Birth of a Cynic is the first independent release of post-grunge rock band

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. It was produced by Paul Lani & Paul Yered and released on Elephant Ear Records.

Musicians

* Evan Sula-Goff (vocals, guitar) * Seth Watson (guitar, background vocals) * Adam Powell (drums, background vocals) * Alex Viveros (bass, background vocals)

Album artwork

Album artwork was photographed b
Scott Council
who went on to a successful career in entertainment photography. The images were photographed in Ventura, CA and

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, CA. Marty Johnston was the graphic designer. The booklet from original release was printed as a blue and black

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on white paper with hidden elements in a high gloss varnish, while the reissue was printed in full color and had slightly different

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. Four of its tracks were re-recorded for the band's major label release ''

In Moderation ''In Moderation'' is the second studio album by 8stops7 and the major label debut for the band. Four songs on this album were re-released and had been included on the band's debut album, ''Birth of a Cynic''. Their initial release on ''Birth of a ...

'' on

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. In 2007, three songs were featured in the short film ''He's Not My...'', which was produced by Contempovision Films.

Track listing

# "Doubt" (3:50) # "Fate" (4:34) # "Esteem" (4:38) * # "Not Alive" (3:56) * # "Long Distance" (2:38) # "Wider" (3:24) * # "Wait I Swear" (3:48) # "What's The Big Idea" (4:15) # "Weekend" (4:46) # "Disappear" (3:51) # "Forget" (3:31)* * Asterisk indicates song was re-recorded and included on the band's following album: ''

''.

References

1998 albums 8stops7 albums {{1990s-hard-rock-album-stub