Unwritten Law (album)

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Unwritten Law
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ReleasedJune 2, 1998
RecordedJuly–August 1997 at London Bridge Studios, Seattle
September 1997 at Studio West, San Diego
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Length44:37
Label Interscope
Producer Rick Parashar
Unwritten Law chronology
Oz Factor
(1996)
Unwritten Law
(1998)
Elva
(2002)
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Unwritten Law is the third album by the San Diego-based punk rock band Unwritten Law, released in 1998 by Interscope Records. It was their first album to chart, reaching No. 16 on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. [2] Music videos were filmed for the songs "Teenage Suicide", "California Sky", "Holiday", "Cailin", and "Lonesome". [3] [4] [5] [6] "Cailin" and "Lonesome" were released as singles, the former being Unwritten Law's first song to chart, reaching No. 28 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. [7]

Contents

Micah Albao performed as a session bassist on the album, the band's original bassist John Bell having departed the group the previous year. Following the recording sessions, Pat "PK" Kim of Sprung Monkey joined Unwritten Law as their new permanent bass player. The album includes guest appearances by Brandon Boyd and Mike Einziger of Incubus on the hidden track "418".

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Scott Russo except where noted; all music is composed by Unwritten Law (Scott Russo, Steve Morris, Rob Brewer, and Wade Youman).

No.TitleLength
1."Harmonic" (Russo, Brewer)3:42
2."Teenage Suicide"2:50
3."Sorry"2:58
4."California Sky" (Russo, Youman)3:00
5."Cailin"3:56
6."Lonesome"3:24
7."Coffin Text"2:59
8."Holiday"2:56
9."Underground" (Russo, Youman, Brewer)3:10
10."Close Your Eyes"2:41
11."Before I Go" (Russo, Youman, Morris)4:25
12."Genocide"
"418" (Russo, Brandon Boyd; hidden track)
9:11
Total length:44:37

Personnel

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Charts

Chart performance for Unwritten Law
Chart (2000)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [8] 62

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