Start Today

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Start Today
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Studio album by
Released1989
RecordedDemo2 Studios New York City from January to April 1989
Genre Hardcore punk
Length24:15
Label Revelation
Producer G.B. & Don Fury
Gorilla Biscuits chronology
Gorilla Biscuits
(1988)
Start Today
(1989)
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Start Today is an album by Gorilla Biscuits. It is considered an influential recording in hardcore punk, with NME naming it among the genre's 15 best albums of all time. [2] It is the biggest selling record released by Revelation Records with copies in excess of 100,000 sold on CD alone. [3]

Contents

Track listing

All songs written by Walter Schreifels, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."New Direction"2:29
2."Stand Still"2:08
3."Degradation"1:35
4."Good Intentions"0:29
5."Forgotten"1:32
6."Things We Say"1:42
7."Start Today"2:04
8."Two Sides"1:40
9."First Failure"1:07
10."Competition"2:04
11."Time Flies"1:45
12."Cats And Dogs"1:36
13."Sitting Around at Home" (Buzzcocks cover)1:43
14."Biscuit Power"1:24
Total length:24:09

Personnel

Gorilla Biscuits

Additional musicians

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References

  1. Allmusic review
  2. NME
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