''Punkrockacademyfightsong'' is the third album by American
punk rock band
Down by Law, released in 1994.
It contains a cover of
the Proclaimers
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' hit song "
I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)
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". Singer
Dave Smalley
Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS, Dag Nasty, and All and as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his influence on pop punk music and his early contribution ...
considered it the band's best known album.
Production
The album was produced by Michael Douglass.
It was recorded at
A&M Studios
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, in Hollywood, California.
[ Down by Law was in the studio at the same time as ]the Rolling Stones
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; the Stones allegedly complained about the volume of the band's punk rock.[
]
Critical reception
The '' Chicago Reader'' labeled the album "punk as pabulum," and considered the band an "alternative-rock Raffi."AllMusic
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called the album "a solid, polished album of raw punk rock."
Track listing
# "Punk Won" (Phillips, Smalley) – 2:57
# "Hit Or Miss" (Smalley) – 3:22
# "Flower Tattoo" (Oswald) – 1:20
# "Sympathy For The World" (Oswald) – 3:15
# "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)" (Reid) – 4:04
# "Brief Tommy" – 0:05
# "Bright Green Globe" (Smalley) – 3:37
# "Minusame" (Oswald, Williams) – 2:25
# "Drummin' Dave, Hunter Up" (Oswald) – 0:30
# "Punk As Fuck" (Smalley) – 1:34
# "1944" (Smalley) – 3:56
# "The King & I" (Oswald) – 2:16
# "Haircut" (Smalley) – 2:21
# "Chocolate Jerk" (Oswald) – 1:51
# "Sam I" (Oswald) – 1:08
# "Heroes & Hooligans" (Oswald, Smalley) – 3:29
# "Soldier Boy" (Smalley) – 3:59
# "Goodnight Song" (Smalley) – 3:51
# "Sam II" (Oswald) – 0:27
Personnel
* Dave Smalley
Dave Smalley is an American musician, best known as the lead singer for the hardcore punk bands DYS, Dag Nasty, and All and as lead singer/guitarist with Down by Law. He is known for his influence on pop punk music and his early contribution ...
- Vocals, Guitar
* Hunter Oswald - Drums, Vocals
* "Angry" John Di Mambro - Bass
* Sam Williams III - Lead Guitar
References
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Down by Law (band) albums
1994 albums
Epitaph Records albums