Freedumb

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Freedumb
Studio album by
ReleasedMay 18, 1999
Recorded1998–1999 at Ocean Studios, Titan Studios, Skip Saylor Studios
GenreSkate punk
Length40:00
LabelSuicidal Records, SideOneDummy
ProducerPaul Northfield & Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies chronology
Six the Hard Way
(1998)
Freedumb
(1999)
Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Chronicles of Chaos7/10[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Rock Hard10/10[4]

Freedumb is a studio album by American crossover band Suicidal Tendencies.[5][6] It was released in 1999 on Suicidal Records.[7]

The tracks are rawer than the funk-influenced thrash metal direction they were taking before the hiatus. The album's cover art is a reference to the photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima taken during World War II.

Reception[edit]

CMJ New Music Report wrote that the songs "display thousand-mile-an-hour, classic hardcore guitar assaults."[8] In 2005, Freedumb was ranked number 489 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time.[9]

Track listing[edit]

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Freedumb"Mike Muir, Josh Paul, Dean Pleasants, Mike Clark2:52
2."Ain't Gonna Take It"Muir, Clark, Pleasants2:09
3."Scream Out"Muir2:29
4."Half Way up My Head"Muir, Pleasants4:01
5."Cyco Vision"Muir, Clark1:49
6."I Ain't Like You"Muir2:35
7."Naked"Suicidal Tendencies3:56
8."Hippie Killer"Muir3:10
9."Built to Survive"Muir3:07
10."Get Sick"Muir, Pleasants, Clark2:58
11."We Are Family"Muir, Clark2:54
12."I'll Buy Myself"Muir, Clark1:48
13."Gaigan Go Home" (Gaijin Go Home on Japanese edition)Muir, Brooks Wackerman1:58
14."Heaven"Muir, Clark4:13
15."Don't Take No" (Bonus track on Japanese edition)Muir, Clark3:19

Credits[edit]

Tracks 1, 2, 5–10, 12, 13[edit]

  • Recorded at Ocean Studios and Skip Saylor Studios
  • Produced by Paul Northfield and Suicidal Tendencies
  • Engineered and mixed by Paul Northfield

Tracks 3, 4, 11, 14[edit]

  • Recorded at Titan Studios, except track 11 guitars at Skip Saylor
  • Produced by Suicidal Tendencies
  • Engineered by Michael Vail Blum
  • Mixed by Paul Northfield at Skip Saylor Studios
  • Mastered by Brian Gardner at Bernie Grundman Mastering Studios

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Freedumb - Suicidal Tendencies | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via allmusic.com.
  2. ^ "CoC : Suicidal Tendencies - Freedumb : Review". chroniclesofchaos.com.
  3. ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 832.
  4. ^ Stratmann, Holger. "Rock Hard". issue 146. Retrieved May 22, 2013.
  5. ^ "Suicidal Tendencies | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. ^ Sharpe-Young, Garry (January 29, 2007). "Metal: The Definitive Guide : Heavy, NWOBH, Progressive, Thrash, Death, Black, Gothic, Doom, Nu". Jawbone Press – via Google Books.
  7. ^ "Suicidal Tendencies". Trouser Press. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  8. ^ "Loud Rock". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. August 2, 1999 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ Best of Rock & Metal - Die 500 stärksten Scheiben aller Zeiten (in German). Rock Hard. 2005. p. 12. ISBN 3-89880-517-4.

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