The Crew (album)
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| Released | 1984 | |||
| Recorded | December 1983, June 1985 (live tracks) | |||
| Venue | Fender's Ballroom (bonus live tracks) | |||
| Studio | Perspective Sound | |||
| Genre | Hardcore punk[1][2][3] | |||
| Length | 29:51 | |||
| Language | English | |||
| Label | BYO[4] | |||
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The Crew is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band 7 Seconds, released in 1984 by BYO Records.[2][5] The original LP was released with 18 tracks, and later re-released on compact disc with six live bonus tracks.
Critical reception
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [6] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [7] |
In retrospective reviews, The Austin Chronicle called the album a "stone classic," writing that "precious few third wave punk-hardcore outfits have aged as stoically – or as relevantly – as vox/guitar sibling duo Kevin Seconds and Steve Youth."[3] Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that the band's sound "is distilled ... to a steady grind of too-pah beats and blender-like three-chord sounds, but it’s the combination of this minimalism and Kevin Seconds’s voice — passionate, melodic, hopeful — that makes you believe everything he says."[8] LA Weekly placed The Crew at No. 3 on its list of the top twenty hardcore albums in history, writing that "7 Seconds wrote the book on positive hardcore and that book is called The Crew."[1]
Track listing
All tracks are written by Kevin Seconds, except where noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Here's Your Warning" | 1:18 | |
| 2. | "Definite Choice" | 0:55 | |
| 3. | "Not Just Boys Fun" | Seconds, Steve Youth | 1:29 |
| 4. | "This Is the Angry, Pt. 2" | 1:09 | |
| 5. | "Straight On" | 0:24 | |
| 6. | "You Lose" | 0:36 | |
| 7. | "What If There's War in America" | 0:42 | |
| 8. | "The Crew" | 0:51 | |
| 9. | "Clenched Fists, Black Eyes" | 1:30 | |
| 10. | "Colorblind" | 1:42 | |
| 11. | "Aim to Please" | 1:14 | |
| 12. | "Boss" | Seconds, Youth | 0:45 |
| 13. | "Young 'Til I Die" | 2:01 | |
| 14. | "Red and Black" | 0:37 | |
| 15. | "Die Hard" | 0:57 | |
| 16. | "I Have a Dream" | 1:00 | |
| 17. | "Bully" | 1:05 | |
| 18. | "Trust" | 2:13 | |
| 19. | "Here's Your Warning" (Live) | 1:35 | |
| 20. | "Spread" (Live) | 1:21 | |
| 21. | "I Have a Dream" (Live) | 0:58 | |
| 22. | "Young 'Til I Die" (Live) | 1:51 | |
| 23. | "Not Just Boys Fun" (Live) | Seconds, Youth | 1:26 |
| 24. | "Rock Together" (Live) | 2:12 | |
| Total length: | 29:51 | ||
Personnel
- Kevin Seconds – lead vocals
- Dan Pozniak – guitar, backing vocals
- Steve Youth – bass, piano
- Troy Mowat – drums
References
- 1 2 "Top 20 Hardcore Albums in History: Complete List". LA Weekly. August 29, 2013.
- 1 2 Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595987.
- 1 2 "7 Seconds". The Austin Chronicle.
- ↑ "7 Seconds Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ↑ Sherman, Maria (October 11, 2016). "Air Jordans, Hockey and Hardcore: How Punk Embraced Sports". Rolling Stone.
- ↑ "The Crew 7 Seconds". AllMusic.
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 356.
- ↑ "DeLorean: 7 Seconds - The Crew (1984)". Tiny Mix Tapes.