Stomping Ground

{{short description|2000 studio album by Goldfinger}}

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{{Infobox album

| name = Stomping Ground

| type = Album

| artist = Goldfinger

| cover = Goldfinger - Stomping Ground.jpg

| alt =

| released = March 28, 2000

| recorded = 1999–2000

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = {{hlist|Punk rock|pop-punk|ska punk}}

| length = 42:09

| label = Mojo/Jive

| producer =

| prev_title = Hang-Ups

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = Open Your Eyes

| next_year = 2002

| misc = {{Singles

| name = Stomping Ground

| type = Album

| single1 = 99 Red Balloons

| single1date = 2000

| single2 = Counting The Days

| single2date = 2000

}}

}}

{{Music ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r468961/review|pure_url=yes}}|title=Stomping Ground - Goldfinger|publisher=AllMusic}}

| rev6 = Rock Hard

| rev6score = 6.5/10{{cite web|url=https://www.rockhard.de/reviews/goldfinger-stomping-ground_191937.html|title=Goldfinger Stomping Ground|work=Rock Hard|date=May 17, 2000|accessdate=August 27, 2022|language=DE}}

| rev9 = Wall of Sound

| rev9score = 65/100{{cite web|url=http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/goldfinger_stompinggroundIndex.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010512091213/http://wallofsound.go.com/archive/reviews/stories/goldfinger_stompinggroundIndex.html|title=Review: Stomping Ground|publisher=Wall of Sound|author=Durchholz, Daniel|archivedate=May 12, 2001|accessdate=October 30, 2020|url-status=dead}}

}}

Stomping Ground the third studio album by American punk rock band Goldfinger, released on March 28, 2000. The song "The End of the Day" contains a brief sample from the Dead Kennedys song "Nazi Punks Fuck Off." The album was produced by Tim Palmer and John Feldmann and mixed by Tim Palmer.

Release

Stomping Ground was released in March 2000. In May 2000, the band went on tour with Ignite.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/510/new-album-from-ignite-may-30th|title=New Album From Ignite May 30th|publisher=Punknews.org|author=Paul, Aubin|date=May 18, 2000|accessdate=February 7, 2021}} In March 2001, the band embarked on a tour of Europe.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/1017/more-goldfinger-euro-dates|title=More Goldfinger Euro Dates|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=January 16, 2001|accessdate=February 8, 2021}} In July and August 2001, the band went a co-headlining tour of the US with Reel Big Fish dubbed The Crouching Fish, Hidden Finger Tour, with support from Zebrahead, Home Grown, Mest, the Movielife and Rx Bandits.{{cite web|url=https://www.punknews.org/article/1458/crouching-fish-hidden-finger-tour|title=Crouching Fish, Hidden Finger Tour|publisher=Punknews.org|author=White, Adam|date=May 14, 2001|accessdate=February 12, 2017}} A second leg of this trek occurred in September and October 2001, with support from Mest, the Movielife, and Sugarcult.{{cite web|url=http://reel-big-fish.com/news2.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20020207171137/http://reel-big-fish.com:80/news2.html|title=News|publisher=Reel Big Fish|archivedate=February 7, 2002|accessdate=August 7, 2022}}

Track listing

All songs are written by John Feldmann, except where noted.

{{Track listing

| title1 = I'm Down

| length1 = 2:10

| title2 = Pick a Fight

| length2 = 3:25

| title3 = Carry On

| note3 = Feldmann, Charlie Paulson, Chris Johnson

| length3 = 3:21

| title4 = The End of the Day

| length4 = 3:03

| title5 = Don't Say Goodbye

| length5 = 2:31

| title6 = Counting the Days

| length6 = 3:29

| title7 = Bro

| note7 = Feldmann, Paulson

| length7 = 2:54

| title8 = San Simeon

| length8 = 3:22

| title9 = You Think It's a Joke

| note9 = Feldmann, Tim Palmer

| length9 = 3:12

| title10 = Forgiveness

| length10 = 3:24

| title11 = Margaret Ann

| length11 = 2:34

| title12 = Get Away

| note12 = Feldmann, Paulson

| length12 = 3:51

| title13 = 99 Red Balloons

| note13 = Uwe Fahrenkrog-Petersen, Carlo Karges, Kevin McAlea

| length13 = 3:49

| title14 = Donut Dan

| length14 = 0:42

}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Japanese bonus tracks

| title15 = The Kids Are Alright

| note15 = The Who cover

| title16 = Man In A Suitcase

| note16 = The Police cover

| title17 = Nite Klub

| note17 = The Specials cover

| title18 = Rio

| note18 = Duran Duran cover

}}

Personnel

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