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Tracklist
1. Death or Jail
2. The Divide
3. Dominated
4. A Month of Sundays
5. Braveheart
6. Bent Outta Shape
7. Lowest Common Denominator
8. Good Cop
9. Lifeline
10. Watch It Burn
11. Waiting for the Day
12. Long as She's Standing
13. Nobody Rules
14. Dirty Money

Let it never be said that Sick of It All lack dedication. After almost 25 years of recording and touring, the New York hardcore legends are still going strong on their ninth studio album, Based on a True Story. Despite time moving on, Sick of It All's dedication to their music finds them releasing an album that's as aggressive as anything they've done. Even from the opening moments of "Death or Jail," you can almost feel the heat of a sweat-soaked mosh pit, re-creating that feeling of fighting through the heat and violence to lend your voice to the gang chorus, with every fist-pumping word creating an instant brotherhood. It's not just the aggression that they've managed to keep up, but also the intensity. Songs like "Good Cop" and "Watch It Burn" are stuffed full of d-beat fury and cathartic breakdowns, all driven forward by Lou Koller's relentless vocal rasps. Based on a True Story has everything that fans will have come to expect from the band after a quarter-century, making this album a kind of old-school hardcore comfort food for punk rockers. While Sick of It All may not be reinventing the wheel, they are showing that they're still making the same high quality wheel they've always made, and if you're in a rush to get to the nearest circle pit, accept no substitutes. - Gregory Heaney, All Music Guide.

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Tracklist
1. Take the Night Off
2. Machete
3. Preamble
4. Uprising Nation
5. Always War
6. Die Alone
7. Evil Schemer
8. Leader
9. Make a Mark
10. Forked Tongue
11. Sodom
12. Faithless
13. Fred Army
14. Thin Skin
15. Maria White Trash

Two decades of NYC hardcore aggression are celebrated on DEATH TO TYRANTS, the ninth studio album by scene stalwarts Sick of It All. With three of the original members still in the group (brothers Lou and Pete Koller on vocals and guitar, respectively, and drummer Armand Majidi), the demons they have been chasing since the golden era of NYHC are wrestled down here with extreme brutality. Gang choruses, rock-solid guitar leads, and a chugging rhythm section, all staples of the group's musical stance, have fortunately not given way. Given the group's tenacity in holding down their own sound, comparisons to Motorhead, especially in terms of being able to work on a singular, forceful sonic theme for so many years, are becoming more and more relevant. With no signs of slowing down, DEATH TO TYRANTS shows that Sick of It All is still handing out glorious musical beatdowns to its fans.

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Tracklist

1. I Believe
2. Stood For Nothing
3. Borstal Breakout (Sham 69)
4. Straight Ahead (Straight Ahead)
5. All Hell Breaks Loose (Misfits)
6. My Little World
7. Soul Be Free
8. Blatty (Human Egg)
9. 86
10. Target (Hüsker Dü)
11. Rip Off (Sham 69)
12. Working Class Kids (Last Resort)
13. Never Measure Up
14. The Future Is Mine
15. Just Look Around" (House of Pain remix)

Outtakes for the Outcast is a collection of Sick of It All rarities culled from B-sides, soundtracks, and even an ancient bootleg tape. There's classicist New York City hardcore here, from the shoutalong vocals and crashing lead guitar line of "Soul Be Free," to the metal and hardcore hybridism of "86," which was recorded during the sessions for Built to Last. Opener "I Believe" is another highlight. But there are also Sick of It All'd versions of classic punk, Oi!, and hardcore material. There's a muscular take on Sham 69's "Borstal Breakout" dating from 1994; Hüsker Dü's "Target" gets the treatment, as does the Misfits' "All Hell Breaks Loose" and Last Resort's "Working Class Kids." It's nice of Fat Wreck to gather up these SOIA loose ends for all the completists out there. But what might make fans even more excited are the three previously unreleased tracks closing out Outtakes for the Outcast. "Never Measure Up" and "The Future Is Mine" are from a 2001 live set at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill, while the version of "Just Look Around" appearing here is a House of Pain remix from 1993 that was transferred to Outtakes from a bootleg cassette. With its telltale DJ Lethal production and, yes, vintage rap-rock sound, it's interesting, if somewhat dated stuff. But it's no match for Sick of It All's anthemic bash through Sham 69's "Rip Off." - Johnny Loftus, All Music Guide.

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Tracklist
1. Relentless
2. All My Blessings
3. The Land Increases
4. Paper Tiger (Fakin' The Punk)
5. The Innocent
6. Silence
7. For Now
8. View From The Surface
9. Going All Out
10. Rewind
11. Shot Sandwich
12. Butting Heads
13. Take Control
14. Kept In Check
15. On The Brink
16. Trenches

Even after more than 15 years, Sick of It All's Life on the Ropes finds the band as heavy, fast, and fun as ever while still allowing plenty of room for some thoughtful lyrics. Throughout the entire length of the album, the band keeps switching back and forth between circle-pit anthems and singalong youth crew tunes. Thus, the band sounds like a good cross of old- and new-school hardcore mixed with good old punk rock. Street-tough vocals from Lou Koller spout out lyrics that seem to be predominately about philosophy and self-reflection, which may seem out of place among much of the hardcore scene, but Sick of It All makes it work and in an intelligent, respectable manner. Sixteen songs seems the perfect length, as the tunes are all pretty quick-paced and upbeat, and thus the album seems over before you know it. In the end, if nothing else, Sick of It All show that age and experience can help make a better hardcore album. Life on the Ropes is a fine album for both first-time listeners and fans alike. - Kurt Morris, All Music Guide.

2003 offering proves that SOIA are certainly not 'on the ropes'. The sixteen tracks were laid down at the infamous Atomic Recording Company in Brooklyn, NY. Fat Wreck Chords.

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Tracklist
1: Good Lookin’ Out
2: Call To Arms
3: Blown Away
4: Built To Last
5: Just Look Around
6: Let Go
7: Us Vs. Them
8: The Bland Within
9: Disco Sucks Fuck Everything
10: Injustice System
11: Potential For A Fall
12: Scratch The Surface
13: America
14: Straight Ahead
15: Rat Pack
16: Sanctuary
17: My Life
18: Busted
19: Maladjusted
20: Goatless
21: Friends Like You
22: Clobberin’ Time
23: Step Down
24: Bullshit Justice (LP only)

Live in a Dive sees the New York City hardcore stalwarts at San Francisco's Bottom of the Hill in November 2001 doing what they'd done for the preceding dozen-plus years: leveling the joint with their powerful hardcore. The nearly two dozen tracks run through every era of the band's history, with five tracks from the Blood, Sweat & No Tears debut, four tracks from the band's then recent Yours Truly, and multiple cuts from everything else in between, making this as comprehensive as any best-of compilation would hope to be, but with the energy of the band's concert experience bleeding through the speakers. A must for a fan, a good starting point for a novice, and not nearly as disposable as most concert recordings are. - Brian O'Neill, All Music Guide.

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Tracklist
1. Blown Away
2. Nails
3. The Bland Within
4. Hello Pricks
5. District
6. Disco Sucks F**k Everything
7. America
8. Hands Tied Eyes Closed
9. Turn My Back
10. Broke Dick
11. Souvenir
12. Cruelty
13. This Day And Age
14. Ruin
15. Cry For Help
16. No Apologies

Sick of It All frontman Lou Koller is a raging mad man, a vocalic inquisitor of sorts, and Yours Truly, the band's sixth album, sticks with the same vein of angry punk rock. Pure grit and growl swirl among speed metal guitar licks and thunderous percussion, Sick of It All twists the new millennium punk revival backward to achieve what once was an intimidating scene for music. The namesake says it all, therefore, cuts such as "Hello Pricks" and "Hands Tied Eyes Closed" depict the band's overall aggression against mainstream and social norms, for music is the supreme escape. The lyrical cynicisms are dead on, a little humorous even, but Sick of It All keeps it hardcore. - MacKenzie Wilson, All Music Guide.

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1. Let Go
2. Call To Arms
3. Potential For A Fall
4. Falter
5. The Future Is Mine
6. Guilty
7. Falling Apart
8. Sanctuary
9. Morally Confused
10. Hindsight
11. Martin
12. Pass The Buck
13. Quiet Man
14. Drastic
15. (Just A) Patsy

Call to Arms found Sick of It All refreshed and ready to rejuvenate its career with a faster, more punk sound that made the band's streetwise songs seem that much more urgent. Spawning the rather successful single Potential for a Fall (which even found its share of MTV exposure), the album suggested that Sick of It All's future was on an upswing. Unfortunately, much like Scratch the Surface, Call to Arms only made a small wave, but helped introduce a new audience to the traditional hardcore sound that Sick of It All had championed for years. - Jason D. Taylor, All Music Guide.

One of the leading bands in the hardcore genre for 13 years, their new album is doubtlessly a perfect mixture of modern sound & old school hardcore. Their best album ever!

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Tracklist
1. Good Lookin' Out
2. Built To Last
3. Closer
4. One Step Ahead
5. Us Vs. Them
6. Laughingstock
7. Don't Follow
8. Nice
9. Busted
10. Burn 'Em Down
11. End The Era
12. Chip Away
13. Too Late
14. Jungle


Built to Last proves exactly that, as it seems there is no end in the near future for hardcore veterans Sick of It All. Once again offering a solid package of fast-paced hardcore punk, the New York natives succeed in churning out a handful of new streetwise anthems, including "Closer," "Us vs. Them," and "Burn 'Em Down." Built to Last writes another chapter in Sick of It All's lengthy career. - Jason D. Taylor, All Music Guide.

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Tracklist
1. Injustice System
2. It's Clobberin Time
3. Violent Generation
4. Alone
5. Pain Strikes
6. Shut Me Out
7. Pushed Too Far
8. Friends Like You
9. Locomotive
10. World Full of Hate
11. Just Look Around
12. What's Going On
13. Give Respect
14. Disillusion
15. No Labels
16. Pete's Sake
17. G.I. Joe Head Stomp
18. We Want the Truth
19. Blood & the Sweat
20. Shield
21. We Stand Alone
22. Indust
23. My Life
24. Betray

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Tracklist
1. No Cure
2. Insurrection
3. Consume
4. Who Sets the Rules
5. Goatless
6. Step Down
7. Maladjusted
8. Scratch the Surface
9. Free Spirit
10. Force My Hand
11. Desperate Fool
12. Return to Reality
13. Farm Team
14. Cease Fire
Heralded as "the last remaining true New York hardcore outfit" by Spin, New York's proudest sons Sick of It All always have and always will be the real deal. After releasing a string of important hardcore records including 1989's Blood, Sweat, ... Full DescriptionNo Tears as well as 1992's classic Just Look Around, SOIA decided to take the major-label plunge by signing with EastWest Records. Leaving the act to its own devices, the label wisely chose to let the band self-produce Scratch the Surface (its fourth effort). Unleashed at the height of Green Day/Offspring mania, the album was destined for major attention, but, alas, it never came. Featuring a classic New York hardcore sound (and one that is admittedly not for the masses), the album features 14 tracks including the hyper-speedy "Insurrection," live favorite "No Cure," and "Desperate Fool." The real surprise, however, comes in the shape of two incredible band anthems. For one, there's the transcendent "Scratch the Surface" (which featured a great, live-action video later carbon copied by Papa Roach on "Last Resort"). Secondly, there's the monstrous singalong (not mention big Beavis and Butthead re-current) "Step Down." With "Step Down," the label tried to position SOIA as its "next big punk band." Unfortunately, EastWest met with resistance from radio programmers who were all too busy looking for the next Green Day. When all was said and done, as was the case with the Melvins, Scratch the Surface sold about as well the band's other independent efforts (even though it benefited from two videos and some decent label commitment). - John Franck, All Music Guide.

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