Willpower (album)

Willpower
Studio album by Today Is the Day
Released September, 1994
Recorded 1994 at White Room Studios Detroit, Michigan
Genre Noise rock
Length 29:36
Label Amphetamine Reptile
Producer Steve Austin
Today Is the Day chronology
Supernova
(1993)		 Willpower
(1994)		 Today Is the Day
(1996)

Willpower is the second studio album by the American noisegrind band Today Is the Day, released on September 1994 through Amphetamine Reptile Records.

Contents

Reception

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [1]
Piero Scaruffi [2]

Patrick Kennedy of allmusic awarded the album 4 and a half out of 5 stars, saying, "Though its time signatures are still tricky in a mathematical way, Willpower's greatest strength is its appeal to the human heart through whatever means necessary."[1] Critic Piero Scaruffi ranked it #15 on his "Best Rock Albums of 1994" list, saying, "Each song sounded like a natural catastrophe, each song was the soundtrack of an irrational state of mind."[3]

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Willpower"   3:34
2. "My First Knife"   2:57
3. "Nothing To Lose"   3:41
4. "Golden Calf"   3:53
5. "Sidewinder"   5:33
6. "Many Happy Returns"   2:33
7. "Simple Touch"   3:30
8. "Promised Land"   3:52
Reissue digipak bonus tracks
No. Title Length
9. "Amazing Grace"   0:50
10. "Execution Style"   2:22

Personnel

Today Is the Day
Additional musicians and production

References

  1. ^ a b Kennedy, Patrick. "allmusic ((( Willpower > Review )))". Allmusic. http://www.allmusic.com/album/r274937. Retrieved December 4, 2009. 
  2. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "Today Is the Day". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on January 14, 2010.
  3. ^ Scaruffi, Piero. "The Best Rock Albums of 1994". pieroscaruffi.com (Italian). Retrieved on April 16, 2010.