Album released
September 12, 2000 by
El Paso punk band At The Drive-In. It is their first release on the
Grand Royal label. “
One Armed Scissor” was the first
single, followed by “
Invalid Litter Dept..” Tracklisting and credits:
- Arc Arsenal
- Pattern Against User
- One Armed Scissor
- Sleepwalk Capsules
- Invalid Litter Dept.
- Mannequin Republic
- Enfilade
- Rolodex Propaganda
- Quarantined
- Cosmonaut
- Non-Zero Possibility
- Catacombs (European version only)
Produced by Ross Robinson
Mixed by Andy Wallace
Mastered by Eddy Schreyer
Engineered by Chuck Johnson
Assisted by Kevin Bosley, Zak Girdis
Magnetically documented winter 2000 at Indigo Ranch Studios Malibu, CA
Mixed at Soundtrack NY, NY
Mastered at Oasis Mastering Los Angeles, CA
This
album completely blew me away. Anytime I hear someone complaining that
music is dead, devoid of
emotion and
feeling, I calmly point them to
At the Drive-In. After listening a few times, read the
lyrics (printed in the
liner notes). This
scream of consciousness flow is the most unique lyrical style in
rock today (fuck
rap-metal, with a couple exceptions...). Here we see
rock. In all its
glory. A little
punk, a little
metal, all solid and
unique. This is one of those rare
albums that you know you will keep around for awhile, not just another
giggly pop rehash single.
Speaking of commercialism and price fixing (I did mention pop, didn’t I?), I bought this CD at my local Target store for $7. That’s right. $7. I buy a lot of music, but nothing drives me back to Napster like little slivers of plastic for $18. Or even worse, an album like Pink Floyd’s The Wall for $40. Not a bad album, but when comparing the dollars-to-enjoyment ratio, Relationship of Command can’t be beat.
Thanks to Dave Gibb for pointing out the euro bonus track.