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Goddamnit is the debut album
Album

An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
 by Alkaline Trio
Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
 released in 1998 on Asian Man Records
Asian Man Records

Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park out of his parents' garage in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, but the Asian Man label wasn't officially established until May 1996....
. The label reissued the album in March 2008. The disc was re-, remixed and packaged with a feature length DVD documentary of the band's early days.

oddamnit was received well by the critics. Reviewers claimed the catchy guitar hooks by Skiba
Matt Skiba

Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio. He has previously been a member of various bands including Jerkwater , Blunt, and The Traitors ....
, mixed with the dark, alcohol-drenched lyrics made the album stand out at the time, and still bear relevance to young people today.

Goddamnit is recognized as one of Alternative Presss "Essential Albums of 1998." Also, when the re-release of the album was issued in 2008, the magazine gave it a 5/5 star rating in its March issue.

  • "Cringe" – 2:23
  • "Cop" – 2:18
  • "San Francisco" – 3:52
  • "Nose Over Tail" – 2:37
  • "As You Were" – 2:11
  • "Enjoy Your Day" – 2:17
  • "Clavicle" – 2:28
  • "My Little Needle" – 3:01
  • "Southern Rock" – 3:05
  • "Message From Kathlene" – 3:22
  • "Trouble Breathing" – 3:55
  • "Sorry About That" – 3:21


  • "Weak Week" (Demo)
  • "Nose Over Tail" (Demo)
  • "'97" (Demo)
  • "Sundials" (Demo)



    • ay 25, 2007, Alkaline Trio announced in a MySpace
    MySpace

    MySpace is a social network service website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally....
     blog that they will be re-releasing the     Goddamnit album by the end of the year, in commemoration of their tenth anniversary.






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    Goddamnit is the debut album
    Album

    An album or record album is a collection of related Sound recording and reproduction or music tracks distributed to the public. The most common way is through commercial distribution, although smaller artists will often distribute directly to the public by selling their albums at live concerts or on their websites....
     by Alkaline Trio
    Alkaline Trio

    Alkaline Trio is a punk rock band from Chicago, consisting of Matt Skiba on guitar/Singing, Dan Andriano on bass guitar/Singing, and Derek Grant on Drum kit/backing vocals....
     released in 1998 on Asian Man Records
    Asian Man Records

    Asian Man Records is a small, DIY record label run by Mike Park out of his parents' garage in Monte Sereno, California. Park started a record label and began releasing music in 1989 under the name Dill Records, but the Asian Man label wasn't officially established until May 1996....
    . The label reissued the album in March 2008. The disc was re-, remixed and packaged with a feature length DVD documentary of the band's early days.

    Critical reception

    Goddamnit was received well by the critics. Reviewers claimed the catchy guitar hooks by Skiba
    Matt Skiba

    Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio. He has previously been a member of various bands including Jerkwater , Blunt, and The Traitors ....
    , mixed with the dark, alcohol-drenched lyrics made the album stand out at the time, and still bear relevance to young people today.

    Goddamnit is recognized as one of Alternative Presss "Essential Albums of 1998." Also, when the re-release of the album was issued in 2008, the magazine gave it a 5/5 star rating in its March issue.

    Track listing

    1. "Cringe" – 2:23
    2. "Cop" – 2:18
    3. "San Francisco" – 3:52
    4. "Nose Over Tail" – 2:37
    5. "As You Were" – 2:11
    6. "Enjoy Your Day" – 2:17
    7. "Clavicle" – 2:28
    8. "My Little Needle" – 3:01
    9. "Southern Rock" – 3:05
    10. "Message From Kathlene" – 3:22
    11. "Trouble Breathing" – 3:55
    12. "Sorry About That" – 3:21


    Redux Bonus Tracks

    1. "Weak Week" (Demo)
    2. "Nose Over Tail" (Demo)
    3. "'97" (Demo)
    4. "Sundials" (Demo)


    Personnel

    • Matt Skiba
      Matt Skiba

      Matthew Thomas Skiba is the lead singer and guitarist of Alkaline Trio. He has previously been a member of various bands including Jerkwater , Blunt, and The Traitors ....
       — vocals, guitar
    • Dan Andriano
      Dan Andriano

      Daniel Michael Andriano is the bassist and co-vocalist for the punk band Alkaline Trio. Formerly the bassist for the ska-punk band Slapstick and singer/bassist for Tuesday , Andriano joined the band after original bassist Rob Doran left in late 1997....
       — vocals, bass
    • Glenn Porter
      Glenn Porter

      Glenn Porter is an United States of America drummer from Chicago, Illinois most famous for forming Alkaline Trio with fellow bike messenger Matt Skiba and Rob Doran, which he later left in 2000 after recording two albums with them....
       — drums


    Reissue

    On May 25, 2007, Alkaline Trio announced in a MySpace
    MySpace

    MySpace is a social network service website with an interactive, user-submitted network of friends, personal profiles, blogs, groups, photos, music, and videos for teenagers and adults internationally....
     blog that they will be re-releasing the     Goddamnit album by the end of the year, in commemoration of their tenth anniversary. They are doing this with the utmost respect to the existing album. No major changes, just minor tweaks to correct some of the limitations they had at that point. The four songs from the 1996 demo will be remastered and added as bonus tracks.

    It was packaged with a DVD including a ninety minute documentary about the origins of the band, interviews with past and current band members (including the producer of     Goddamnit, Matt Allison), and some live footage from 1998 and the recent Occult Roots tour. Total run-time is around two and a half hours.

    Reissue Vinyl

    In addition to the CD/DVD, the reissue was also released on eight different colors of limited edition, colored vinyl. Asian Man Records released: Sky Blue; White; Clear with Red Splatter; Half Red, Half Black; Half Green, Half Yellow with white splatter; Transparent Red;

    Red with Black Splatter (Blood Pact Members Exclusive).

    A sixth variation was released exclusively through Vinyl Collective. It was called Red with Black smoke, but looks like half purple, half yellow with splatter.

    Each color was limited to a pressing of 500. The red with black splatter was available to Blood-Pact members only. Further, although the audio contained on the vinyl edition is that remixed and released on the CD/DVD edition, the records do not contain the four bonus tracks of the 1996 demo tape.

    Two additional colors, transparent red and half yellow half green with white splatter were released exclusively through . The colors were announced only on Vinyl Collective, however, when a user looked to order the vinyl from Asian Man Records, they were directed to check Vinyl Collective for additional copies.