Operation Phoenix is the fourth album by the Santa Cruz, California-based hardcore punk band Good Riddance, released May 4, 1999 through Fat Wreck Chords. It marked a change in recording location and production team for the band: their previous three albums had been recorded in San Francisco with producer and recording engineer Ryan Greene, but for Operation Phoenix the band traveled to Fort Collins, Colorado to record at The Blasting Room with Jason Livermore and Descendents/All members Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton. This marked the beginning of a long-term working relationship: Good Riddance would record all of their studio material at The Blasting Room using the same production team until 2003, when the band slipped into inactivity and singer Russ Rankin started Only Crime with Stevenson. Stevenson and Livermore would return to record and produce Good Riddance's final studio album My Republic in 2006, which was recorded in San Francisco. Rankin later commented that working with The Blasting Room team was a major turning point in recording for the band:
We did our first three albums with Ryan Greene and Ryan Greene is a great engineer and a really great guy and we learned a lot about being prepared to record ... his studio know-how was top-notch, his demeanor was top-notch, and we learned a lot, but when we decided we wanted a change, and we went to the Blasting Room, it was like...so different ... they knew what we were trying to do ... Also, the way they recorded...it was completely out of the ordinary...we'd been through the culture where you'd lay down the drums first, then you lay down the bass, then you lay down the guitars, and then you do the vocals...and we get to the Blasting Room and once the drums were done it was like, all bets are off, Chuck [Platt, bassist] would go in for a couple hours, then I would go in, then Luke [Pabich, guitarist] would go in, and we'd just be chipping away at these songs ... it was definitely a new approach for us anyway, we'd never done anything like that before...so I think that those guys really brought out the best in us, they challenged us, but they also, I think, had a really innate sense of knowing what we were trying to get done.[1]
Operation Phoenix was Good Riddance's last album with drummer Sean Sellers until 2006.[2] Following his departure in late 1999, Lagwagon drummer Dave Raun filled in with the band until Dave Wagenschutz of Kid Dynamite joined as a permanent replacement.[2] Sellers would return to Good Riddance in 2006 for My Republic and Remain in Memory: The Final Show.[2]
Steve Huey of Allmusic gave Operation Phoenix three stars out of five, remarking that the album "doesn't deviate much from Good Riddance's established pattern of stinging melodic punk and raging socially conscious lyrics, but it's a fine, well-executed take on that formula that ranks with the best of their work."[3]
Track listingedit
All tracks are written by Russ Rankin, except where noted
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Shadows of Defeat" (contains an excerpt from a February 1967 speech given by Martin Luther King Jr.[4])
2:12
2.
"Blueliner"
1:38
3.
"The Hardest Part"
1:43
4.
"Eighteen Seconds"
0:30
5.
"Heresy, Hypocrisy, and Revenge" (lyrics: Rankin; music: Luke Pabich; contains a dialogue excerpt from the film Some Kind of Wonderful)
2:21
6.
"Self-Fulfilling Catastrophe"
2:06
7.
"Article IV" (contains an excerpt from Mario Savio's "Bodies upon the gears" speech and a quote by Ronald Reagan)
2:59
8.
"Indoctrination"
1:09
9.
"Shit-Talking Capitalists"
1:26
10.
"Letters Home"
2:22
11.
"30 Day Wonder" (lyrics: Rankin; music: Pabich)
1:52
12.
"Dear Cammi"
1:04
13.
"Yesterday Died – Tomorrow Won't Be Born"
1:38
14.
"Winning the Hearts and Minds" (contains an excerpt from Noam Chomsky's "Propaganda model in media analysis" speech)
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Operation Phoenix is the fourth album by the Santa Cruz California based hardcore punk band Good Riddance released May 4 1999 through Fat Wreck Chords It marked a change in recording location and production team for the band their previous three albums had been recorded in San Francisco with producer and recording engineer Ryan Greene but for Operation Phoenix the band traveled to Fort Collins Colorado to record at The Blasting Room with Jason Livermore and Descendents All members Bill Stevenson and Stephen Egerton This marked the beginning of a long term working relationship Good Riddance would record all of their studio material at The Blasting Room using the same production team until 2003 when the band slipped into inactivity and singer Russ Rankin started Only Crime with Stevenson Stevenson and Livermore would return to record and produce Good Riddance s final studio album My Republic in 2006 which was recorded in San Francisco Rankin later commented that working with The Blasting Room team was a major turning point in recording for the band Operation PhoenixStudio album by Good RiddanceReleasedMay 4 1999 1999 05 04 RecordedFebruary 1999 at The Blasting Room Fort Collins ColoradoGenreHardcore punk melodic hardcore punk rock post hardcoreLength39 25LabelFat Wreck Chords FAT 587 ProducerBill Stevenson Stephen Egerton Jason LivermoreGood Riddance chronologyBallads from the Revolution 1998 Operation Phoenix 1999 The Phenomenon of Craving 2000 We did our first three albums with Ryan Greene and Ryan Greene is a great engineer and a really great guy and we learned a lot about being prepared to record his studio know how was top notch his demeanor was top notch and we learned a lot but when we decided we wanted a change and we went to the Blasting Room it was like so different they knew what we were trying to do Also the way they recorded it was completely out of the ordinary we d been through the culture where you d lay down the drums first then you lay down the bass then you lay down the guitars and then you do the vocals and we get to the Blasting Room and once the drums were done it was like all bets are off Chuck Platt bassist would go in for a couple hours then I would go in then Luke Pabich guitarist would go in and we d just be chipping away at these songs it was definitely a new approach for us anyway we d never done anything like that before so I think that those guys really brought out the best in us they challenged us but they also I think had a really innate sense of knowing what we were trying to get done 1 Operation Phoenix was Good Riddance s last album with drummer Sean Sellers until 2006 2 Following his departure in late 1999 Lagwagon drummer Dave Raun filled in with the band until Dave Wagenschutz of Kid Dynamite joined as a permanent replacement 2 Sellers would return to Good Riddance in 2006 for My Republic and Remain in Memory The Final Show 2 Contents 1 Reception 2 Track listing 3 Personnel 4 References 5 External linksReception editSteve Huey of Allmusic gave Operation Phoenix three stars out of five remarking that the album doesn t deviate much from Good Riddance s established pattern of stinging melodic punk and raging socially conscious lyrics but it s a fine well executed take on that formula that ranks with the best of their work 3 Track listing editAll tracks are written by Russ Rankin except where notedNo TitleLength1 Shadows of Defeat contains an excerpt from a February 1967 speech given by Martin Luther King Jr 4 2 122 Blueliner 1 383 The Hardest Part 1 434 Eighteen Seconds 0 305 Heresy Hypocrisy and Revenge lyrics Rankin music Luke Pabich contains a dialogue excerpt from the film Some Kind of Wonderful 2 216 Self Fulfilling Catastrophe 2 067 Article IV contains an excerpt from Mario Savio s Bodies upon the gears speech and a quote by Ronald Reagan 2 598 Indoctrination 1 099 Shit Talking Capitalists 1 2610 Letters Home 2 2211 30 Day Wonder lyrics Rankin music Pabich 1 5212 Dear Cammi 1 0413 Yesterday Died Tomorrow Won t Be Born 1 3814 Winning the Hearts and Minds contains an excerpt from Noam Chomsky s Propaganda model in media analysis speech 2 1915 A Time and a Place 1 5016 Second Coming originally performed by Battalion of Saints 1 2617 After the Nightmare lyrics Rankin music Pabich My War hidden track written by Chuck Dukowski and originally performed by Black Flag 10 50Total length 39 25Personnel editGood Riddance Russ Rankin Vocals bass guitar on My War Luke Pabich Guitar Chuck Platt Bass guitar backing vocals excluding My War Sean Sellers Drums excluding My War Artwork Sean Sellers Cover art concept Eli Atkins Design Additional musicians Bill Stevenson Drums and additional guitar on My War Chuck Division Additional bass guitar Production Bill Stevenson Producer engineering and mixing Stephen Egerton Producer recording and mix engineer Jason Livermore Producer recording and mixingReferences edit Jain Sean 2010 06 17 Interviews Russ Rankin Good Riddance Only Crime Punknews org Retrieved 2010 09 02 a b c Cornelius David Good Riddance Biography Allmusic Retrieved 2010 08 31 Huey Steve Review Operation Phoenix Allmusic Retrieved 2010 09 02 King Martin Luther Jr 1967 02 27 Rev Dr Martin Luther King Jr on Racial Segregation video and text San Francisco KPIX TV excerpt starts at 0 59 Retrieved 2020 11 11 via Bay Area Television Archive When we look at modern man we have to face the fact External links editOperation Phoenix at Fat Wreck Chords Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Operation Phoenix album amp oldid 1001544993, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
