Blue Room is the debut album by the San Diego-based 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...

 band Unwritten Law

Unwritten Law

Unwritten Law is an American rock band formed in 1990 in Poway, California and currently recording for Suburban Noize Records. They have released seven full-length studio albums and have toured internationally, including performances on the Warped Tour...

, released in 1994 by Red Eye Records. It was the band's first full-length album and established their presence in the prolific San Diego music scene of the early 1990s. The album attracted the attention of Epic Records

Epic Records

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, who re-released it the following year.

The album's title is a reference to the single-room apartment that singer Scott Russo lived in during the band's early years and where most of the album was written (the room was painted entirely blue). The song title "C.P.K." stands for "Crazy Poway Kids" and is a reference to the band's hometown of Poway, California

Poway, California

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 (a suburb of San Diego). "Blurred (Part 2)" is a reference to a song on the band's debut EP Blurr. The songs "Shallow" and "Suzanne" would be re-recorded for their second album Oz Factor

Oz Factor (album)

Oz Factor is the second album by the San Diego-based punk rock band Unwritten Law, released in 1996 by Epic Records. It established the band's presence in the prolific southern California punk rock scene of the mid-1990s. The songs "Superman" and "Denied" became minor hits on local rock radio...

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Track listing

Band

• Scott Russo - vocals
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• Steve Morris - guitar
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• Rob Brewer - guitar
• John Bell - bass guitar
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• Wade Youman - drums
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Production

• Dave Nestor – producer
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  , engineer
• Mike Monroe – executive producer
• John Golden – mastering
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Artwork

• Greg Raymond – graphic design
• Bagel – cover art
• Mike Krull – disc art
• Wade Youman – other artwork
• Ben Davis – photography