Operation Phoenix (album)
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| Operation Phoenix | ||
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| Studio album by Good Riddance | ||
| Released | May 4, 1999 | |
| Recorded | February, 1999 The Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado, U.S. |
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| Genre | Hardcore punk | |
| Length | 39:31 | |
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords | |
| Producer(s) | Bill Stevenson Stephen Egerton Jason Livermore |
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| Professional reviews | ||
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| Good Riddance chronology | ||
| Ballads From the Revolution (1998) |
Operation Phoenix (1999) |
The Phenomenon of Craving EP (2000) |
Operation Phoenix is the fourth full-length album from Californian hardcore punk band, Good Riddance. It was released on May 4, 1999 on Fat Wreck Chords and marked a complete change in recording location and production team from the previous three albums. Legendary hardcore drummer, Bill Stevenson, of Descendents and Black Flag fame, took the reins along with Stephen Egerton and Jason Livermore – the latter would be a long-time partner in many hardcore punk soundboard projects.
They also switched from San Francisco to Fort Collins, Colorado. None of this was to the detriment of the band's sound or attitude, however. The band even acknowledged Bill Stevenson's influence by planting a hidden track at the end of the recording – a custom since their second album – Black Flag's "My War". This was the first of many occasions the band, and especially Russ Rankin, would associate with Bill Stevenson – a side-project was spawned called Only Crime, also on Fat Wreck Chords. [1] The song "30 Day Wonder" was featured in the skateboarding video game Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.
[edit] Track listing
- All songs written by Russ Rankin, unless stated
- "Shadows Of Defeat" – 2:13
- "Blueliner" – 1:38
- "The Hardest Part" – 1:44
- "Eighteen Seconds" – 0:31
- "Heresy, Hypocrisy, And Revenge" (Luke Pabich, Rankin) – 2:22
- "Self-Fulfilling Catastrophe" – 2:07
- "Article IV" – 3:00
- "Indoctrination" – 1:10
- "Shit-Talking Capitalists" – 1:26
- "Letters Home" – 2:22
- "30 Day Wonder" (Pabich, Rankin) – 1:52
- "Dear Cammi" – 1:04
- "Yesterday Died – Tomorrow Won't Be Born" – 1:38
- "Winning The Hearts And Minds" – 2:19
- "A Time And A Place" – 1:50
- "Second Coming" (Battalion Of Saints) – 1:26
- "After The Nightmare" (Pabich, Rankin) – 10:50
- Track 17 is actually only 2:30 – at 7:05, a hidden track, Black Flag's "My War" starts and lasts a further 3:45
[edit] Credits
- Russ Rankin – vocals
- Luke Pabich – guitar
- Chuck Platt – bass
- Sean Sellers – drums
- Recorded and mixed in February, 1999 at the Blasting Room, Fort Collins, Colorado, USA
- Produced, engineered, and mixed by Bill Stevenson, Stephen Egerton, and Jason Livermore
