Set Your Goals (album)

This article is about the CIV album. For the Set Your Goals demo, see Set Your Goals (band).
Set Your Goals
Studio album by
CIV
ReleasedOctober 1995
Recorded1994–1995
GenrePunk rock
Length31:13
LabelLava
ProducerDon Fury, Walter Schreifels[1]
CIV chronology
Set Your Goals
(1995) 		Thirteen Day Getaway
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
MusicHound Rock[3]

Set Your Goals is the debut studio album by the punk rock band CIV.[4] It was released in October 1995 on Lava Records. The album is best known for the hit single "Can't Wait One Minute More."

Although listed as co-producer in the inlay, Walter Schreifels has indicated that he was the main songwriter for the album (despite not being a member of the band).[5]

"Can't Wait One Minute More" and "Choices Made" were released as music videos.

"Can't Wait One Minute More" features vocals from Lou Koller of Sick Of It All.

The San Francisco Bay-area pop punk/hardcore act Set Your Goals named themselves after this album.[6]

Critical reception

Ira Robbins, in Trouser Press, wrote: "Making the most of clear sound, tight, unfussy playing and a full complement of rhythmic shifts (these guys remember when moshing was a dance tempo, not a slamming catch-all), CIV recycles with detailed dignity."[7]

Track listing

  1. "Set Your Goals" - 1:51
  2. "Do Something" - 1:14
  3. "So Far, So Good... So What" - 2:12
  4. "State of Grace" - 1:00
  5. "Can't Wait One Minute More" - 2:32
  6. "Trust Slips Through Your Hands - 1:13
  7. "Gang Opinion" - 1:29
  8. "Choices Made" - 2:29
  9. "Solid Bond" - 1:34
  10. "Marching Goals" - :33
  11. "United Kids" - 2:19
  12. "Soundtrack for Violence" - :32
  13. "Boring Summer" - 2:47
  14. "Et Tu Brute?" - 2:17
  15. "All Twisted" (Kraut cover) - 2:31
  16. "Don't Got to Prove It" - 1:57
  17. "Blessed" - 2:30 (A track hidden in "Don't Got to Prove It")

Personnel

CIV
  • CIV (Anthony Civarelli) - Vocals
  • Charlie Garriga - Guitar, backing vocals
  • Arthur Smilios - Bass, backing vocals
  • Sammy Siegler - Drums
Guests
  • Lou Koller - vocals on "Can't Wait One Minute More"
Production
Artwork
  • Marcelo Krasilcic - Photography
  • John Mockus - Photography
  • Chris Capuozzo - Design

Charts

Album - Billboard (United States)

Year Chart Position
1995 Heatseekers 11

Billboard 200 (United States) Position 184

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year Single Chart Position
1995 "Can't Wait One Minute More" Modern Rock Tracks 21

References

  1. ^ Blush, Steven (October 4, 2016). New York Rock: From the Rise of The Velvet Underground to the Fall of CBGB. St. Martin's Publishing Group. ISBN 9781250083623 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ Allmusic review
  3. ^ Hindin, Seth (1999). "CIV". MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. pp. 237–238. ISBN 1-57859-061-2 – via Internet Archive.
  4. ^ Weisel, Al (November 16, 1995). "CIV Defy Alterna-Rock Convention and Live to Talk About It".
  5. ^ Walter Schreifels Talks New Rival Schools LP, Solo Album and No Chance of Quicksand Reunion — Ever, Exclaim! magazine, 3/29/2010, by Jason Schreurs.
  6. ^ "Set Your Goals". Truepunk. Archived from the original on 2009-07-11. Retrieved 2009-06-04.
  7. ^ "CIV".



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