''Built to Last'' is a studio album by American band

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, released in 1997.

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held the exclusive rights to release it on

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. The album peaked at No. 32 on the ''Billboard''

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chart.

Production

''Built to Last'' was the result of a year's work for Sick of It All, with pre-production beginning in late 1995/early 1996. The recording took place at Normandy Sound, in

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(where their first three albums had been recorded), and in two studios in

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Critical reception

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'' wrote that "the music and attitude are entirely predictable, but the 'hey-hey-heys' are rather charming." ''

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'' wrote that the band manages "to overcome the genre’s bark-and-lunge cliches simply because they’re so archetypal; these guys can actually make you feel the fury behind a song called 'Us Vs. Them'."

Track listing

*All tracks written by

#"Good Lookin' Out" – 1:53 #"Built to Last" – 2:01 #"Closer" – 2:56 #"One Step Ahead" – 2:07 #"Us vs. Them" – 3:04 #"Laughingstock" – 2:42 #"Don't Follow" – 2:02 #"Nice" – 2:41 #"Busted" – 1:37 #"Burn 'em Down" – 2:55 #"End the Era" – 3:05 #"Chip Away" – 2:02 #"Too Late" – 2:00 #"Jungle" – 8:10 "Jungle" ends at 2:54, with silence from 2:55 to 5:53; at 5:54, a voice says "Oh c'mon, hurry up, ya old hag." There is silence again from 5:58 to 6:59. A hidden song, sung in English and Spanish, starts at 7:00 (unofficially titled "Culo Cagado").

Credits

*Lou Koller – vocals *Pete Koller – guitar *Craig Setari – bass guitar *Armand Majidi – drums *George Correia – percussion *Produced by GGGarth and Sick of It All *Engineered by GGGarth and

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References

1997 albums Albums produced by Garth Richardson Sick of It All albums East West Records albums Equal Vision Records albums Albums recorded at Sound City Studios {{1990s-punk-album-stub