Stand by Your Van

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Stand by Your Van
Sublime-StandByYourVan.jpg
Live album by
ReleasedJune 23, 1998
Recorded1994 – 1996
Genre Ska punk
Length49:09
Label MCA
Producer Michael "Miguel" Happoldt
Sublime chronology
Second-hand Smoke
(1997)
Stand by Your Van
(1998)
Sublime Acoustic: Bradley Nowell & Friends
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly A− [2]
Robert Christgau Rating-Christgau-dud.svg [3]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [4]
Spin (7/10) [5]

Stand by Your Van is a retrospective compilation live album by the band Sublime. Tracks 1 to 11 were recorded live at Komotion, San Francisco, [6] on September 9, 1994. Tracks 13 and 14 were recorded on the Warped Tour at Asbury Park, NJ in August, 1995. Tracks 12 and 15 were recorded at The Palace, Hollywood in October 1995. Track 16 was recorded at the House of Blues, Hollywood in April 1996. Lead singer and guitarist Bradley Nowell died less than two months later while still on tour.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Don't Push" – 3:00
  2. "Right Back" – 2:42
  3. "New Thrash" – 1:03
  4. "Let's Go Get Stoned" – 4:49
  5. "Greatest Hits" – 2:57
  6. "Date Rape" – 3:49
  7. "S.T.P." – 2:46
  8. "Badfish" – 3:04
  9. "D.J.s" – 4:13
  10. "Work That We Do" – 3:25
  11. "Pool Shark" – 2:16
  12. "Ebin" – 3:28
  13. "All You Need" – 2:44
  14. "Waiting for My Ruca" – 2:19
  15. "Caress Me Down" – 4:22
  16. "KRS-One" – 2:25

Samples

At the very end of the last track, "KRS-One", the opening bass riff from The Descendents' "Myage" can be faintly heard.

Chart positions

Album

YearAlbumChartPosition
1998Stand by Your VanThe Billboard 200No. 49

Personnel

Sublime

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