Artist.......: VA
Album........: Forever Free A Sublime Tribute Album
Label........: Baseline
Genre........: AlternRock
Catnr........: 004
source.......: CDDA
rip.date.....: Aug-10-2006
str.date.....: Feb-06-2006
quality......: VBR/44,1Hz/Joint-Stereo
Url..........: n/a
track title time
01. No Use for a Name - Badfish 03:02
02. Never Heard Of It - Same in the End 02:57
03. Voodoo Glow Skulls - Caress Me Down 02:52
04. Up Syndrome - Doin' Time 03:38
05. Guttermouth - April 29, 1992 03:51
06. If All Else Fails With Max Gingold - Wrong 02:32
Way
07. The Toast - Pawn Shop 07:18
08. Ozomatli - Ebin- 04:04
09. The Forces of Evil - Ball And Chain 03:23
10. The Skeletones - Seed 02:23
11. Ballyhoo! - 40 Oz. To Freedom 03:08
12. The Line - Pool Shark 00:57
13. 1208 - Boss DJ 02:21
14. If All Else Fails - Forever Free 03:12
Runtime 45:38 min
Size 67,9 MB
Release Notes:
tracks 01, 08, 11 originally appears on "40 Oz To
Freedom" (1992)
tracks 09, 12, 13 originally appears on "Robbin The
Hood" (1994)
tracks 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 10 originally
appears on "Sublime" (1996)
track 14 is not a cover, it's a song about the band
all tracks written by Sublime (Bradley Nowell, Eric
Wilson, Bud Gaugh)
except tracks
04 by Ira Gershwin/George Gershwin/Marshall
Goodman/Dorothy Heyward/Dubose Heyward/Bradley
Nowell
05 by Marshall Goodman/Michael Happoldt/Bradley
Nowell
Whether or not you want to argue the the band's
merits or their place in the punk canon, Sublime
left an impression on almost everyone who heard
their songs on MTV or saw the band stumble through
a performance during their short career.
Baseline has taken it upon itself to cull together
a reasonable tribute album featuring largely
unknown bands and a spattering of punks from
yesteryear. Most of the bands do a good job
covering the tunes while spinning their own style
into the tunes. Never Heard of It does a solid job
with Same in the End, while If All Else Fails
does a pretty good punked up version of Wrong
Way. Guttermouth murder April 29, 1992 with Mark's
horrible B-52s impression. Some bands just need to
call it quits. They haven't been cool since
Musical Monkey.
The highlight of the record is Ozomatli's cover of
Ebin.Anyone who has ever seen the band live
knows that the 20-some members produce the best
live hip-hop ever, and they rule on this number. It
has elements of the original, but they just rock it
out, throwing in a new verse for kicks.
The only bad thing on the record, besides
Guttermouth, is the lack of real hits. Besides
Wrong Way,none of the MTV classics are on here,
including Jail Bait,which is referenced in the
liner notes. Too bad, the added tracks could have
drawn a few new listeners who might actually have
gone out and bought a Voodoo Glow Skulls record
(yes, they're on here.)