Breaking Things
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Breaking Things is the fifth album by Los Angeles pop punk
band All
. It was recorded at Ardent Recording in Memphis, Tennessee
and released in 1993 on Cruz Records. Two singles, "Shreen" and "Guilty", were released, but both failed to chart.
This is the first album to feature All's third and most recent lead singer, Chad Price
.
In 1995, the song "Guilty" was featured in the teen comedy Mallrats
.
Pop punk
Pop punk is a fusion music genre that combines elements of punk rock with pop music, to varying degrees. Allmusic describes the genre as a strand of alternative rock, which typically merges pop melodies with speedy punk tempos, chord changes and loud guitars...
band All
ALL (band)
All is an American punk band originally from Los Angeles, currently residing in Fort Collins, Colorado, formed by Descendents members Bill Stevenson, Karl Alvarez, and Stephen Egerton.-Formation and Cruz Records Years:...
. It was recorded at Ardent Recording in Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee
Memphis is a city in the southwestern corner of the U.S. state of Tennessee, and the county seat of Shelby County. The city is located on the 4th Chickasaw Bluff, south of the confluence of the Wolf and Mississippi rivers....
and released in 1993 on Cruz Records. Two singles, "Shreen" and "Guilty", were released, but both failed to chart.
This is the first album to feature All's third and most recent lead singer, Chad Price
Chad Price
Chad Price is best known for being the lead singer for the pop-punk band All and alt-country band Drag the River.He joined ALL in 1993 as the band's third singer, after Dave Smalley and Scott Reynolds. He has appeared on the four most recent studio albums, as well as one live album...
.
In 1995, the song "Guilty" was featured in the teen comedy Mallrats
Mallrats
Mallrats is a 1995 film written and directed by Kevin Smith. It is the second to be set in Smith's View Askewniverse series of interlocking films set mostly in New Jersey, although the movie was filmed in Eden Prairie Center and Osowski's Flea Market which are located in Minnesota...
.
Track listing
- "Original Me" (Price) – 2:46
- "Right" (Alvarez) – 1:55
- "ShreenShreenShreen is a single by the Los Angeles pop punk band All in support of their 1993 album Breaking Things.-Track listing:# "Shreen" - 2:37# "Original Me" - 2:48# "Crucified" - 3:04-Personnel:*Chad Price - Vocals...
" (Stevenson) – 2:35 - "Cause" (Alvarez) – 2:30
- "Bail" (Alvarez) – :52
- "Excuses" (Alvarez) – 2:06
- "Strip Bar" (Egerton) – 0:09
- "Horizontal" (Alvarez) – 1:23
- "Guilty" (Stevenson) – 3:19
- "Birthday I.O.U." (Stevenson) – 2:41
- "Rosco" (Egerton, Rob Williamson) – 2:09
- "Stick" (Price) – 2:19
- "Crucified" (Egerton, Price) – 3:03
- "Politics" (Stevenson) – 0:57
Personnel
- Chad PriceChad PriceChad Price is best known for being the lead singer for the pop-punk band All and alt-country band Drag the River.He joined ALL in 1993 as the band's third singer, after Dave Smalley and Scott Reynolds. He has appeared on the four most recent studio albums, as well as one live album...
– vocals - Bill Stevenson – drums
- Karl AlvarezKarl AlvarezKarl Matthew Alvarez is the bass guitar player for both the Descendents and All, the band that resulted after the Descendents disbanded again in 1987....
– bass, vocals - Stephen Egerton – guitar
- Milo AukermanMilo AukermanMilo Aukerman is an American singer, songwriter and research biochemist. Aukerman is perhaps most widely known for being the lead singer of the early Los Angeles area punk rock band the Descendents, a group widely considered to be pioneers of modern "pop punk"...
– backing vocals