VI (Circle Jerks album)
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| Studio album by Circle Jerks | ||||
| Released | 1987 | |||
| Genre | Hardcore punk, heavy metal | |||
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| Label | Combat | |||
| Producer | Circle Jerks, Karat Faye | |||
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VI is the fifth album by the hardcore band Circle Jerks (although a popular misconception is that this is their sixth record), which was released in 1987. It was the band's last album before their 5-year hiatus from 1989 to 1994.
The music on the record is a sort of missing link between hardcore and grunge - on this record the band has moved further into the slower / metal-ish territory of its predecessor, Wonderful, with nods to classic rock (the band covers Creedence Clearwater Revival's "Fortunate Son"). The lyrics also continue in a similar vein as the previous album, leaning more toward positive messages than the band's early work, while still retaining a strong sarcastic bite and penchant for social commentary.
Originally released on the Combat Records label, VI is currently out of print.
Track listing
- "Beat Me Senseless" (Greg Hetson, Keith Clark, Keith Morris) – 1:57
- "Patty's Killing Mel" (Zander Schloss) – 2:05
- "Casualty Vampire" (Hetson, Clark, Morris, Schloss) – 2:36
- "Tell Me Why" (Hetson, Morris, Schloss) – 3:18
- "Protection" (Clark, Morris, Schloss) – 1:45
- "I'm Alive" (Clark, Morris, Schloss) – 2:37
- "Status Clinger" (Clark, Schloss) – 2:43
- "Living" (Darren Lipscomb, Clark, Schloss) – 2:29
- "American Way" (Clark, Schloss) – 1:44
- "Fortunate Son" (John Fogerty) – 2:02
- "Love Kills" (Clark, Morris, Schloss) – 2:33
- "All Wound Up" (Hetson, Morris, Schloss) – 1:32
- "I Don't" (Hetson, Schloss) – 2:00
Personnel
- Karat Faye - producer, engineer
- Eddy Schreyer - mastering
- Edward J. Repka - design
- Mark Weinberg - art direction
- Gary Leonard - photography
Miscellanea
- Track 9, "Fortunate Son", is a Creedence Clearwater Revival cover.
- The lineup that recorded this album would reunite to record their next and last studio album to-date, Oddities, Abnormalities and Curiosities, in 1995.
