Don't Turn Away

Don't Turn Away is the first album by the American punk rock band Face to Face.^[4] It was released in 1992 under the label Dr. Strange Records, and was considered a strong debut for the band. It was re-released a year later on Fat Wreck Chords.^[3]

Don't Turn Away
Studio album by Face to Face
Released	1992
Recorded	October 1991 at Westbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California, except track 3, 4, 9 and 10 in August 1992 at Anarchy Studios in Los Angeles, California
Genre	Punk rock[1] skate punk[2]
Length	37:00
Label	Dr. Strange, Fat Wreck Chords
Producer	Face to Face
Face to Face chronology
Don't Turn Away (1992) Over It (1994)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[3]

Two years later, "Disconnected," the album's third track, was re-recorded for the band's second album Big Choice. Their then-label A&M Records wanted the band to re-record it, because no one could "hear a single" until the L.A. radio station KROQ first played it.

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "a stirring and exciting debut undercut only slightly by its overt stylistic debt to Hüsker Dü and Social Distortion."^[5]

Track listing

All songs by Keith, Riddle

1. "You've Done Nothing" – 1:59
2. "I'm Not Afraid" – 2:44
3. "Disconnected" – 3:27
4. "No Authority" – 2:42
5. "I Want" – 3:00
6. "You've Got a Problem" – 2:47
7. "Everything Is Everything" – 3:08
8. "I'm Trying" – 2:52
9. "Pastel" – 3:13
10. "Nothing New" – 3:26
11. "Walk Away" – 2:09
12. "Do You Care?" – 3:01
13. "1,000 X" – 2:32

Fat Wreck Chords bonus tracks (2016)

14. "Who You Are" – 1:56
15. "Don’t Turn Away" – 2:47

Personnel

• Face To Face - producer
• Trever Keith - guitar, vocals
• Matt Riddle - bass, Backup vocals
• Rob Kurth - drums

Technical personnel

• Jim Goodwin - engineer
• Donnell Cameron - engineer
• John Golden - mastering
• Mike Brooling - sequencing

Charts

Singles - Billboard (United States)

Year	Single	Chart	Position
1995	"Disconnected"	Modern Rock Tracks	39

References

1. Jeffries, Vincent. Don't Turn Away at AllMusic
2. "Face To Face - Ignorance Is Bliss - Album Review". Audible. Dig Me Out. June 14, 2022. Retrieved June 30, 2022. Face To Face had established themselves over their first three albums as a skate punk band with elements of Bad Religion and Hüsker Dü.
3. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 3. MUZE. p. 357.
4. "Part 3: 1992: "Disconnected"". Music.
5. "Face to Face". Trouser Press. Retrieved 31 July 2020.