VI (album)

Infobox Album | Name = VI
Type = Album
Artist = Circle Jerks


Released = 1987
Recorded = ???
Genre = Hardcore punk
Length = ??:??
Label = Combat
Producer = Circle Jerks
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:4tkku3t5anxk~T1 link]
Last album = "Group Sex/Wild in the Streets"
(1986)
This album = "VI"
(1987)
Next album = "Gig"
(1992)

"VI" is the fifth album by the hardcore band Circle Jerks (although a popular misconception is that this is their sixth record), which was released in 1987. It was the band's last album before their 5 year hiatus from 1989 to 1994.

The music on the record is a sort of missing link between hardcore and grunge - on this record the band has moved further into the slower / metal-ish territory of its predecessor, "Wonderful", with nods to classic rock (the band covers Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son"). The lyrics also continue in a similar vein as the previous album, leaning more toward positive messages than the band's early work, while still retaining a strong sarcastic bite and penchant for social commentary.

Originally released on the Combat Records label, "VI" is currently out of print.

Track listing

# "Beat Me Senseless"
# "Patty's Killing Mel"
# "Casualty Vampire"
# "Tell Me Why"
# "Protection"
# "I'm Alive"
# "Status Clinger"
# "Living"
# "American Way"
# "Fortunate Son"
# "Love Kills"
# "All Wound Up"
# "I Don't"

Personnel

* Keith Morris - vocals
* Greg Hetson - guitar
* Zander Schloss - bass
* Keith Clark - drums

Miscellanea

*Track 9, "Fortunate Son", is a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover.
*The lineup that recorded this album would reunite to record their next and last studio album to-date, "Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities", in 1995.