Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll
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| Studio album by Social Distortion | |||||
| Released |   September 27, 2004  September 28, 2004 |
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| Recorded | Off and on between 2000 and 2004 | ||||
| Genre | Punk Rock | ||||
| Length | 37:43 | ||||
| Label | Time Bomb Recordings | ||||
| Producer | Social Distortion Cameron Webb |
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Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll is Social Distortion's sixth album. It is their first full-length studio release in 8-years since White Light, White Heat, White Trash in 1996. The album was originally scheduled to be released in the fall of 2000, but was not yet completed, and it was officially released on September 28, 2004. A great deal of the album is a musical eulogy to former guitarist Dennis Danell, who died in 2000. The album's opening track, "Reach For The Sky", became one of Social Distortion's biggest hits in the fall of 2004.
One of the reasons why Social Distortion could not release a follow-up to White Light, White Heat, White Trash was their various other activities, most obviously those of frontman Mike Ness. He released two solo albums in 1999, one with original material and one with song covers. Due to his touring schedule with the band, Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll was set aside for a number of years before finally being completed in 2004.
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll is currently the most recent album released by Social Distortion, although they did record one new song for their 2007 compilation album Greatest Hits.
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[edit] History
Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll can trace its beginnings to the White Light, White Heat, White Trash tour in 1997, where Ness began writing new material for the sixth Social Distortion album. One of the new songs, "I Won't Run No More", was first performed at a concert in Germany of that year. In 1998, while Social Distortion was on hiatus, Ness launched a solo career and decided to record some of the songs for his first album, Cheating at Solitaire.
In November 1999, Ness added more details to the possibility of a follow-up to White Light, White Heat, White Trash and mentioned he would "like to get one out" in the fall of 2000.[1] In May 2001, a question asked Ness how the album was coming along. He replied "slow." His wife elaborated that he was in "home mode", working on restoring a house in Floral Park, New York. The band was rumored to resume recording in June or July.[1]
In July 2001, five songs that were going to appear on the album were announced. The songs were "Road Zombie," "Winners and Losers", "I Wasn't Born to Follow", "Don't Take Me for Granted" and "Footprints on My Ceiling". "Don't Take Me for Granted" was the only known unreleased song that the band played at the When the Angels Sing benefit concert in 2000.[1] Also during July 2001, in a Los Angeles Times article, Ness discussed the possibility of releasing the album in spring 2002 and made mention of an invitation from Johnny Cash to record together.[1]
In January 2002, an inside source reported that Social Distortion was planning to begin recording the album in March and began recording demos for the album in October of that year, with an intended release date of spring 2003.[1] In October 2003, the band announced on their official website that they were planning to enter a studio in Los Angeles, California in November to finish work on the album.[2] During a January 11, 2004 concert in Orlando, Florida, Ness revealed that the album was "3/4 of the way completed" and mixing began in June.[1]
On August 5, 2004, Social Distortion announced on their official website that the album would be called Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll and would officially be released on September 28th.[3] On that same day, it was announced that bassist John Maurer, who recorded the album, left the band to "in order to stay home and devote time to his wife and two children". On tour, Rancid's Matt Freeman joined as his replacement, then was replaced a few months later by Ness' touring bassist for his solo project, Brent Harding.
[edit] Track listing
All songs written by Mike Ness unless otherwise noted.
- "Reach for the Sky" – 3:31
- "Highway 101" – 3:44
- "Don't Take Me for Granted" – 3:47
- "Footprints on My Ceiling" – 5:08
- "Nickels and Dimes" (J. Wickersham/Ness) – 3:05
- "I Wasn't Born to Follow" – 2:55
- "Winners and Losers" – 4:45
- "Faithless" (Wickersham/Ness) – 3:02
- "Live Before You Die" – 2:47
- "Angel's Wings" (Wickersham/Ness) – 4:59
[edit] Notes/Trivia
- This was the first album recorded without former guitarist Dennis Danell (who had worked on all their previous albums), due to his death on leap day 2000. This album featured the work of Jonny Wickersham on guitar. It is also the band's first release with current drummer Charlie Quintana.
- There are 2 bonus songs from the sessions for this record, an acoustic version of "Angels Wings" and a cover song called "Shame On Me".
- Dan Mcgough played B3 Organ on some of these songs and tours with the band though he is not acknowledged as a full fledged member of the band.
- It is the first time that Ness had collaborated with another songwriter since the band's 1990 self-titled album.
- This was the first Social Distortion album not released on Epic Records since their 1988 second album Prison Bound.
[edit] Charts
[edit] Album
- Peak position: The Billboard 200 #31 on October 16, 2004
[edit] Singles
| Year | Title | Chart | Chart Positions |
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| 2004 | "Reach For The Sky" | Modern Rock Tracks | #27 |
| 2005 | "Highway 101" | Modern Rock Tracks | #39 |
| 2005 | "Don't Take Me For Granted" | Modern Rock Tracks | #34 |
[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f News SxDx.com. Retrieved on March 27, 2007.
- ^ Archived News SocialDistortion.com. Retrieved on October 19, 2007.
- ^ Current News SocialDistortion.com. Retrieved on October 19, 2007.
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