All Scratched Up!

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All Scratched Up!
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Studio album by
Down by Law
ReleasedMarch 12, 1996 (1996-03-12)
Genre Melodic hardcore
Label Epitaph [1]
Down by Law chronology
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(1994)		All Scratched Up!
(1996)		 Last of the Sharpshooters
(1997)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Rock Hard 8.0/10 [3]
The Tampa Tribune Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]

All Scratched Up! is the fourth album by Down by Law, released in 1996. [5] [6] The band supported the album by touring with labelmates Millencolin. [7] [8]

Contents

Vinyl versions of the album were released as a double album, with Side D consisting of vinyl-only bonus tracks. Three songs on the album ("True Believers", "Post Office Lament", and "True Music", one per vinyl side) end with different performances of a short song called "Counting Crows Must Die", with Side D ending in seven different versions of the song.

Critical reception

The Chicago Tribune wrote that Down by Law "blends punk and pop with knowing ease but without a whole lot of flair." [9] The Bradenton Herald determined that "musically, 'Radio Ragga' (a melancholy reggae number) and 'Far And Away' (the catchy melody switches motifs to rolling drums and stretched guitar sounds a la The Who, then back again) are most interesting." [7] The Tampa Tribune thought that "the band dabbles in dime-store punk and tuneless wonk with limited success." [4]

Track listing

  1. "Independence Day"
  2. "Cheap Thrill"
  3. "All American"
  4. "Hell Song"
  5. "True Believers"
  6. "Giving It All Away"
  7. "Gruesome Gary"
  8. "Radio Ragga"
  9. "Attention: Anyone"
  10. "Superman"
  11. "Post Office Lament"
  12. "Ivory Girl"
  13. "No Has Beens"
  14. "Kevin's Song"
  15. "True Music"
  16. "Far And Away"
  17. "Punks And Drunks"

Vinyl edition bonus tracks:

  1. Daily Occurence[sic]
  2. Neon Skies
  3. Going Underground
  4. Dag Punk
  5. World Without Me
  6. Green Hills of Virginia
  7. Counting Crows Must Die

References

  1. ↑ "Top 75". CMJ New Music Monthly (35): 55. July 1996.
  2. ↑ "Down by Law Songs, Albums, Reviews, Bio & More". AllMusic.
  3. ↑ "DOWN BY LAW - All Scratched Up!". ROCK HARD Heavy-Metal-Magazin.
  4. 1 2 Jeter, Jeff (April 26, 1996). "DOWN BY LAW, All Scratched Up!". The Tampa Tribune. FRIDAY EXTRA!. p. 23.
  5. ↑ "Down by Law Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  6. ↑ Grant, Kiernan (May 8, 1996). "THEY'RE UP TO SCRATCH". Toronto Sun. Entertainment. p. 80.
  7. 1 2 Cubarrubia, Eydie (April 26, 1996). "HERE AIN'T NO HUNTER". The Bradenton Herald. p. W4.
  8. ↑ Miller, Michael (April 26, 1996). "PUNK BANDS TRY TO KEEP GENRE ALIVE". The State. Weekend. p. 13.
  9. ↑ Reger, Rick (May 10, 1996). "Down By Law and Millencolin". Chicago Tribune. Friday. p. N.
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