''Don't Turn Away'' is the first

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by the American punk rock band Face to Face. It was released in 1992 under the label

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, and was considered a strong debut for the band. It was re-released a year later on

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. Two years later, " Disconnected," the album's third track, was re-recorded for the band's second album ''

Big Choice ''Big Choice'' is a full-length album by the California punk band Face to Face, released in 1995. It was released on Victory Music in 1995, and then re-released on A&M Records. "Disconnected" was released to alternative radio on January 20, 199 ...

''. Their then-label

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wanted the band to re-record it, because no one could "hear a single" until the

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radio station

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first played it.

Critical reception

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'' called the album "a stirring and exciting debut undercut only slightly by its overt stylistic debt to Hüsker Dü and Social Distortion."

Track listing

All songs by Keith, Riddle #"You've Done Nothing" – 1:59 #"I'm Not Afraid" – 2:44 #" Disconnected" – 3:27 #"No Authority" – 2:42 #"I Want" – 3:00 #"You've Got a Problem" – 2:47 #"Everything Is Everything" – 3:08 #"I'm Trying" – 2:52 #"Pastel" – 3:13 #"Nothing New" – 3:26 #"Walk Away" – 2:09 #"Do You Care?" – 3:01 #"1,000 X" – 2:32

Fat Wreck Chords bonus tracks (2016)

"Who You Are" – 1:56
"Don’t Turn Away" – 2:47

Personnel

*Face To Face - producer *Trever Keith - guitar, vocals *Matt Riddle - bass, Backup vocals *Rob Kurth - drums

Technical personnel

*Jim Goodwin - engineer *Donnell Cameron - engineer *John Golden - mastering *Mike Brooling - sequencing

Charts

Singles - ''Billboard'' (United States)

References

{{Authority control 1992 debut albums Face to Face (punk band) albums Dr. Strange Records albums