''A Juvenile Product of the Working Class'' is an album by American punk rock band

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. It was released on September 10, 1996, as the band's first album on

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. The album's name was taken from a line in

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's song "

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". The cover art is by

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. The band promoted the album by touring with

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for their '' Everything Sucks'' tour.

On ''Give 'Em the Boot''

The song "Fifteenth and T" appears on the

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'' Give 'Em the Boot'' (1997).

Release and Re-release

''A Juvenile Product of the Working Class'' was released in 1996. One notable feature of the release was both the CD tray and cassette shell were pink. It was re-released on limited edition opaque yellow vinyl, in 2008. Only 550 copies were printed, and sold out shortly after going on sale.

Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the Utters' songs may be inconsistent, but their playing is reliably nimble." ''

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'' thought that "with 'Next in Line', the Utters are trying to change punk by adapting influences and defining their own sound." ''

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'' determined that the album "overflows with articulate rage and relentless hooks." ''

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'' noted that it "ranges from melodic punk to garage pop to rock and roll."

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wrote that the Utters "manage to put out some of the catchiest working class anthems for the '90s."

Track listing

All songs by Darius Koski unless otherwise noted. # "Windspitting Punk" (Koski, Goddard, Johnny Bonnel, Max Huber) – 2:14 # "No Time to Play" – 2:13 # "Nowhere Fast" – 1:54 # "Keep Running" – 2:14 # "Sustain" – 1:37 # "(Of) One in All" – 1:40 # "Derailer" (Bonnel, Kevin Wickersham) – 1:56 # "The Next in Line" (Huber) – 3:40 # "Sign It Away" – 1:50 # "Time Tells Time" (Koski, Huber) – 2:52 # "Almost Brave" – 1:28 # "Fifteenth and T" (Huber) – 2:13 # "London Drunk" – 2:03 # "The Black Pint" (Bonnel) – 2:27 # "Bigot's Barrel" (Bonnel, Wickersham) – 2:31 # "A Step to Go" – 2:21

Credits

*Johnny Bonnel – vocals *Max Huber – guitar *Greg McEntee – drums *Kevin Wickersham – bass *Darius Koski – guitar,

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, vocals

References

External links

Fat Wreck page on the album
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