Search - Sick of It All :: Built To Last

Just look around, does anything stand up against it?

JRM | Corvallis, OR USA | 07/13/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"From my point of view this is Sick Of It All at thier very best. Polished just right by RATM producer GGGarth, never had the band been so tight and explosive. Lyrics are my favorite of any hardcore cd out there, catchy, uplifiting but raw and aggressive. Perfection in hardcore, the machine only gets tighter from here on out. The best place to start when digging in the SOIA treasure trove. One Step Ahead, Good Lookin' Out, Burn 'Em Down, Closer... pretty much all the songs on here are great, just let it all sink in. Oh and BTW this has not left my CD stack for 5 or 6 years so... Built To Last, TRUTH."

One word , "BUSTED".

Spacebeard07 | Brooklyn, NY United States | 08/24/2000

(4 out of 5 stars)

"Ahhh Yes, Sick Of It Alls Final album on a major label. Not that it matters but GGGarth was enlisted to produce this album which at the time I thought was way out of left field for them but I can understand why a HUGE label like Elektra would have them work with a big name producer. Anyway, Sick of it all pretty much continues where they left off on Scratch The Surface except (this is the reason for the 4 star review) the production is well..... a little too slick. The Beauty of Sick of It Alls previous albums was the raw power of the songs combined with a Very raw but well produced recording. This dosen't make the songs on this album any less important at all but GGGArths over-produced effort does have a bit of a negative impact on BUILT TO LAST. If you can overlook the production there are some really good tracks on this album (Built To Last, Busted, Nice, One Step Ahead, Don't Follow, Us Vs Them and Jungle - features some really good tribal percussion). Craig sings on "BUSTED" which is the rawest track on the CD. Definitely not a CD to bypass."

Definitely built to last

vandal_1 | santa cruz, ca usa | 03/08/2003

(5 out of 5 stars)

"some people may complain about an album being overproduced, but that is just lame. this cd is very well produced. yes their older rougher sounding stuff is underproduced and all of it is still phenomenal. but so is this even if it sounds cleaner. their newer stuff is just as clean as well on fat. it is just how they want to sound now. this cd stands the test of time and is one of their best offerings."