Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault: Jawbreaker Tribute
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Bad Scene, Everyone's Fault is a tribute album
to the band Jawbreaker
, released in 2003 by Dying Wish Records. It includes bands of the post-hardcore
, punk rock
, pop punk
, and emo
genres covering Jawbreaker songs. The album is named after a song on Jawbreaker's 1995 album Dear You
.
rated the album three and a half stars out of five, calling it "rather solid from start to finish, [seeming] like a heartfelt tribute to the Bay Area punk trio, as opposed to an easy cash-in disc." Describing Bigwig and Face to Face's tracks as "virtually note-for-note renditions of the originals", he complemented them for the clarity of their vocals, something lacking in the original Jawbreaker recordings. He praised Duvall's cover of "Busy" as "one of the most beautiful cover songs [by anyone, of anyone] that I've ever heard", and cited The Æffect's version of "Boxcar" as his favorite track: "If you've ever wanted to hear Jawbreaker at your local dance club, give them this song and it will get spun until the cows come home. Hearing singer Aaron croon 'You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone / save your breath, I never was one' really embodies the Æffect's outlook on music, and the song has rarely sounded sweeter." He was more critical of some of the other tracks, calling Sparta's acoustic rendition of "Kiss the Bottle" "a bit too foreign and sterile" and noting that "The Reunion Show's MOOG-a-riffic sound fails them on 'Unlisted Track,' sounding more chaotic than poppy."
Tribute album
A tribute album is a recorded collection of cover versions of songs or instrumental compositions. Its concept may be either various artists making a tribute to a single artist, a single artist making a tribute to various artists, or a single artist making a tribute to another single artist.There...
to the band Jawbreaker
Jawbreaker (band)
Jawbreaker was an American punk rock band active from 1986 to 1996 and considered one of the most influential acts of the early-1990s emo movement...
, released in 2003 by Dying Wish Records. It includes bands of the post-hardcore
Post-hardcore
Post-hardcore is a genre of music that developed from hardcore punk, itself an offshoot of the broader punk rock movement. Like post-punk, post-hardcore is a term for a broad constellation of groups...
, punk rock
Punk rock
Punk rock is a rock music genre that developed between 1974 and 1976 in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Rooted in garage rock and other forms of what is now known as protopunk music, punk rock bands eschewed perceived excesses of mainstream 1970s rock...
, pop punk
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...
, and emo
Emo
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genres covering Jawbreaker songs. The album is named after a song on Jawbreaker's 1995 album Dear You
Dear You
Dear You is Jawbreaker's only major label album. Released on September 12, 1995 through DGC Records, it is their fourth and final full-length studio album....
.
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rated the album three and a half stars out of five, calling it "rather solid from start to finish, [seeming] like a heartfelt tribute to the Bay Area punk trio, as opposed to an easy cash-in disc." Describing Bigwig and Face to Face's tracks as "virtually note-for-note renditions of the originals", he complemented them for the clarity of their vocals, something lacking in the original Jawbreaker recordings. He praised Duvall's cover of "Busy" as "one of the most beautiful cover songs [by anyone, of anyone] that I've ever heard", and cited The Æffect's version of "Boxcar" as his favorite track: "If you've ever wanted to hear Jawbreaker at your local dance club, give them this song and it will get spun until the cows come home. Hearing singer Aaron croon 'You're not punk, and I'm telling everyone / save your breath, I never was one' really embodies the Æffect's outlook on music, and the song has rarely sounded sweeter." He was more critical of some of the other tracks, calling Sparta's acoustic rendition of "Kiss the Bottle" "a bit too foreign and sterile" and noting that "The Reunion Show's MOOG-a-riffic sound fails them on 'Unlisted Track,' sounding more chaotic than poppy."
Track listing
Personnel
- Sergio Sandino – artwork
- Jake Wallace – art direction and design
- Alan Douches – masteringAudio masteringMastering, a form of audio post-production, is the process of preparing and transferring recorded audio from a source containing the final mix to a data storage device ; the source from which all copies will be produced...