Scratch the Surface is the third studio album by American hardcore band Sick of It All, released in 1994.[5] It was the band's first major label recording on East West Records, their first venture away from an indie label.
Scratch the Surface | ||||
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Released | October 18, 1994 | |||
Recorded | 1994 at Normandy Sound, Warren, Rhode Island | |||
Genre | Hardcore punk | |||
Length | 35:20 | |||
Label | East West | |||
Producer | Sick of It All, Billy Anderson[1] | |||
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Singles from Scratch the Surface | ||||
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [2] |
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
Kerrang! | [4] |
MusicHound Rock | [1] |
Scratch the Surface became Sick of It All's most successful release and produced two singles: "Scratch the Surface" and "Step Down".
The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers – Middle Atlantic chart[6] and 121 on the UK Albums Chart.[7]
Decibel called the album a "hardcore magnum opus" and a "slab of extraordinarily lithe, stylized aggression".[8] Trouser Press wrote: "As a blast of unreconstructed hardcore in a time and a place where such a thing was once impossible to imagine, Scratch the Surface makes Sick of It All's principled point loud if not clear."[9]
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