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With their debut, 40oz. to Freedom, Sublime attempt to have it both ways. The group wants to appeal to alterna-punks, but they want to cut a little deeper and make some sort of social statement, both with their lyrics and their self-consciously eclectic music. Since the group has a knack for combining dancehall reggae with hardcore punk, the music can be nervy and invigorating, but their joyous blend of cultures doesn't fare so well at the lyrical level. No matter how you look at it, "Date Rape" isn't a bold, ironic satire on macho mores -- it's frat rock that's bound to be misinterpreted, especially with its homophobic "I can't take pity on men of his kind, even though he now takes it in the behind" conclusion. Lyrics like that prevent 40oz. to Freedom from being the cracking, skanking skatepunk record that it had the potential to be.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
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Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Eric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Floyd Gaugh, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Marshall Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Gasoline Alley Records Inc.
Miguel, Producer - Chris Kay, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, MainArtist - Michael Kay, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Greg Graffin, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1981 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Marshall Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frederick Hibbert, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Miguel, Producer - Sublime, MainArtist
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Eric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Floyd Gaugh, ComposerLyricist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 Skunk Records
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Marshall Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Robert Hunter, ComposerLyricist - Miguel, Producer - Jerome Garcia, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, MainArtist
℗ 1992 Skunk Records
Eric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Floyd Gaugh, ComposerLyricist - Brad Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Eric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Floyd Gaugh, ComposerLyricist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Marshall Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
B.B. King, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Eric Wilson, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Floyd Gaugh, ComposerLyricist - Brad Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Marshall Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Marshall Goodman, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Milo Aukerman, ComposerLyricist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lawrence Parker, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Brad Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Frank Farian, ComposerLyricist - Bradley Nowell, ComposerLyricist - George Reyam, ComposerLyricist - James McNaughton, ComposerLyricist - Brent Dowe, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Lawrence Parker, ComposerLyricist - Sublime, Producer, MainArtist - Brad Nowell, ComposerLyricist - Elephant Levitation, Producer
℗ 1992 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
With their debut, 40oz. to Freedom, Sublime attempt to have it both ways. The group wants to appeal to alterna-punks, but they want to cut a little deeper and make some sort of social statement, both with their lyrics and their self-consciously eclectic music. Since the group has a knack for combining dancehall reggae with hardcore punk, the music can be nervy and invigorating, but their joyous blend of cultures doesn't fare so well at the lyrical level. No matter how you look at it, "Date Rape" isn't a bold, ironic satire on macho mores -- it's frat rock that's bound to be misinterpreted, especially with its homophobic "I can't take pity on men of his kind, even though he now takes it in the behind" conclusion. Lyrics like that prevent 40oz. to Freedom from being the cracking, skanking skatepunk record that it had the potential to be.
© Stephen Thomas Erlewine /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 22 track(s)
- Total length: 01:09:03
- Main artists: Sublime
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Gasoline Alley
- Genre: Pop/Rock Rock
© 2016 Gasoline Alley, J.V. ℗ 2016 Gasoline Alley, J.V.
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