The Crew (album)

The Crew is the debut studio album by American hardcore punk band 7 Seconds, released in 1984 by BYO Records.^[2][7] The original LP was released with 18 tracks, and later re-released on compact disc with six live bonus tracks.

The Crew
Studio album by 7 Seconds
Released	1984
Genre	Hardcore punk[1][2][3]
Label	BYO[4]
7 Seconds chronology
The Crew (1984) Walk Together, Rock Together (1985)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[5]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[6]

Critical reception

The Austin Chronicle called the album a "stone classic," writing that "precious few third wave punk-hardcore outfits have aged as stoically – or as relevantly – as vox/guitar sibling duo Kevin Seconds and Steve Youth."^[3] In a retrospective review, Tiny Mix Tapes wrote that the band's sound "is distilled ... to a steady grind of too-pah beats and blender-like three-chord sounds, but it’s the combination of this minimalism and Kevin Seconds’s voice — passionate, melodic, hopeful — that makes you believe everything he says."^[8] LA Weekly placed The Crew at #3 on its list of the top twenty hardcore albums in history, writing that "7 Seconds wrote the book on positive hardcore and that book is called The Crew."^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Kevin Seconds, except for where noted.

1. "Here's Your Warning" - 1:18
2. "Definite Choice" - 0:55
3. "Not Just Boys Fun" (Seconds, Steve Youth) - 1:29
4. "This Is the Angry Pt. 2" - 1:09
5. "Straight On" - 0:24
6. "You Lose" - 0:36
7. "What If There's a War in America" - 0:42
8. "The Crew" - 0:51
9. "Clenched Fists, Black Eyes" - 1:30
10. "Colourblind" - 1:42
11. "Aim to Please" - 1:14
12. "Boss" (Seconds, Youth) - 0:45
13. "Young 'Til I Die" - 2:01
14. "Red and Black" - 0:37
15. "Die Hard" - 0:57
16. "I Have a Dream" - 1:00
17. "Bully" - 1:05
18. "Trust" - 2:13
19. "Here's Your Warning" (Live) - 1:35
20. "Spread" (Live) - 1:21
21. "I Have a Dream" (Live) - 0:58
22. "Young 'Til I Die" (Live) - 1:51
23. "Not Just Boys Fun" (Live) (Seconds, Youth) - 1:26
24. "Rock Together" (Live) - 2:12

Personnel

• Kevin Seconds: Lead Vocals
• Dan Pozniak: Guitar, Vocals
• Troy Mowat: Drums
• Steve Youth: Bass, Piano

References

1. "Top 20 Hardcore Albums in History: Complete List". LA Weekly. August 29, 2013.
2. Blush, Steven; Petros, George (October 19, 2010). American Hardcore (Second Edition): A Tribal History. Feral House. ISBN 9781932595987 – via Google Books.
3. "7 Seconds". www.austinchronicle.com.
4. "7 Seconds | Biography & History". AllMusic.
5. "The Crew - 7 Seconds | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" – via www.allmusic.com.
6. Larkin, Colin (2006). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music. Vol. 7. MUZE. p. 356.
7. Sherman, Maria (October 11, 2016). "Air Jordans, Hockey and Hardcore: How Punk Embraced Sports". Rolling Stone.
8. "DeLorean: 7 Seconds - The Crew (1984)". Tiny Mix Tapes.