17 Reasons

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17 Reasons
Studio album by Link 80
Released 1997
Recorded 1997
Genre ska punk, punk rock
Label Asian Man Records
Producer Link 80, Andy Ernst

17 Reasons is the first full album by the ska punk band Link 80. It was released on CD and 12" vinyl by Asian Man Records in 1997.

It was recorded during two sessions: one at Fantasy studios in Berkeley, CA with Steve Fontano and one at Art of Ears with Andy Ernst. The cover photo was taken March 17th, 1996 at Ann Kong's Bleach Bottle Pig Farm in Berkeley, California, located at 2072 San Pablo Ave.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Verbal Kint"
  2. "Nothing Left"
  3. "Enough"
  4. "Pretty Girls"
  5. "Jeff Acree"
  6. "Screwed"
  7. "Termination"
  8. "Turn It Around"
  9. "What Can I Do?"
  10. "Up To The Top"
  11. "Dime Store Hoods"
  12. "Slap"
  13. "Dance Floor"
  14. "Looking Back"
  15. "Nowhere Fast"
  16. "Jenifer's Cafe"
  17. "Burning Down"
  18. "Who Killed Marilyn? (Hidden Track)" This track starts exactly 8 minutes after the end of Burning Down.

[edit] Sampled material

"Burning Down" samples Pretty In Pink at the song's end. The sample before "What Can I Do?" is New Kids on the Block. The bridge during "Dime Store Hoods" is partially from an Earth Crisis song.

[edit] Personnel

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