Straight Ahead (Pennywise album)

Straight Ahead is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band Pennywise, released in 1999 via Epitaph Records.[5][6] It contains the single "Alien."[7]

Straight Ahead
Studio album by
Pennywise
ReleasedJune 1, 1999
Recorded1998-1999 at Stall #2
Redondo Beach, Calif.
GenrePunk rock, skate punk, melodic hardcore
Length48:20
LabelEpitaph[1]
ProducerDarian Rundall, Pennywise
Pennywise chronology
Full Circle
(1997)		 Straight Ahead
(1999)		 Live @ the Key Club
(2000)
Singles from Straight Ahead
  1. "Straight Ahead"
  2. "Alien"
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music[3]
Pitchfork Media9.3/10[4]

Critical reception

Ox-Fanzine called the album "fast, direct, accomplished and powerful."[8] CMJ New Music Report wrote that "the inescapable anger highlights, rather than buries, the metallic power riffs and inspired drumming."[9] Phoenix New Times wrote that Straight Ahead is "rooted in West Coast surfer-skater party-punk, with rough-and-tumble melodies on top of briny torrents of guitars."[6]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pennywise.

No.TitleLength
1."Greed"3:15
2."My Own Country"2:36
3."Can't Believe It"1:57
4."Victim of Reality"2:28
5."Might Be a Dream"2:43
6."Still Can Be Great"2:52
7."Straight Ahead"2:41
8."My Own Way"2:52
9."One Voice"2:46
10."Alien"4:07
11."Watch Me as I Fall"2:10
12."Just for You"2:28
13."Can't Take Anymore"3:15
14."American Dream"2:57
15."Need More"2:56
16."Never Know"2:42
17."Badge of Pride"3:35
Total length:48:20

Personnel

Pennywise

Production
  • Darian Rundall - producer, engineer
  • Eddie Schreyer - mastering
  • Jesse Fischer - art direction, layout
  • Dave Leamon - cover illustrator

Charts

Album

Billboard (North America) and the ARIA Charts (Australia).

Year Chart Position
1999 Billboard 200 62[10]
1999 Top Canadian Albums 17
1999 Australian Albums Chart 8

Singles

Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1999 "Alien" Hot Modern Rock Tracks 36

References
  1. "Pennywise - Straight Ahead" – via epitaph.com.
  2. Straight Ahead at AllMusic
  3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 6: MUZE. p. 478.CS1 maint: location (link)
  4. "Pennywise: Straight Ahead: Pitchfork Review". web.archive.org. June 28, 2003.
  5. "Pennywise | Biography & History". AllMusic.
  6. Simutis, David (October 21, 1999). "Pennywisdom". Phoenix New Times.
  7. "Pennywise Party For Straight Ahead". MTV News.
  8. "Review". www.ox-fanzine.de.
  9. "Reviews". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. June 7, 1999 – via Google Books.
  10. "Pennywise". Billboard.



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