''Some Boys Got It, Most Men Don't'' is the fourth album released by the North Vancouver punk band

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It was released by

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in June 1999. This is the first d.b.s. recording to feature new bassist Ryan Angus, who replaced Dhani Borges. The album marks a turning point in the band's development, and had some

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influence. Tracks such as "...And Then I Awoke" and "Past Friendships" included acoustic guitar; these tracks have been likened to the sound of

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and

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, respectively. The album also received comparisons to some emo hardcore bands on

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, such as

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and Kid Dynamite, as well as Converge. For the final five minutes of "A Foundation for Positive Change", there is heavy

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, a piano playing a repeated theme, and fuzzy sampled voice clips—resulting in a more experimental sound than the band's earlier recordings, and presaging the sampled music that band member

Andy Dixon Andy Dixon (born 25 August 1979) is a Canadian artist and musician, who gained notoriety as a member of the North Vancouver punk rock band d.b.s. He founded the record label Ache Records, and later played in The Red Light Sting. Beginning ...

would later compose.

Track listing

# "Set Your Clock Back an Hour" – 1:34 # "Your Apathy Is Killing Both of Us" – 3:10 # "Starboard" – 3:54 # "Dear Diary" – 0:29 # "The Sun Went All the Way Down" – 2:59 # "...And Then I Awoke" – 3:55 # "Aspirations" – 2:15 # "My Life as a Book (Chapter Two)" – 3:24 # "Apology" – 2:54 # "Kitchen Noise" – 4:04 # "Past Friendships" – 4:56 # "A Foundation for Positive Change" – 5:54

Personnel

– guitar, backing vocals * Jesse Gander – vocals * Paul Patko – drums, backing vocals * Ryan "Nordburg" Angus – bass guitar

References

D.b.s. albums 1999 albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub