Start Today
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{{Infobox album
| name = Start Today
| type = Album
| artist = Gorilla Biscuits
| cover = starttodaygorillabiscuits.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1989
| recorded = Demo2 Studios New York City from January to April 1989
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = Hardcore punk
| length = 24:09
| label = Revelation
| producer = G.B. & Don Fury
| prev_title = Gorilla Biscuits
| prev_year = 1988
| next_title =
| next_year =
}}
{{Music ratings
|rev1 = Allmusic
|rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r8455|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]
}}
Start Today is the second and final album by Gorilla Biscuits. It is considered an influential recording in hardcore punk, with NME naming it among the genre's 15 best albums of all time.[https://www.nme.com/blogs/nme-blogs/best-hardcore-albums-ever-2287103 NME] It is the biggest selling record released by Revelation Records with copies in excess of 100,000 sold on CD alone.{{cite web|url=http://www.subboard.com/generation/articles/101251696063399.asp |title=Generation : Current Issue |access-date=2013-08-08 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002071734/http://www.subboard.com:80/generation/articles/101251696063399.asp |archive-date=2015-10-02 }}
- [http://www.lido-berlin.de/events/view/938 "RIVAL SCHOOLS (USA) Special Guest: WAVVES"]
Track listing
All songs written by Walter Schreifels, except where noted.
{{track listing
| total_length = 24:09
| title1 = New Direction
| length1 = 2:29
| title2 = Stand Still
| length2 = 2:08
| title3 = Degradation
| length3 = 1:35
| title4 = Good Intentions
| length4 = 0:29
| title5 = Forgotten
| length5 = 1:32
| title6 = Things We Say
| length6 = 1:42
| title7 = Start Today
| length7 = 2:04
| title8 = Two Sides
| length8 = 1:40
| title9 = First Failure
| length9 = 1:07
| title10 = Competition
| length10 = 2:04
| title11 = Time Flies
| length11 = 1:45
| title12 = Cats And Dogs
| length12 = 1:36
| title13 = Sitting Around at Home
| length13 = 1:43
| note13 = Buzzcocks cover
| title14 = Biscuit Power
| length14 = 1:24
}}
- Tracks 13 and 14 are also available on the Gorilla Biscuits album and are unlisted.
Personnel
= Gorilla Biscuits =
- Anthony "CIV" Civarelli - vocals
- Walter Schreifels - guitar
- Alex Brown - guitar
- Arthur Smilios - bass guitar
- Luke Abbey - drums
= Additional musicians =
- Toby Morse - backing vocals{{cite web|access-date=September 6, 2017|title=H2O Recording 'Don't Forget Your Roots' Covers Album|first=Amy |last=Sciarretto| publication-date=May 30, 2011 |website=Noisecreep|url=http://noisecreep.com/h2o-recording-dont-forget-your-roots-covers-album/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140216172103/http://noisecreep.com/h2o-recording-dont-forget-your-roots-covers-album/|archive-date=February 16, 2014}}