Built to Last (Sick of It All album)
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| Built to Last | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | February 11, 1997[1] | |||
| Recorded | 1996 at Sound City Studios, Van Nuys, California, Entourage Studios, Los Angeles, California and Normandy Sound, Warren, Rhode Island | |||
| Length | 39:15 | |||
| Label | East West Records[2] Equal Vision Records[3] | |||
| Producer | GGGarth Sick of It All | |||
| Sick of It All chronology | ||||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [4] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [5] |
| Metal Hammer | [6] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |  [2] |
| Punk News | [7] |
Built to Last is the fourth studio album by American band Sick of It All, released in 1997.[8][9] Equal Vision Records held the exclusive rights to release it on vinyl.
The album peaked at No. 32 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[10]
Built to Last was the result of a year's work for Sick of It All, with pre-production beginning in late 1995/early 1996. The recording took place at Normandy Sound, in Warren, Rhode Island (where their first three albums had been recorded), and in two studios in California.[citation needed]
Critical reception
The Washington Post wrote that "the music and attitude are entirely predictable, but the 'hey-hey-heys' are rather charming."[11] Entertainment Weekly wrote that the band manages "to overcome the genre’s bark-and-lunge cliches simply because they’re so archetypal; these guys can actually make you feel the fury behind a song called 'Us Vs. Them'."[12]
Track listing
- All tracks written by Sick of It All
- "Good Lookin' Out" – 1:53
- "Built to Last" – 2:01
- "Closer" – 2:56
- "One Step Ahead" – 2:07
- "Us vs. Them" – 3:04
- "Laughingstock" – 2:42
- "Don't Follow" – 2:02
- "Nice" – 2:41
- "Busted" – 1:37
- "Burn 'Em Down" – 2:55
- "End the Era" – 3:05
- "Chip Away" – 2:02
- "Too Late" – 2:00
- "Jungle" – 8:10
"Jungle" ends at 2:54, with silence from 2:55 to 5:53; at 5:54, a voice says "Oh c'mon, hurry up, ya old hag." There is silence again from 5:58 to 6:59. A hidden song, sung in English and Spanish, starts at 7:00 (unofficially titled "Culo Cagado").
