Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion

Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion
Studio album by
The Mr. T Experience
Released1986 (re-released 1990 & 1995)
Recorded1986
GenrePunk rock, pop punk
LabelDisorder Records, Lookout![1]
The Mr. T Experience chronology
Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion
(1986) 		Night Shift at the Thrill Factory
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]

Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion is the debut album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience.[4][5][6] It was released in 1986 by Disorder Records.[7][8] The album established the band's presence in the prolific San Francisco Bay Area music scene of the late 1980s and the 1990s. Lookout! Records re-released the album in 1990 and again in 1995.

Production

The album was recorded and mixed in one day.[9]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "sloppy mid-tempo punk that leaves tunefulness a goal more than an actual quality."[9] The East Bay Express wrote that it revels "in dopey pop culture."[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dr. Frank except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."One Big Lie"1:36
2."Just Your Way of Saying No" (Jon Von Zelowitz)2:06
3."Marine Recruiter"2:11
4."Sheep"2:37
5."Surfin' Mozart" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)0:30
6."Danny Partridge"2:48
7."Scientific"2:43
8."Disconnection"2:12
9."Surfin' Cows" (Zelowitz)2:11
10."I'm in Love with Paula Pierce" (Zelowitz)1:30
11."Big Mistake"2:36
12."Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King; originally performed by The Monkees)1:42
13."Mary Mary"3:05
14."The Empty Experience"1:43

Performers

References

  1. ^ Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 131.
  2. ^ "Everyone's Entitled to Their Own Opinion - The Mr. T Experience | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
  3. ^ MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 768.
  4. ^ "Growing Pains". SF Weekly. September 1, 1999.
  5. ^ Winwood, Ian (November 20, 2018). Smash!: Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and the '90s Punk Explosion. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780306902734 – via Google Books.
  6. ^ Floyd, John (February 1, 1996). "Total Eclipse of the Punk Heart". Miami New Times.
  7. ^ Prested, Kevin (November 29, 2014). Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records. Microcosm Publishing. ISBN 9781621067221 – via Google Books.
  8. ^ "Perfect Sound Forever: Mr. T Experience". www.furious.com.
  9. ^ a b "Mr. T Experience". Trouser Press.
  10. ^ Kay, Lawrence R. "Show Business Is My Life". East Bay Express.