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band

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. Released in September 2003, it was the band's final album of new material on

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until 2018's ''

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'' The album features guest backing vocals from, among others, John Joseph of

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Track listing

*All tracks written by

#"Relentless" – 2:24 #"All My Blessings" – 1:48 #"The Land Increases" – 1:38 #"Paper Tiger (Fakin' the Punk)" – 2:08 #"The Innocent" – 2:51 #"Silence" – 2:38 #"For Now" – 2:45 #"View from the Surface" – 2:32 #"Going All Out" – 2:29 #"Rewind" – 2:21 #"Shit Sandwich (Instra-Mental)" – 1:04 #"Butting Heads" – 2:46 #"Take Control" – 2:17 #"Kept in Check" – 2:42 #"On the Brink" – 2:26 #"Trenches" – 3:33

Credits

*Lou Koller – vocals *Pete Koller – guitar *Craig Setari – bass guitar *Armand Majidi – drums * John Joseph of

– guest vocals on ''Paper Tiger (Fakin' The Punk)'' * Opening line by Robert De Niro sampled from the 1978 movie The Deer Hunter *Recorded at Atomic Recording Company,

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, US *Produced by Sick of It All and Dean Baltolonis

References

2003 albums Fat Wreck Chords albums Sick of It All albums {{2000s-punk-album-stub