Willpower is the second studio album by the American band Today Is the Day, released on September 1994 by Amphetamine Reptile Records.[2] The album was recorded just a few months after Steve Austin's father, whom he had not seen for months at the time, died in a violent car crash. A remastered edition of the album was issued in 2007 through the then-newly formed SuperNova Records, which included the track "Execution Style", a rare extra from the Willpower sessions that was previously released on the compilation Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Volume Ten.
A live performance that was recorded during the tour to promote Willpower was released as a DVD via SuperNova, under the title of Willpower Live in 2007.
It is the only album of the band to have been recorded with the same lineup as the prior album.
Patrick Kennedy of AllMusic awarded the album 4 and a half out of 5 stars, saying, "Though its time signatures are still tricky in a mathematical way, Willpower's greatest strength is its appeal to the human heart through whatever means necessary."[3]
Track listingedit
All tracks are written by Steve Austin
No.
Title
Length
1.
"Willpower"
3:34
2.
"My First Knife"
2:57
3.
"Nothing to Lose"
3:41
4.
"Golden Calf"
3:53
5.
"Sidewinder"
5:33
6.
"Many Happy Returns"
2:33
7.
"Simple Touch"
3:30
8.
"Promised Land" (features an unlisted rendition of "Amazing Grace")
4:42
"Willpower" contains dialogue from the 1990 film Goodfellas.
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