Broken (Straight Faced album)

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Broken
Straight Faced-Broken Album Artwork.jpg
Studio album by Straight Faced
Released October 30, 1996
Recorded Paramount Recording Studios,
Hollywood, California, USA
Genre Hardcore punk
Length35:59
Label Fearless Records
Producer Jim Cherry
Straight Faced chronology
Guilty
(1995)
Broken
(1996)
Conditioned
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Broken is the second full-length studio album from hardcore punk band, Straight Faced. It was released in July, 1996 on Fearless Records and follows Guilty released in 1995. The album was produced by Strung Out bassist Jim Cherry.

Hardcore punk Subgenre of punk rock

Hardcore punk is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk scenes in San Francisco and Southern California which arose as a reaction against the still predominant hippie cultural climate of the time. It was also inspired by New York punk rock and early proto-punk. New York punk had a harder-edged sound than its San Francisco counterpart, featuring anti-art expressions of masculine anger, energy, and subversive humor. Hardcore punk generally disavows commercialism, the established music industry and "anything similar to the characteristics of mainstream rock" and often addresses social and political topics with "confrontational, politically-charged lyrics."

Straight Faced was an American rock band formed in Huntington Beach, California in 1992.

Fearless Records American record label

Fearless Records is a record label that was founded in 1994. Fearless is based in Culver City, California, and are best known for their early pop punk moments captured in the Fearless Flush Sampler and Punk Bites releases, as well as additional releases by bands such as Bigwig and Dynamite Boy, and later Sugarcult, Plain White T's, The Aquabats, Amely and post-hardcore releases by At the Drive-In and Anatomy of a Ghost. However, the label has experimented with different styles in recent years. Acts like Blessthefall, The Word Alive, Ice Nine Kills, Mayday Parade, Pierce The Veil, and The Color Morale have showcased post-hardcore, metalcore and alternative rock bands that have emerged in recent years. Fearless Records' releases are currently distributed nationwide by RED Distribution, but after Concord Music Group take-over, they'll be distributed by Universal Music Group.

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Convictions"1:49
2."Negative"2:35
3."Gone Too Far"2:00
4."Change"2:07
5."No Ambition"2:13
6."Insecure"2:06
7."Who Am I Too Say"1:59
8."Apology"3:21
9."Potential Genius"2:18
10."A Week Ago Today"2:58
11."Broken"1:57
12."Lit"2:41
13."Show Me Your Gun"1:51
14."Wrong"2:12
Total length:35:59

Personnel

Straight Faced
Production
Jim Cherry American musician

Jim Cherry was an American musician, most famous for being the bassist in the punk rock band Strung Out. His other musical credits include the guitar player in the band Pulley, and bassist/vocalist in the band Zero Down.

Ryan Greene is an American record producer, sound engineer, former owner of Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in Los Angeles, California. In an over 25-year-long career he has worked with many artists including Jay-Z, Lita Ford, Tonic, Mr. Big, Wilson Phillips, Megadeth, NOFX, Alice Cooper, Cheap Trick, Usher, Patti LaBelle, Dishwalla and Gladys Knight. He has worked on over 250 musical projects and has been described as an "A-list producer".

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