Sick of It All (EP) explained

Sick of It All
Type:EP
Artist:Sick of It All
Cover:SOIA EP.jpg
Released:1987
Recorded:1987
Genre:Hardcore punk
Length:10:06
Label:Revelation Records
Producer:Sick of It All
Next Title:Blood, Sweat and No Tears
Next Year:1989

Sick of It All is the first 7-inch EP recording by New York hardcore punk band Sick of It All. It was the third-ever release via Revelation Records.

Initially, only 4,000 copies of the EP were manufactured (1,000 on standard black vinyl and 1,000 on red vinyl), followed by a limited numbered pressing of 300 copies earmarked for a record convention held at 924 Gilman Street in Berkeley, California, and then a final general-release press run of 2,000 copies. Afterwards, in 1988, eight of these songs were re-recorded and added to their first full-length album release, Blood, Sweat and No Tears, which is generally regarded as a landmark hardcore punk album.

Revelation reissued the EP on both vinyl and CD in 1997 to commemorate its 10th anniversary. SOIA lead singer Lou Koller contributed a special sleeve note to the reissue. The reissue vinyl was deliberately limited to 1,100 black vinyl copies and 102 grey vinyl copies. A final vinyl run of 300 white vinyl copies was released by Revelation in December 2001, and today only the CD edition remains in print.

Track listing

7-inch vinyl EP edition

Side one

  1. "It's Clobberin' Time/Just Lies"
  2. "Pete's Sake"
  3. "Friends Like You"
  4. "Bullshit Justice"

Side two

  1. Pay the Price
  2. Pushed Too Far/Give Respect
  3. The Deal
  4. N.S./My Revenge

1997 CD edition

  1. It's Clobberin' Time
  2. Just Lies
  3. Pete's Sake
  4. Friends Like You
  5. Bullshit Justice
  6. Pay the Price
  7. Pushed Too Far
  8. Give Respect
  9. The Deal
  10. N.S./My Revenge

Personnel

Note

Production