Full Circle (Pennywise album)

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Full Circle
Pennywise - Full Circle cover.jpg
Studio album by
Pennywise
ReleasedApril 22, 1997
Recorded1996 at Total Access Recording in Redondo Beach, California
Genre
Length60:35
Label Epitaph
Producer Pennywise,
Eddie Ashworth
Pennywise chronology
About Time
(1995)		Full Circle
(1997)		 Straight Ahead
(1999)

Full Circle is the fourth studio album by the American punk rock band Pennywise. It was released on April 22, 1997 (see 1997 in music) and was digitally remastered on March 8, 2005 on the original label. This is the first Pennywise studio album to feature Randy Bradbury, who replaced bassist Jason Thirsk, who had died from suicide on July 29, 1996. The entire album was dedicated to the memory of Thirsk, who had been a key songwriter for Pennywise until his death, and a close friend of all of those in the band.

Contents

Writing and production

There had been a delay between 1995's About Time and the recording of this album, which occurred in the fall of 1996. During the About Time tour, founding member Jason Thirsk took a hiatus from Pennywise to try to control his then-growing alcoholism. One Hit Wonder bassist Randy Bradbury, who had contributed on the band's 1993 album Unknown Road , stepped in. When Thirsk returned briefly on bass in 1996, Bradbury was supposed to switch to rhythm guitar; unfortunately, Thirsk died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound on July 29 of that year at the age of 28. His death nearly delayed the production of the fourth Pennywise album.

Pennywise was shaken by Thirsk's death; however, they decided to continue performing, thus adding Bradbury as Thirsk's permanent replacement. The band finally returned to the studio in the fall of 1996 to begin recording the follow-up to About Time.

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [1]
Pitchfork Media Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [2]

NME listed the album as one of "20 Pop Punk Albums Which Will Make You Nostalgic". [5]

Track listing

No.TitleLength
1."Fight Till You Die"2:22
2."Date with Destiny"2:55
3."Get a Life"2:56
4."Society"3:24
5."Final Day"3:11
6."Broken"2:46
7."Running Out of Time"2:21
8."You'll Never Make It"2:35
9."Every Time"3:37
10."Nowhere Fast"2:56
11."What If I"2:55
12."Go Away"1:51
13."Did You Really?"2:51
14."Bro Hymn Tribute"23:56

All songs by Pennywise.

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Full Circle
Chart (1997)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 13
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100) [7] 93
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [8] 38
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [9] 36
US Billboard 200 [10] 79

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [11] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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