Freedumb

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Freedumb
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Studio album by
ReleasedMay 18, 1999
Recorded1998–1999 at Ocean Studios, Titan Studios, Skip Saylor Studios
Genre Skate punk, thrash metal, crossover thrash
Length40:00
Label Suicidal Records, SideOneDummy
Producer Paul Northfield & Suicidal Tendencies
Suicidal Tendencies chronology
Six the Hard Way
(1998)
Freedumb
(1999)
Free Your Soul and Save My Mind
(2000)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Chronicles of Chaos 7/10 [2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [3]
Rock Hard 10/10 [4]

Freedumb is the ninth studio album by American crossover band Suicidal Tendencies. [5] [6] It was released in 1999 on Suicidal Records. [7]

Contents

The tracks are rawer than the funk-influenced thrash metal direction they were taking before the hiatus. The album's cover art is a reference to the photo Raising the Flag on Iwo Jima taken during World War II.

Reception

CMJ New Music Report wrote that the songs "display thousand-mile-an-hour, classic hardcore guitar assaults." [8] In 2005, Freedumb was ranked number 489 in Rock Hard magazine's book of The 500 Greatest Rock & Metal Albums of All Time. [9]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Freedumb" Mike Muir, Josh Paul, Dean Pleasants, Mike Clark 2:52
2."Ain't Gonna Take It"Muir, Clark, Pleasants2:09
3."Scream Out"Muir2:29
4."Half Way up My Head"Muir, Pleasants4:01
5."Cyco Vision"Muir, Clark1:49
6."I Ain't Like You"Muir2:35
7."Naked"Suicidal Tendencies3:56
8."Hippie Killer"Muir3:10
9."Built to Survive"Muir3:07
10."Get Sick"Muir, Pleasants, Clark2:58
11."We Are Family"Muir, Clark2:54
12."I'll Buy Myself"Muir, Clark1:48
13."Gaigan Go Home" (Gaijin Go Home on Japanese edition)Muir, Brooks Wackerman 1:58
14."Heaven"Muir, Clark4:13
15."Don't Take No" (Bonus track on Japanese edition)Muir, Clark3:19

Credits

Tracks 1, 2, 5–10, 12, 13

Tracks 3, 4, 11, 14

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