Built to Last (Sick of It All album)

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| name = Built to Last

| type = studio

| cover = soia_builttolast.jpg

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| released = February 11, 1997{{Cite magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=wQ4EAAAAMBAJ&dq=Built+to+Last+%28Sick+of+It+All+album%29+1997&pg=PT16|title=Popular Uprisings|magazine=Billboard|date=January 11, 1997|publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc.|via=Google Books}}

| recorded = 1996 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California, Entourage Studios, Los Angeles, California and Normandy Sound, Warren, Rhode Island

| venue =

| studio =

| genre =

| length = 39:15

| label = East West Records
Equal Vision Records{{Cite web|url=http://www.equalvision.com/releases/evr036/|title=Built To Last|website=Equal Vision Records}}

| producer = GGGarth
Sick of It All

| prev_title = Scratch the Surface

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title = Call to Arms

| next_year = 1999

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| rev1 = AllMusic

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|rev2 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book |last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |date=2006 |publisher=MUZE |volume=7 |page=442}}

| rev3 = Metal Hammer

| rev3score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{Cite magazine |last=Winwood |first=Ian |date=April 1997 |title=Under the Hammer |magazine=Metal Hammer |location=UK |publisher=Dennis Publishing |page=59}}

|rev4 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide

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Built to Last is the fourth studio album by American band Sick of It All, released in 1997.{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/sick-of-it-all-mn0000035587/biography|title=Sick of It All | Biography & History|website=AllMusic}}{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ezTpDAAAQBAJ&dq=Built+to+Last+Sick+of+It+All+1997+blush&pg=PA237|title=New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB|first=Steven|last=Blush|date=October 4, 2016|publisher=Macmillan|isbn=9781250083616|via=Google Books}} Equal Vision Records held the exclusive rights to release it on vinyl.

The album peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/sick-of-it-all/chart-history/tln/|title=Sick of It All|magazine=Billboard}}

Production

Built to Last was the result of a year's work for Sick of It All, with pre-production beginning in late 1995/early 1996. The recording took place at Normandy Sound, in Warren, Rhode Island (where their first three albums had been recorded), and in two studios in California.{{citation needed|date=February 2021}}

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "the music and attitude are entirely predictable, but the 'hey-hey-heys' are rather charming."{{Cite web|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1997/02/28/sick-of-it-all-chronic-adolescence/33136f43-4670-4084-8157-55c89cc99469/|title=SICK OF IT ALL: CHRONIC ADOLESCENCE|first=Mark|last=Jenkins|date=February 28, 1997|via=www.washingtonpost.com}} Entertainment Weekly wrote that the band manages "to overcome the genre’s bark-and-lunge cliches simply because they’re so archetypal; these guys can actually make you feel the fury behind a song called 'Us Vs. Them'."{{Cite web|url=https://ew.com/article/1997/02/14/built-last-2/|title=Built to Last|website=EW.com}}

Track listing

All tracks written by Sick of It All

"Good Lookin' Out" – 1:53
"Built to Last" – 2:01
"Closer" – 2:56
"One Step Ahead" – 2:07
"Us vs. Them" – 3:04
"Laughingstock" – 2:42
"Don't Follow" – 2:02
"Nice" – 2:41
"Busted" – 1:37
"Burn 'Em Down" – 2:55
"End the Era" – 3:05
"Chip Away" – 2:02
"Too Late" – 2:00
"Jungle" – 8:10

"Jungle" ends at 2:54, with silence from 2:55 to 5:53; at 5:54, a voice says "Oh c'mon, hurry up, ya old hag." There is silence again from 5:58 to 6:59. A hidden song, sung in English and Spanish, starts at 7:00 (unofficially titled "Culo Cagado").

Credits

Lou Koller – vocals
Pete Koller – guitar
Craig Setari – bass guitar
Armand Majidi – drums
George Correia – percussion
Produced by GGGarth and Sick of It All
Engineered by GGGarth and Greg Fidelman

References

Category:1997 albums

Category:Albums produced by Garth Richardson

Category:Sick of It All albums

Category:East West Records albums

Category:Equal Vision Records albums

Category:Albums recorded at Sound City Studios