Conditioned (album)

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Conditioned
Straight Faced-Conditioned Album Cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJuly 28, 1998
RecordedMotor Studios,
San Francisco, California, USA
Genre Hardcore punk
Length34:09
Label Epitaph Records
Producer Ryan Greene
Straight Faced chronology
Broken
(1996)
Conditioned
(1998)
Pulling Teeth
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Conditioned is the third full-length studio album from hardcore punk band, Straight Faced. It was released in July, 1998 on Epitaph Records and follows Broken released in 1996. The album was produced by Ryan Greene, and the track "Let's Do This" appeared on Epitaph Records' Punk-O-Rama Vol. 4 compilation. An alternative version of the track "Regret" appeared on Fearless Records' Flush Sampler and "Against" was featured in the Electronic Arts' PlayStation game, Street Sk8er .

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Conditioned"2:47
2."Pedestal"1:56
3."Against"3:00
4."Revolve"2:21
5."How Would I Know"2:34
6."Course for Destruction"1:40
7."Rumor Mill"2:32
8."Dr. Heckle"2:10
9."Let Down"2:18
10."Waste of Time"2:24
11."Let's Do This"1:22
12."Greed Motivates"1:43
13."Brought This On"2:02
14."Regret"2:12
15."You Wouldn't Understand"3:08
Total length:34:09

Personnel

Straight Faced
Production

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