A Reason for Living

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A Reason for Living
Various Artists - A Reason for Living.jpg
Compilation album by
Various artists
Released1990 (1990)
Genre
Label Santa Cruz Skateboards
Producer Ray Stevens II
Alternative cover
Various Artists - A Reason for Living (VHS).jpg
VHS cover

A Reason for Living is a various artists compilation album released on cassette tape and fifty-seven minute VHS in 1990 by Santa Cruz Skateboards. [1] [2] "Cockeyed Motherfucker" was also released on From the Machine by Index Productions [3] and later on Diatribe debut EP Therapy in 1991. [4]

Contents

Track listing

Side one
No.TitleArtistLength
1."Solitary Confinement" (1977) The Weirdos  
2."Song That Ate Spider Baby"Spider Baby 
3."Laws"Sioux Nation 
4."Rooster Crest Swamp Villians"Penal Kennel 
5."We Got Soul" Big Boys  
6."(There's a Party) On James Dean's Grave Tonight"Screamin' Lord Salba & His Heavy Friends 
7."Looking for You" The Faction  
8."Cockeyed Motherfucker" Diatribe  
Side two
No.TitleArtistLength
1."King Kan"The Bone Shavers 
2."Joe Done Gone"Goodbye Gemini 
3."Little Kings and Queens"The Odd Numbers 
4."Revealed by Composed Nature"Bad Mutha Goose and The Brothers Grimm 
5."Bad Medication" BL'AST!  

Personnel

Adapted from the A Reason for Living liner notes. [5]

Release history

RegionDateLabelFormatCatalog
United States1990Santa Cruz Skateboards CS, VHS

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References

  1. Markus (January 1, 2020). "Santa Cruz – A Reason For Living". Skatevideosite. GeneratePress. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  2. Carroll, Mike (2014). "Classics: Julien Stranger A Reason For Living". Thrasher . High Speed Productions. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  3. Ward, Robert (August 8, 1991). "Reviews: Various Artists - From the Machine". The Fifth Path (2): 38. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  4. "Diatribe: Therapy > Overview". Allmusic. Retrieved August 31, 2020.
  5. A Reason for Living (booklet). Diatribe. San Jose, California: Santa Cruz Skateboards. 1990.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)