| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| The Encyclopedia of Popular Music | [3] |
| MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide | [1] |
Scratch the Surface is the third studio album by American band Sick of It All, released in 1994.[4] It was the band's first major label recording on East West Records, their first venture away from an indie label.
Scratch the Surface became Sick of It All's most successful release, and it produced two singles: "Scratch the Surface" and "Step Down".
The album peaked at No. 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.[5]
Critical reception
Decibel called the album a "hardcore magnum opus" and a "slab of extraordinarily lithe, stylized aggression."[6] Trouser Press wrote: "As a blast of unreconstructed hardcore in a time and a place where such a thing was once impossible to imagine, Scratch the Surface makes Sick of It All’s principled point loud if not clear."[7]
Track listing
- "No Cure" – 2:58
- "Insurrection" – 1:50
- "Consume" – 3:42
- "Who Sets the Rules" – 2:45
- "Goatless" – 1:21
- "Step Down" – 3:15
- "Maladjusted" – 2:25
- "Scratch the Surface" – 2:51
- "Free Spirit" – 1:53
- "Force My Hand" – 2:28
- "Desperate Fool" – 1:52
- "Return to Reality" – 2:43
- "Farm Team" – 2:22
- "Cease Fire" – 2:58
References
- ^ a b MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 1013.
- ^ Franck, John. "Scratch The Surface - Sick of It All - Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards - AllMusic". AllMusic. Retrieved 2013-04-29.
- ^ Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Volume 7: MUZE. p. 442.
- ^ "Sick of It All | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "Sick of It All". Billboard.
- ^ "Sick of it All - "Scratch the Surface"". Decibel Magazine. August 28, 2012.
- ^ "Sick of It All". Trouser Press. Retrieved 9 January 2021.