A Juvenile Product of the Working Class

A Juvenile Product of the Working Class
Studio album by
Swingin' Utters
ReleasedSeptember 10, 1996
Recordedat H.O.S. in Redwood City, California
Genre
Length35:20
LabelFat Wreck Chords[4]
ProducerFat Mike, Ryan Greene
Swingin' Utters chronology
More Scared: The House of Faith Years
(1996) 		A Juvenile Product of the Working Class
(1996) 		Five Lessons Learned
(1998)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[5]
Punknews.org[1]

A Juvenile Product of the Working Class is an album by American punk rock band Swingin' Utters.[6][7] It was released on September 10, 1996, as the band's first album on Fat Wreck Chords. The album's name was taken from a line in Elton John's song "Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting". The cover art is by Frank Kozik.[8]

The band promoted the album by touring with the Descendents for their Everything Sucks tour.[9]

On Give 'Em the Boot

The song "Fifteenth and T" appears on the compilation album Give 'Em the Boot (1997).

Release and Re-release

A Juvenile Product of the Working Class was released in 1996. One notable feature of the release was both the CD tray and cassette shell were pink. It was re-released on limited edition opaque yellow vinyl, in 2008. Only 550 copies were printed, and sold out shortly after going on sale.

Critical reception

The Washington Post wrote that "the Utters' songs may be inconsistent, but their playing is reliably nimble."[10] The Florida Times-Union thought that "with 'Next in Line', the Utters are trying to change punk by adapting influences and defining their own sound."[2] The Philadelphia Inquirer determined that the album "overflows with articulate rage and relentless hooks."[9] The Bradenton Herald noted that it "ranges from melodic punk to garage pop to rock and roll."[3]

AllMusic wrote that the Utters "manage to put out some of the catchiest working class anthems for the '90s."[5]

Track listing

All songs by Darius Koski unless otherwise noted.

  1. "Windspitting Punk" (Koski, Goddard, Johnny Bonnel, Max Huber) – 2:14
  2. "No Time to Play" – 2:13
  3. "Nowhere Fast" – 1:54
  4. "Keep Running" – 2:14
  5. "Sustain" – 1:37
  6. "(Of) One in All" – 1:40
  7. "Derailer" (Bonnel, Kevin Wickersham) – 1:56
  8. "The Next in Line" (Huber) – 3:40
  9. "Sign It Away" – 1:50
  10. "Time Tells Time" (Koski, Huber) – 2:52
  11. "Almost Brave" – 1:28
  12. "Fifteenth and T" (Huber) – 2:13
  13. "London Drunk" – 2:03
  14. "The Black Pint" (Bonnel) – 2:27
  15. "Bigot's Barrel" (Bonnel, Wickersham) – 2:31
  16. "A Step to Go" – 2:21

Credits

  • Johnny Bonnel – vocals
  • Max Huber – guitar
  • Greg McEntee – drums
  • Kevin Wickersham – bass
  • Darius Koski – guitar, accordion, vocals

References

  1. ^ a b c "Swingin' Utters - A Juvenile Product of the Working Class". www.punknews.org.
  2. ^ a b Faulkner, Mark (October 16, 1996). "Swingin' Utters, Purveyors Of Punk". The Florida Times-Union. p. D5.
  3. ^ a b Cubarrubia, Eydie (October 11, 1996). "PUNKER THAN YOU?". The Bradenton Herald. p. W4.
  4. ^ "Just Out". CMJ New Music Monthly (38): 55. October 1996.
  5. ^ a b "Juvenile Product of the Working Class - Swingin' Utters | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  6. ^ "Swingin' Utters Biography, Songs, & Albums". AllMusic.
  7. ^ "Five Lessons Learned - Swingin' Utters - Feb 24, 2011". September 14, 2015 – via www.pastemagazine.com.
  8. ^ Kozik, Frank (March 31, 1999). An Ode to Joy: Posters, Prints and Other Work of Frank Kozik. Last Gasp. ISBN 9780867194579 – via Google Books.
  9. ^ a b Beckley, Fred (December 6, 1996). "DESCENDENTS". The Philadelphia Inquirer. FEATURES WEEKEND. p. 15.
  10. ^ "Another San Francisco area punk band that wouldn't mind being the Clash, Swingin' Utters..." The Washington Post. Retrieved March 31, 2022.