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. The band's first album, it was originally released under their former name, Scared Straight until later copies of the album changed it to Ten Foot Pole. The band released the album on their own label.

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makes a special guest appearance on the last track, which is a cover of “Joy To The World”. The tracks “Life” and School” are re-recorded and expanded versions of songs that appeared on previous Scared Straight and compilation releases on

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Critical reception

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wrote that the album "is flatly produced and lacks immediately memorable material, but is refreshingly devoid of mainstream pretensions, especially for a band of their time and place (southern California, 1993)."

Track listing

#"People Like You" - 2:06 #"Skywalker" - 2:17 #"Pete's Shoes" - 2:32 #"Life" - 3:25 #"Home" - 2:43 #"Ultimatum" - 3:04 #"Forward" - 1:39 #"Third World Girl" - 3:36 #"Pete's Underwear" - 1:32 #"School" - 1:55 #"Man In The Corner" - 2:26 #"Racer X" - 2:43 #"

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Credits

*Dennis Jagard -

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

, producer *Pete Newbury - bass, producer *Steve Von Treetrunk -

, producer *Jordan Burns -

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References

1993 debut albums Ten Foot Pole albums {{1990s-punk-rock-album-stub