The Crew (album) explained

The Crew
Type:Album
Artist:7 Seconds
Cover:7secondsthecrew.jpg
Released:1984
Genre:Hardcore punk
Label:BYO[1]
Next Title:Walk Together, Rock Together
Next Year:1985

The Crew is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band 7 Seconds, released in 1984 by BYO Records.[2] [3] The original LP was released with 18 tracks, and later re-released on compact disc with six live bonus tracks.

Critical reception

The Austin Chronicle called the album a "stone classic," writing that "precious few third wave punk-hardcore outfits have aged as stoically – or as relevantly – as vox/guitar sibling duo Kevin Seconds and Steve Youth."[4] In a retrospective review, Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that the band's sound "is distilled ... to a steady grind of too-pah beats and blender-like three-chord sounds, but it’s the combination of this minimalism and Kevin Seconds’s voice — passionate, melodic, hopeful — that makes you believe everything he says."[5] LA Weekly placed The Crew at #3 on its list of the top twenty hardcore albums in history, writing that "7 Seconds wrote the book on positive hardcore and that book is called The Crew."[6]

Track listing

All songs written by Kevin Seconds, except for where noted.

  1. "Here's Your Warning" - 1:18
  2. "Definite Choice" - 0:55
  3. "Not Just Boys Fun" (Seconds, Steve Youth) - 1:29
  4. "This Is the Angry Pt. 2" - 1:09
  5. "Straight On" - 0:24
  6. "You Lose" - 0:36
  7. "What If There's a War in America" - 0:42
  8. "The Crew" - 0:51
  9. "Clenched Fists, Black Eyes" - 1:30
  10. "Colourblind" - 1:42
  11. "Aim to Please" - 1:14
  12. "Boss" (Seconds, Youth) - 0:45
  13. "Young 'Til I Die" - 2:01
  14. "Red and Black" - 0:37
  15. "Die Hard" - 0:57
  16. "I Have a Dream" - 1:00
  17. "Bully" - 1:05
  18. "Trust" - 2:13
  19. "Here's Your Warning" (Live) - 1:35
  20. "Spread" (Live) - 1:21
  21. "I Have a Dream" (Live) - 0:58
  22. "Young 'Til I Die" (Live) - 1:51
  23. "Not Just Boys Fun" (Live) (Seconds, Youth) - 1:26
  24. "Rock Together" (Live) - 2:12

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 7 Seconds | Biography & History. AllMusic.
  2. Book: American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Steven. Blush. George. Petros. October 19, 2010. Feral House. 9781932595987. Google Books.
  3. Air Jordans, Hockey and Hardcore: How Punk Embraced Sports. Maria. Sherman. Rolling Stone. October 11, 2016.
  4. Web site: 7 Seconds. www.austinchronicle.com.
  5. Web site: DeLorean: 7 Seconds - The Crew (1984). Tiny Mix Tapes.
  6. Web site: Top 20 Hardcore Albums in History: Complete List. August 29, 2013. LA Weekly.

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