Straight Ahead (Pennywise album)

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Straight Ahead
Pennywise - Straight Ahead cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 1, 1999
Recorded1998–1999 at Stall #2
Redondo Beach, California
Genre
Length48:20
Label Epitaph [6]
Producer Darian Rundall, Pennywise
Pennywise chronology
Full Circle
(1997)
Straight Ahead
(1999)
Live @ the Key Club
(2000)
Singles from Straight Ahead
  1. "Straight Ahead"
  2. "Alien"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [7]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Pitchfork Media 9.3/10 [5]

Straight Ahead is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Pennywise, released in 1999 via Epitaph Records. [8] [4] It contains the single "Alien." [9]

Contents

Release

Straight Ahead was released in June 1999. In October 2000, the band played at Cypress Hill's Smoke Out Festival. [10] The band toured Australia in November 2000; the dates were rescheduled from July 2000 as Lindberg's mother was suffering from cancer. [11] [12] They were supported by Frenzal Rhomb and Game Over. [13]

Critical reception

Ox-Fanzine called the album "fast, direct, accomplished and powerful." [1] CMJ New Music Report wrote that "the inescapable anger highlights, rather than buries, the metallic power riffs and inspired drumming." [2] Phoenix New Times wrote that Straight Ahead is "rooted in West Coast surfer-skater party-punk, with rough-and-tumble melodies on top of briny torrents of guitars." [4]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pennywise

No.TitleLength
1."Greed"3:15
2."My Own Country"2:36
3."Can't Believe It"1:57
4."Victim of Reality"2:28
5."Might Be a Dream"2:43
6."Still Can Be Great"2:52
7."Straight Ahead"2:41
8."My Own Way"2:52
9."One Voice"2:46
10."Alien"4:07
11."Watch Me as I Fall"2:10
12."Just for You"2:28
13."Can't Take Anymore"3:15
14."American Dream"2:57
15."Need More"2:56
16."Never Know"2:42
17."Badge of Pride"3:35
Total length:48:20

Personnel

Pennywise

Production

Charts

Chart performance for Straight Ahead
Chart (1999)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [14] 8
Canadian Albums (Billboard) [15] 17
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100) [16] 93
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ) [17] 12
US Billboard 200 [18] 62

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [19] Gold35,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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