Built to Last is the fourth full-length studio album and the second (and, thus far, final) major label release by New York

New York

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 hardcore punk

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 band, Sick of It All

Sick of It All

Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band from Queens, New York. Formed in 1986, the band consisted of brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on lead guitar, Rich Cipriano on bass, and Armand Majidi on drums. There have been only two member changes since their inception, with Max...

. It was released on East West Records

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 – a subsidiary of the Warner Music Group

Warner Music Group

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 – in February, 1997. Equal Vision Records

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 held the rights to release it exclusively on vinyl.

Built to Last was the result of a year's work for Sick of It All, with pre-production beginning around late 1995/early 1996. The recording took place in Normandy Sound studio in Warren, Rhode Island

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 (where their first three albums had been recorded) and in two studios in California

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Track listing

• All tracks written by Sick of It All
  Sick of It All
  Sick of It All is an American hardcore punk band from Queens, New York. Formed in 1986, the band consisted of brothers Lou Koller on vocals and Pete Koller on lead guitar, Rich Cipriano on bass, and Armand Majidi on drums. There have been only two member changes since their inception, with Max...
  
  

1. "Good Lookin' Out" – 1:53
2. "Built to Last" – 2:01
3. "Closer" – 2:56
4. "One Step Ahead" – 2:07
5. "Us vs. Them" – 3:04
6. "Laughingstock" – 2:42
7. "Don't Follow" – 2:02
8. "Nice" – 2:41
9. "Busted" – 1:37
10. "Burn 'em Down" – 2:55
11. "End the Era" – 3:05
12. "Chip Away" – 2:02
13. "Too Late" – 2:00
14. "Jungle" – 8:10

Jungle ends at 2:54 from 2:55 - 5:53 is silence at 5:54 a voice says "Oh c'mon hurry up ya old hag" then there is silence again from 5:58 - 6:59. A hidden song starts at 7:00 (unofficially named "Culo Cagado") about defecating. The hidden song is sung in English and Spanish.

Credits

• Lou Koller – vocals
• Pete Koller – guitar
• Craig Setari – bass guitar
• Armand Majidi – drums

• George Correia – percussion

• Produced by GGGarth and Sick of It All
• Engineered by GGGarth and Greg Fidelman

External links

• Equal Vision album page