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Scratch the Surface is the third studio album by American hardcore 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
Studio album by Sick of It All
Released	October 18, 1994
Recorded	1994 at Normandy Sound, Warren, Rhode Island
Genre	Hardcore punk
Length	35:20
Label	East West
Producer	Sick of It All[1]
Sick of It All chronology
Just Look Around (1992) Scratch the Surface (1994) Live in a World Full of Hate (1995)
Singles from Scratch the Surface
"Scratch the Surface" Released: 1994 "Step Down" Released: 1995

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[1]

Scratch the Surface became Sick of It All's most successful release and produced two singles: "Scratch the Surface" and "Step Down".

The album peaked at number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers – Middle Atlantic chart[5] and 121 on the UK Albums Chart.[6]

Critical reception

Decibel called the album a "hardcore magnum opus" and a "slab of extraordinarily lithe, stylized aggression".[7] 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."[8]

Track listing

1. "No Cure"  – 2:58
2. "Insurrection"  – 1:50
3. "Consume"  – 3:42
4. "Who Sets the Rules"  – 2:45
5. "Goatless"  – 1:21
6. "Step Down"  – 3:15
7. "Maladjusted"  – 2:25
8. "Scratch the Surface"  – 2:51
9. "Free Spirit"  – 1:53
10. "Force My Hand"  – 2:28
11. "Desperate Fool"  – 1:52
12. "Return to Reality"  – 2:43
13. "Farm Team"  – 2:22
14. "Cease Fire"  – 2:58

References

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[de] Scratch the Surface

Scratch the Surface ist das dritte Studioalbum der US-amerikanischen Hardcore-Band Sick of It All. Es erschien im Oktober 1994 bei EastWest.

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