Full Speed Ahead (D.R.I. album)
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| Full Speed Ahead | ||||
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| Released | November 14, 1995 | |||
| Recorded | 1994–1995 | |||
| Genre | Crossover thrash | |||
| Length | 72:44 | |||
| Label | Rotten Records[1] | |||
| Producer | Spike Cassidy | |||
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Full Speed Ahead is an album by the American crossover thrash band D.R.I., released in 1995.[2][3] It is the band's final studio album.[4] The band's former roadie, Chumly Porter, played bass.[5]
The album was not a commercial success. D.R.I. supported it by touring with Acid Bath.[6][7]
After the album's release, the band decided that they would no longer record any new music; however, they recorded and released the track "Against Me" in 2003. D.R.I. would not release any material until 2016, with the EP But Wait... There's More!
| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Rock Hard | 8.0/10[8] |
The Charlotte Observer called the album "teeth-gnashing thrash-core," writing that the "pulverizing, heavy guitar chords collide with rat-tat-tat drumming for World War III."[9] The Arizona Daily Star noted that the album title "is a testament to [D.R.I.'s] unrelenting attack."[10] The Wisconsin State Journal wrote that the band's "still blindly and wantonly cranking out metallic, old-school, hard-core punk rock."[11]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Problem Addict" | 1:39 |
| 2. | "I'm the Liar" | 4:13 |
| 3. | "Under the Overpass" | 3:24 |
| 4. | "They Don't Care" | 4:53 |
| 5. | "Drawn and Quartered" | 2:30 |
| 6. | "No End" | 3:33 |
| 7. | "Wages of Sin" | 2:15 |
| 8. | "Syringes in the Sandbox" | 3:40 |
| 9. | "Who Am I?" | 0:47 |
| 10. | "Girl with a Gun" | 4:29 |
| 11. | "Dead Meat" | 4:03 |
| 12. | "Down to the Wire" | 3:14 |
| 13. | "Level 7" | 3:29 |
| 14. | "Broke" | 0:45 |
| 15. | "Sucker" | 3:31 |
| 16. | "Underneath the Surface" | 26:19 |
