Deadline (Leftöver Crack and Citizen Fish album) explained

Deadline
Type:studio
Artist:Citizen Fish / Leftöver Crack
Cover:Leftover Crack Citizen Fish Deadline.jpg
Released:March 6, 2007
Recorded:January 2004 (songs 1–6)
Genre:Punk rock, ska punk
Label:Alternative Tentacles/Fat Wreck Chords
Chronology:Citizen Fish
Prev Title:What Time We On?
Prev Year:2006
Next Title:Goods
Next Year:2011

Deadline is a split album released in 2007 on Alternative Tentacles Records and Fat Wreck Chords. The album features 15 songs from the 2 bands, Leftöver Crack and Citizen Fish. Each band covers two songs. Citizen Fish covers "Money" by Choking Victim, and "Clear Channel (Fuck Off!)" by Leftöver Crack. Leftöver Crack covers "Supermarket Song" by Citizen Fish, and "Reasons for Existence" by The Subhumans.

This album has cameos from Dave Dictor from MDC on the Intro song for the Leftöver Crack portion of the record, and vocals from Jello Biafra on Leftöver Crack's "Baby-Punchers".

Reception

Allmusic writer Corey Apar gave the album four stars, stating "The bleeding urgency that both bands discharge with such directed force and street-level ferocity is truly refreshing...Deadline is surprisingly still incredibly accessible and even poppy."[1] Chris Moran of Punknews.org gave it three and a half stars, calling it "a pleasant piece of punk history".[2] Ty Trumbull, writing foe Exclaim!, viewed it as "a good example of what a split record should be: two bands that, while not completely dissimilar, each bring something different to the table."[3] Andrew Miller for Alternative Press, awarded it three stars, stating that the album "confirms the genre's continued vitality and vigilance".[4]

Track listing

  1. Citizen Fish - "Working on the Inside" (Dick Lukas) – 2:43
  2. Citizen Fish - "Money" – (Choking Victim cover) – 2:01
  3. Citizen Fish - "Meltdown" (Lukas) – 2:43
  4. Citizen Fish - "Getting Used to It" (Lukas) – 2:30
  5. Citizen Fish - "Back to Square One" (Lukas) – 3:00
  6. Citizen Fish - "Join The Dots" (Lukas) – 3:08
  7. Citizen Fish - "Clear Channel (Fuck Off!)" – (Leftöver Crack cover) – 2:30
  8. Leftöver Crack - "L.Ö.C Intro (B.D.C)" - (Featuring Dave Dictor of Millions of Dead Cops) (Ara Crack, Frank DeGeneric, Stza) – 0:57
  9. Leftöver Crack - "Baby-Punchers" – (Featuring Jello Biafra) (Crack, DeGeneric, Stza) – 3:29
  10. Leftöver Crack - "Genocidal Tendencies" (Brad Logan, Stza) – 3:22
  11. Leftöver Crack - "...And Out Comes the N-Bomb!" (Crack, DeGeneric, Stza) – 2:13
  12. Leftöver Crack - "Life Causes Cancer" (Crack, DeGeneric, Stza) – 2:41
  13. Leftöver Crack - "World War 4" (Ezra Kire, Stza) – 4:03
  14. Leftöver Crack - "Supermarket Song" – (Citizen Fish cover) – 2:15
  15. Leftöver Crack - "Reason for Existence" – (Subhumans cover) – 2:20

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Apar, Cory "Deadline Review", Allmusic. Retrieved 3 April 2021
  2. Moran, Chris (2007) "Citizen Fish/Leftover Crack Deadline (2007)", Punknews.org, 6 March 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2021
  3. Trumbull, Ty (2007) "Citizen Fish/Leftover Crack Deadline", Exclaim!, 18 April 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2021
  4. Miller, Andrew (2007) "Leftover Crack/Citizen Fish Deadline", Alternative Press, 26 July 2007. Retrieved 3 April 2021