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█║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ source : CD ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ type : Digipak ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╗╔═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ rls date : 2018-03-07 ║║ st date : 1999-10-12 ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╣╠═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ size : 87.21 MB ║║ tracks : 13 ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╣╠═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ encoder : Lame 3.98 ║║ label : Volcano ▀█║║█ █║╠█══════════════════════════════════╝╚═══════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ quality : avg. 254kbps / 44.1kHz / Joint Stereo ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ website : http://www.311.com ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ subgenre : Alternative, Reggae, Alternative Rock, Rock, Ska, 90S ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█▀ similar artist : The Dirty Heads, Slightly Stoopid, Pepper, Sublime ▀█║║█ █║╠█═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════█╣║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ █║╠█═════------ ┌─┐ ┌── ┌ ┌── ┌┐ ┌──┐┌── ─ ┌┐ ┌ ┌──┐─┬─┌──┌──┐ ---══════█╣║█ █║╠█══════──--- │─└┐├─ │ ├─ ┌├└┐└──┐├─ ── │└┐│ │ │ │ ├─ └──┐ ----═════█╣║█ █║╠█══════───── └ └└── └── └───┘ └───┘└── ─ ─ └┘ └──┘ └ └─────┘ ─────════█╣║█ █║║█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█║║█ █║║█ AllMusic Review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ 311 have been called a lot of things -- primarily some variation of █║║█ █║║█ either funk metal, rap-metal, or ska-metal -- but they don't fit █║║█ █║║█ neatly into any of these particular subgenres. They borrow from all █║║█ █║║█ three styles, plus reggae and new wave, creating their own █║║█ █║║█ skatepunk sound that vaguely recalls such contemporaries as Red Hot █║║█ █║║█ Chili Peppers, Beastie Boys, No Doubt, and Sublime, but never quite █║║█ █║║█ sounds exactly like them. Part of that is due to the vocal █║║█ █║║█ interplay of singer Nick Hexum and rapper S.A.; their interchanges █║║█ █║║█ are unique among skatepunk. 311 also have different ambitions █║║█ █║║█ -- ever since their 1995 commercial breakthrough, 311, the band █║║█ █║║█ seemed intent on making a great album. Its successor, Transistor, █║║█ █║║█ was a flawed effort the length of a double album, and its studio █║║█ █║║█ follow-up, Soundsystem -- a 1999 album that followed a live 1998 █║║█ █║║█ record -- has its own aspirations. Longtime producer/engineer band █║║█ █║║█ associate Scotch Ralston worked with Hugh Padgham (the Police's █║║█ █║║█ former producer) on Soundsystem, and the differences are █║║█ █║║█ immediately apparent. Benefiting from Padgham's professional █║║█ █║║█ skills, Soundsystem is a tighter record, clocking in at 45 minutes. █║║█ █║║█ Padgham also helps the band incorporate its various influences into █║║█ █║║█ a more digestible form. Though they never come up with a single as █║║█ █║║█ strong as Down anywhere on the album, the increased focus makes █║║█ █║║█ their musical melange potent. Often, they come close to tying █║║█ █║║█ together a vast array of styles -- metal riffing, funk bass, █║║█ █║║█ rapping, hip-hop scratching, melodic choruses, trippy reggae vibes, █║║█ █║║█ Latin, and ska rhythms -- into something distinctive. It's not █║║█ █║║█ necessarily radio-ready, but that's not necessarily a detriment, █║║█ █║║█ since they have more musical character than many of their peers. █║║█ █║║█ Where most bands are content to ride one groove, 311 pack as █║║█ █║║█ many as three or four into one track. This may be at the expense of █║║█ █║║█ a pop hook, but it does give them identity, and -- in a weird way █║║█ █║║█ -- musical integrity, since their ever-shifting musical gears are █║║█ █║║█ clearly the result of a band intent on pleasing itself and its █║║█ █║║█ hardcore audience, not a pop market. That means Soundsystem will █║║█ █║║█ not play to fans of Down, even if it's punchier than Transistor. █║║█ █║║█ But that additional focus and punch makes it their best album since █║║█ █║║█ 311, a fact their hardcore fans will appreciate. █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ /team FKK █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ █║╠█═════──────────────── ─┬─ ┌─┐ ┌┐ ┌── ┐┌ ┌──┐ ──────────────────══════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────────── │ │─└┐┌├└┐│ ├─┐ └──┐ ───────────────────═════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────────── └ └ └┘ └└──── └────┘ ────────────────────════█╣║█ █║║█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█║║█ █║║█ 01 Freeze Time 03:22 █║║█ █║║█ 02 Come Original 03:43 █║║█ █║║█ 03 Large In The Margin 03:29 █║║█ █║║█ 04 Flowing 03:14 █║║█ █║║█ 05 Can't Fade Me 02:10 █║║█ █║║█ 06 Life's Not A Race 04:27 █║║█ █║║█ 07 Strong All Along 03:29 █║║█ █║║█ 08 Sever 04:43 █║║█ █║║█ 09 Eons 03:14 █║║█ █║║█ 10 Evolution 04:18 █║║█ █║║█ 11 Leaving Babylon 04:00 █║║█ █║║█ 12 Mindspin 04:01 █║║█ █║║█ 13 Livin' & Rockin' 02:43 █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ 46:53 █║║█ █║║█ █║║█ █║║█████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████║║█ █║╠█═════------------- ┌── ┌─┐ ┌──┌── ─┬─ ─ ┌┐ ┌┌── ┌──┐ ------------══════█╣║█ █║╠█══════──---------- │ ─┐│─└┐├─ ├─ │ │ │└┐││ ─┐└──┐ -------------═════█╣║█ █║╠█══════─────────--- └──┘└ └└──└─── └ └ ─ └┘└──┘───┘ ──────────────════█╣║█ █║║█▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀█║║█ █║║█▀ greetings to everyone supporting us ▀█║║█ █║║█▀ since 2002 ▀█║║█ █║║█▀ ▀█║║█ █╚╚█══════╗╔════════╗╔═════════╗╔══════════╗╔═════════╗╔══════════╗╔═══════█╝╝█ ███████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████████ ▀▀▀██▀███▀║║▀██████▀║║▀███████▀║║▀████████▀║║▀███████▀║║▀████████▀║║▀█████▀█▀▀▀ ██▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄▄║║▄▄▄▄▄▄▄█ ▀▀▀▀▀██║║▀▀████▀▀║║▀▀█████▀▀║║▀▀██████▀▀║║▀▀█████▀▀║║▀▀██████▀▀║║██▀▀▀▀▀▀ ██╚║════════╣╚═════════╠╚══════════╠╚═════════╠╚══════════║╝██ ██ │ ▀▀ │ ▀▀ │ ▀▀▀▀ │ ▀▀▀ │ ▀▀▀▀ │ ██ █ ▀ ▀ ▀▀ ▀ ▀▀ █