piece throughout the tour for this album. Josh Freese was drafted to play drums for the album, but had no creative input and did not appear on the back cover of the album, nor in any of the album's promotional videos with the rest of the band.

As of 2008, the album is out of print.

Track listing

# "Can't Stop" (Mike Muir) – 6:39
# "Accept My Sacrifice" (Muir, Robert Trujillo) – 3:30
# "Nobody Hears" (Muir, Rocky George) – 5:34
# "Tap into the Power" (Muir, Mike Clark – 3:43
# "Monopoly on Sorrow" (Muir) – 5:13
# "We Call This Mutha Revenge" (Muir, Clark) – 4:51
# "I Wasn't Meant to Feel This (Asleep at the Wheel)" (Muir) – 7:07
# "Gotta Kill Captain Stupid" (Muir, Clark) – 4:02
# "I'll Hate You Better" (Muir, Clark) – 4:18
# "Which Way to Free?" (Muir, George) – 4:30
# "It's Going Down" (Muir) – 4:27
# "Where's the Truth?" (Muir, George) – 4:14

Credits

*Mike Muir - vocals
*Rocky George - guitar
*Mike Clark - guitar
*Robert Trujillo - bass guitar
*Josh Freese - drums
*John Webster - keyboards
*Dennis Karmazyn - cello

Chart positions

Album

Billboard (North America)