Call to Arms (Sick of It All album)

Call to Arms is the fifth full-length studio album from American hardcore punk band Sick of It All.^[7] It was the band's first full-length release on Fat Wreck Chords and follows the 1998 EP, Potential for a Fall.

Call to Arms
Studio album by Sick of It All
Released	February 23, 1999
Recorded	Big House (New York City)
Genre	Heavy hardcore[1]
Length	32:55
Label	Fat Wreck Chords[2]
Producer	Sick of It All & John Seymour
Sick of It All chronology
Built to Last (1997) Call to Arms (1999) Yours Truly (2000)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[3]
Chronicles of Chaos	9/10[4]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[5]
Pitchfork	9.0/10[6]

Critical reception

The A.V. Club called the album "packed with all the sturm und drang of its previous releases, bearing the hallmarks of virtually all good hardcore: breakneck speed, heavy guitar riffs, and shouting that would be unintelligible were it not for the lyric sheet."^[7] CMJ New Music Report wrote that the songs "come from the gut — anthems in the truest sense, flexing championship muscles that have been pumped up by working class bravado and street punk pride."^[8]

Track listing

All tracks written by Sick of It All.

1. "Let Go" – 1:09
2. "Call to Arms" – 1:48
3. "Potential for a Fall" – 2:28
4. "Falter" – 1:13
5. "The Future Is Mine" – 2:04
6. "Guilty" – 1:32
7. "Falling Apart" – 2:03
8. "Sanctuary" – 1:55
9. "Morally Confused" – 1:50
10. "Hindsight" – 2:27
11. "Martin" – 2:46
12. "Pass the Buck" – 1:27
13. "Quiet Man" – 2:40
14. "Drastic" – 1:23
15. "(Just A) Patsy" – 6:10*

*at the end of the album, there is a hidden track called "Greezy Wheezy". The band has also played it several times live and the video of it can be seen on the movie Sick of It All: The Story So Far.

Credits

• Lou Koller – vocals
• Pete Koller – guitar
• Craig "Ahead" Setari – bass guitar
• Armand Majidi – drums
• Recorded at Big House, New York City
• Produced by Sick of It All and John Seymour
• Engineered by John Seymour

References

1. "Sick of It All Call to Arms (retro review) (1999)". Retrieved July 9, 2020.
2. "Call To Arms". Fat Wreck Chords.
3. Jason D. Taylor (February 9, 1999). "Call to Arms - Sick of It All | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 5, 2017.
4. "CoC : Sick of it All - Call to Arms : Review". www.chroniclesofchaos.com.
5. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 442.
6. Ruggeri, Kevin. "Sick of It All: Call to Arms: Pitchfork Review". Pitchfork. Archived from the original on August 16, 2000.
7. "Sick Of It All: Call To Arms". Music.
8. "Must Hear". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. February 15, 1999 – via Google Books.