Strung Out

Suburban Teenage Wasteland Blues (1996)
Fat Wreck Chords

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Contributed by: Jocky Fa
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Published on April 5th 2001

The complete package. Strung Out solidifies themselves as the hard-core representatives of speed in the new pop-punk wave. User friendly enough that they don't produce the garage sound, but not over-produced so much that the music gets lost in the teen-angst. This album, unfortuantely, may be the only standout for the California group, as follow-up efforts like "Twisted By Design" and the more recent "Elements of Sonic Defiance" are yet to find the honesty and power of their predecessor. Still, for the faithful, Strung Out continues to represent the darker, more heavy side of pop-punk.

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pinkerton (February 3, 2007)

this is a 5 star album.

rozcoemission (August 28, 2006)

One of the best records ever written.

Anonymous (June 18, 2006)

what does that mean? I suggest starting at #4 and going from there. A perfect album, always in rotation since 1996.

1,2 and 3 are very good songs with "solitare" being the poppiest. wrong side of the tracks, gearbox, radio suicide, never good enough, sonombulance.... ahhhh... :)

oh and BOYD

Anonymous (June 7, 2006)

haha some songs are pop punk

bloofy (October 16, 2005)

My favourite cd by my favourite band.
Anything than 5 stars would be fucked up.

Anonymous (June 21, 2004)

Best album ever, by the best band ever. Get this now.

Anonymous (October 14, 2003)

one of my top ten best albums of all time. one of the few rare complete cds, every song is worth the money i paid for the album.

-spoo-

Anonymous (June 25, 2003)

You fucking idiot, this is a 5 star cd, anything lower renders you, the reviewer, a fucking moron.

Anonymous (May 28, 2003)

The golden years for Fat. The golden years for Strung Out.

-bemused-

Anonymous (May 28, 2003)

My favourite SO album. Better Days, Solitaire, Bring Out your Dead, Monster, Sonumbolance........SO GOOD

Anonymous (July 5, 2001)

Best album ever you stupid cunt!!

Anonymous (May 3, 2001)

Strung Out.

fathead (April 21, 2001)

you are a fool. everything strung out out has ever done is flawless. they are so far from pop/punk that i'm thinking you must have been drunk when you wrote that. Twisted By Design is one of the most talented recordings in the history of punk music. STWB is probably their best, but this review does it no justice.