The Crew (album)
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Genre | Hardcore punk[1][2][3] | |||
| Label | BYO[4] | |||
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| AllMusic |   [5] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [6] |
The Crew is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band 7 Seconds, released in 1984 by BYO Records.[2][7] The original LP was released with 18 tracks, and later re-released on compact disc with six live bonus tracks.
Critical reception
[edit]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."[3] 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."[8] 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."[1]
Track listing
[edit]All songs written by Kevin Seconds, except for where noted.
- "Here's Your Warning" - 1:18
- "Definite Choice" - 0:55
- "Not Just Boys Fun" (Seconds, Steve Youth) - 1:29
- "This Is the Angry Pt. 2" - 1:09
- "Straight On" - 0:24
- "You Lose" - 0:36
- "What If There's a War in America" - 0:42
- "The Crew" - 0:51
- "Clenched Fists, Black Eyes" - 1:30
- "Colourblind" - 1:42
- "Aim to Please" - 1:14
- "Boss" (Seconds, Youth) - 0:45
- "Young 'Til I Die" - 2:01
- "Red and Black" - 0:37
- "Die Hard" - 0:57
- "I Have a Dream" - 1:00
- "Bully" - 1:05
- "Trust" - 2:13
- "Here's Your Warning" (Live) - 1:35
- "Spread" (Live) - 1:21
- "I Have a Dream" (Live) - 0:58
- "Young 'Til I Die" (Live) - 1:51
- "Not Just Boys Fun" (Live) (Seconds, Youth) - 1:26
- "Rock Together" (Live) - 2:12
Personnel
[edit]- Kevin Seconds: Lead Vocals
- Dan Pozniak: Guitar, Vocals
- Troy Mowat: Drums
- Steve Youth: Bass, Piano
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Top 20 Hardcore Albums in History: Complete List". LA Weekly. August 29, 2013.
- ^ a b Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595987 – via Google Books.
- ^ a b "7 Seconds". www.austinchronicle.com.
- ^ "7 Seconds | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "The Crew - 7 Seconds | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 356.
- ^ Sherman, Maria (October 11, 2016). "Air Jordans, Hockey and Hardcore: How Punk Embraced Sports". Rolling Stone.
- ^ "DeLorean: 7 Seconds - The Crew (1984)". Tiny Mix Tapes.
