| Supertones Strike Back | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | the O.C. Supertones |
| Cover: | Supertones strike back.jpg |
| Released: | June 3, 1997 |
| Recorded: | West Beach Studios, Hollywood, CA |
| Genre: | Christian ska |
| Length: | 41:28 |
| Label: | BEC |
| Producer: | Steve Kravac |
| Prev Title: | Adventures of the O.C. Supertones |
| Prev Year: | 1996 |
| Next Title: | Chase the Sun |
| Next Year: | 1999 |
Supertones Strike Back is the second studio album released by the O.C. Supertones. One reviewer described the album as a "no-hold-barred modern day revival meeting".
Compared to the bands' debut, this release features a refined sound. Attributed to experience and having spent almost three months on production, vocalist Matt Morginsky joked that "we play in tempo and in tune on this one!"[1] The music contains harder guitars and begins to show diverse influences, like surf and R&B.
The Los Angeles Times described the album as passionate, saying that "what they offer, in song after ska-punk song, is complete, full-hearted conviction". Going on to say that the album stood as an example and reproach to the trendy but superficial Orange County ska movement.[2] John DiBiase of Jesus Freak Hideout described the album as more aggressive than their previous album, with louder and harder guitar and moody vocals; praising it as one of the best ska albums available.[3]
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