In Your Face (Fishbone album)

In Your Face
Studio album by Fishbone
Released November 30, 1986
Recorded 1986 at Sunset Sound Factory in Hollywood, California; Ocean Way Recording in Los Angeles, California
Genre Ska Punk, alternative rock
Length 33:49
Label Columbia Records
Producer David Kahne
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Fishbone chronology
Fishbone EP
(1985)		 In Your Face
(1986)		 It's a Wonderful Life
(1987)
Singles from In Your Face
  1. "When Problems Arise"
    Released: 1986

In Your Face is Fishbone's first full length album released in 1986.

The album contains a mix of ska, reggae, soul, punk and funk, but very little of the hard rock and heavy metal sound the band would adopt in coming years. The original vinyl LP release had two alternate album covers on both sides showing the band members (three members each on one side), and a jumbled track listing (five on one side, six on the other). The covers also had tricky positions of how the album would look like. According to the band, the picture covers of the vinyl release "had no back and no top".

The band toured in support of this album by opening for the Beastie Boys on their Licensed to Ill tour.

Contents

Track listing

No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "When Problems Arise"   Kendall Jones, John Norwood Fisher, David Kahne 3:56
2. "A Selection"   Angelo Moore, Jones, Kahne 3:03
3. "Cholly"   Moore, Jones 2:50
4. "I Wish I Had a Date"   Moore, Walter A. Kibby II 2:03
5. "Movement in the Light"   Jones 3:44
6. "Give It Up"   Jones, Moore, Kahne 3:14
7. "In the Air"   Jones, Moore, Fisher, Kahne 3:36
8. "Turn the Other Way"   Jones, Moore 5:08
9. "Knock It"   Kibby, Fisher, Kahne 3:49
10. "'Simon Says' the Kingpin"   Moore 1:25
11. "Post Cold War Politics"   Moore 1:01

Personnel

Fishbone

Additional personnel

Production

Engineers

References

  1. ^ Prato, Greg. "allmusic ((( In Your Face > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r7277. Retrieved March 31, 2010. 
  2. ^ Brackett, Nathan. "Fishbone". The New Rolling Stone Album Guide. November 2004. pg. 298, cited March 31, 2010
  3. ^ Christgau, Robert. "Fishbone". robertchristgau.com, Retrieved on March 31, 2010.
  4. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Fishbone". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on March 31, 2010.
Fishbone
Angelo Moore • "Dirty" Walter Kibby • Rocky George • Dre Gipson • Jay Armant •John Norwood Fisher • John Steward
Studio albums
Live albums
Compilations
Fishbone 101 • The Essential Fishbone
Extended plays
Singles
"Fishbone|? (Modern Industry)" • "Party at Ground Zero" • "When Problems Arise" • "Freddie's Dead" • "He's a Flyguy" • "Ma and Pa" • "Fight the Youth" • "Everyday Sunshine" • "Sunless Saturday" • "Swim" • "Unyielding Conditioning" • "Servitude" • "Alcoholic" • "The Suffering"
Video releases