White Light, White Heat, White Trash

White Light, White Heat, White Trash
Social Distortion's studio album
Publication (s)	September 1996
Label (s)	Epic Records
Format (s)	CD , LP
Genre (s)	Punk rock
Title (number)	12
running time	approx. 46 minutes
occupation	Mike Ness - vocals, guitar Dennis Danell - guitar John Maurer - bass guitar Deen Castronovo - drums Chuck Biscuits - drums
production	Michael Beinhorn
Studio (s)	Bearsville Studio
chronology Mainliner: Wreckage From the Past (1995) White Light, White Heat, White Trash Live at the Roxy (1998)

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Albums

White Light, White Heat, White Trash   US 24 08/05/1996 (10 weeks)

White Light, White Heat, White Trash (German roughly: "Weißes Licht, Weiße Wärme, Weißer Abfall" ; "White Light, White Heat" refers to the album of the same name by The Velvet Underground White Light / White Heat . White Trash is a common term in the USA for the white-skinned lower class.) is a studio album released in 1996 by the Californian band Social Distortion . While the three previous studio albums by Social Distortion show influences from blues , country music and rock 'n' roll , White Light, White Heat, White Trash mark the (intermittent) return to a clearly more punk rock- heavy sound.

Track list

1. Dear Lover - 4:43
2. Don't Drag Me Down - 3:51
3. Untitled - 4:45
4. I Was Wrong - 3:58
5. Through These Eyes - 3:15
6. Down on the World Again - 3:22
7. When the Angels Sing - 4:15
8. Gotta Know the Rules - 3:28
9. Crown of Thorns - 4:15
10. Pleasure Seeker - 3:33
11. Down Here (With the Rest of Us) - 4:19
12. Under My Thumb - 2:49

All songs were written by Mike Ness , with the exception of the Rolling Stones cover Under My Thumb ( Jagger / Richards ), which is included as a hidden track at the end of the album.

Being single was "Was Wrong I" and "When the Angels Sing" decoupled.

reception

Allmusic only rates the album with an average of two and a half out of five points. In particular, the production is considered to be too smooth and the lack of hooklines is criticized.

The German music magazine Visions , however, included the album in its lists of the "best albums of the 90s" (32nd place) and the "150 albums for eternity" (44th place). It also appears in the list of "500 CDs You Must Own Before You Die" from US magazine Blender and the " 500 best albums of all time (Rolling Stone) ". Rock Hard magazine put the album at number 123 on its list of 500 titles. Frank Albrecht wrote that the record was “ the best songs Social Distortion have ever written. "; the album combines everything that makes the band.

Trivia

I Was Wrong is featured as a playable song in the Rock Band 2 video game .

People involved

• Mike Ness - vocals, guitar
• Dennis Danell - guitar
• John Maurer - bass guitar
• Deen Castronovo - drums (studio musician; not listed in the credits)
• Chuck Biscuits - drums (listed as a member of the band; although not featured on the album)
• Michael Beinhorn - producer
• Kalynn Campbell - Illustrations
• Jolie Clemens - Art Direction
• Giulio Costanzo - Art Direction
• George Marino - Mastering
• John Travis - engineer, mixing

Individual evidence

1. ↑ billboard.com
2. ^ Allmusic Review
3. ↑ Visions (2005) The 100 Most Important Records of the 90s Critics
4. ↑ Visions (2005) 150 plates for eternity - readers issue 152 (November 2005) p. 59
5. ↑ Rolling Stone (2004) Top 500 Albums of All Time - Critics
6. ↑ Rock Hard: Best of Rock and Metal , Königswinter 2007, pp. 171f.