Cause for Alarm (album)

Cause for Alarm
Studio album by Agnostic Front
Released 1986
Recorded Systems II, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Genre Hardcore, crossover thrash, New York hardcore
Length 23:48
Label Relativity Records/
Combat Records
Producer Norman Dunn
Agnostic Front chronology
Victim in Pain
(1984)
Cause for Alarm
(1986)
Liberty and Justice for...
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Allmusic [1]

Cause for Alarm is the second full-length studio album from New York hardcore band, Agnostic Front. It was released in 1986 on Relativity/Combat Records and follows 1984's Victim in Pain. The album is still available on a split release with Victim in Pain on the same disc.

Contents

Overview

The addition of a second guitarist – Alex Kinon – led to a more metallic sound, although the songs were still of hardcore-standard length. One other line-up change was the replacement of Dave Jones by Louie Beatto on drums. The band would further explore the metal sound on their next album, 1987's Liberty and Justice for....

Controversy

Several people, including Jello Biafra and Maximum Rocknroll,[2] have criticized Agnostic Front controversial lyrics of the song "Public Assistance", written for the band by then-Carnivore frontman Peter Steele[3].

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "The Eliminator"   3:10
2. "Existence of Hate"   2:18
3. "Time Will Come"   1:22
4. "Growing Concern"   4:10
5. "Your Mistake"   1:26
6. "Out for Blood"   2:13
7. "Toxic Shock"   2:27
8. "Bomber Zee"   2:28
9. "Public Assistance"   2:44
10. "Shoot His Load"   1:30
Total length:
23:48

Your Mistake was Covered by Fear Factory with Freddy Cricien of Madball on the Demanufacture Digipak as a bonus track & Hatebreed on their Album For the Lions.

Personnel

Agnostic Front
Production

Cause For Alarm was also the name of Kabula and Kinon's previous band.

Stigma and Beatto appear on backing vocals on the New Jersey thrash metal band, Whiplash's album Power and Pain – it was recorded in the same studio with the same producer

References

  1. ^ Allmusic review
  2. ^ http://homepages.nyu.edu/~cch223/usa/af_main.html
  3. ^ http://www.discogs.com/artist/Peter+Steele?anv=Steele&filter_anv=1

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