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- Date Released: November 11, 1997
- Genre: Alternative/Punk
- Style: Punk
- Label: Nitro Records
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A.F.I.'s third full-length is mere juvenilia when compared to the ambitious releases that followed; still, it stands as a solid — if personality-free — slice of late-'90s hardcore. The album consists almost entirely of blitzkrieg thrash for the mosh pit; only on "Third Season" do the screams and power chords subside for a mid-tempo bass line and Danzig-like bellowing. "Today's Lesson" shares enough with Minor Threat's "In My Eyes" to stand out, but the band's generic lyrical hooks — "fuck you" and "right now I hate you" — crimp the fun. The album closes with three of the strongest tracks, "Today's Lesson," "The Devil Loves You" and the funk-tinged "Triple Zero," a relative epic at two minutes and 50 seconds. While effective as a shot of adrenaline, Shut Your Mouth and Open Your Eyes would be long forgotten were it not for A.F.I.'s later critical and commercial success.
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| 01. |  |
Keeping Out Of Direct Sunlight (An Introduction) |
0:58 |
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| 02. | |
Three Reasons |
1:33 |
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| 03. | |
A Single Second |
2:12 |
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| 04. | |
pH Low |
1:42 |
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| 05. | |
Let It Be Broke |
2:06 |
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| 06. | |
Third Season |
2:49 |
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| 07. | |
Lower Your Head And Take It In The Body |
1:46 |
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| 08. | |
Coin Return |
2:33 |
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| 09. | |
The New Patron Saints And Angels |
2:17 |
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| 10. | |
Three Seconds Notice |
1:35 |
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| 11. | |
Salt For Your Wounds |
2:24 |
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| 12. | |
Today's Lesson |
2:14 |
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| 13. | |
The Devil Loves You |
1:30 |
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Triple Zero |
2:50 |
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14 Total Tracks, 28:29 Total Length
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Credits
- Eddy Schreyer - Mastering // AFI - Main Performer // Andy Ernst - Engineer // Davey Havok - Vocals // Jade Puget - Vocals (Background) // Adam Carson - Drums // Adam Carson - Vocals (Background) // Nick 13 - Vocals (Background) // Hunter Burgan - Bass // Hunter Burgan - Vocals (Background)
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