Common Thread

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Common Thread
Common Thread cover
Studio album by Spermbirds
Released 1990
Recorded Jan – Feb, 1990
Vielklang Studios,
Berlin, Germany
Genre Hardcore punk
Length 29:54
Label X-Mist Records / Boss Tuneage
Producer Georg Kalere
Professional reviews
Spermbirds chronology
Nothing Is Easy
(1987)		 Common Thread
(1990)		 Thanks LIVE
(1990)

Common Thread is the third studio album by Spermbirds – a hardcore punk band from Germany. It was released on X-Mist Records in 1990 and follows 1987's Nothing Is Easy. Also, in the same year, came a live album entitled Thanks, which was released on We Bite Records.

Due to vocalist Lee Hollis' American descent, all lyrics were written by him and sung in English – which also helped them break into a wider European and American audience.

The album was rereleased on Boss Tuneage in 2006 with 3 bonus tracks as a digipack CD and a Picture Disc LP.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Melt the Ice" (Matthias Götte, Lee Hollis) – 3:15
  2. "Open Letter" (Frank Rahm, Hollis) – 1:59
  3. "Two Feet" (Rahm, Hollis) – 2:28
  4. "Stronger" (Roger Ingenthron, Hollis) – 2:19
  5. "Only a Phase" (Götte, Hollis) – 4:03
  6. "One Chance" (Rahm, Hollis) – 2:12
  7. "With a Gun" (Rahm, Hollis) – 2:51
  8. "Common Thread" (Ingenthron, Hollis) – 2:20
  9. "Truth of Today" (Götte, Hollis) – 3:55
  10. "Victim of Yourself" (Rahm, Hollis) – 4:33

[edit] Credits

  • Lee Hobson Hollis – vocals
  • Frank Rahm – guitar
  • Roger Ingenthron – guitar
  • Markus Weilemann – bass
  • Matthias "Beppo" Götte – drums
  • Yvonne Ducksworth – backing vocals on "Stronger"
  • Recorded in January – February, 1990 at Vielklang Studios, Berlin, Germany by Georg Kalere
  • Mixed by Spermbirds and Georg Kalere

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