Just Add Life

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Just Add Life
The Almighty - Just Add Life.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedMarch 1996
Recordedat Great Linford Manor, The Townhouse and Ridge Farm Studio
Genre Hard rock, heavy metal
Length40:59
Label Chrysalis
Producer Chris Sheldon
The Almighty chronology
Crank
(1994)
Just Add Life
(1996)
The Almighty
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Just Add Life is a 1996 album by Scottish rock band The Almighty; it was the band's fifth studio album and the last released until 2000's self-titled album during which time the band split up. Two singles, "All Sussed Out" and "Do You Understand" were released from the album in multiple parts in the United Kingdom and both were made into music videos. The song "Coalition Star" was co-written with members of punk band The Ruts, of which Warwick was a fan. The album was also issued as a two disc set including the bonus studio track "Misery Guts" and a 17-track live disc known as Just Add Live.

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Ricky Warwick except as indicated: [2]

  1. "Ongoing & Total" – 4:16
  2. "Do You Understand" – 3:16
  3. "All Sussed Out" (Ricky Warwick, Pete Friesen) – 3:17
  4. "How Real is Real for You" – 2:33
  5. "Dead Happy" – 3:16
  6. "Some Kind of Anything" – 2:26
    • Floyd London on lead vocals
  7. "Coalition Star" (Warwick, Paul Fox, Dave Ruffy, John "Segs" Jennings) – 4:42
  8. "8 Day Depression" – 3:05
  9. "Look What Happened Tomorrow" – 3:07
  10. "360" – 3:27
  11. "Feed the Need" – 3:32
  12. "Afraid of Flying" – 0:43
  13. "Independent Deterrent" (Warwick, Friesen) – 3:28

B-Sides

  1. "Misery Guts" – 3:12
  2. "Superpower" – 3:16
  3. "DSS (Desperately Seeking Something)" – 2:03
  4. "Tense Nervous Headshake" – 1:42
  5. "Canned Jesus" (Friesen) – 3:09
  6. "Everybody's Burning"
  7. "I Fought the Law (Live)" – 3:18
  8. "Do You Understand (I.L.R. Radio Session)" – 3:18

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [2]

The Almighty

Additional musicians

'Kick Horns' on "All Sussed Out"

Production

Mastered by Andy Van Dett at Masterdisk, New York

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References

  1. "The Almighty — Just Add Life". Allmusic. Retrieved 6 October 2010.
  2. 1 2 Just Add Life (CD). The Almighty. Chrysalis Records. 1996. 7243 8 37145 2 0.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)