Suicidal Tendencies Album: “Controlled by Hatred/Feel Like Shit...Deja Vu”

This album is, without a doubt, ST's finest moment -- before their sound became a bit more accessible. It is superbly crafted to repeatedly knock the wind out of you. While the entire album is strong, it does not have to be --"Waking the Dead" and "Controlled by Hatred" are powerful enough on their own to carry an entire album to legendary status. If you buy this album, you will listen to those two songs over and over (along with the rest of the album).

Mike Muir sets fire to the mike on this CD. Suicidal Tendencies has always been at the forefront of the punk/hardcore music scene. This CD stabs at the commercial side of the house. Very Good!

To be honest I think the music and the lyrics are great. What bothers me is the production. I don't mind if any album is not as polished as "The Black Album", but there is something wrong here. You can hear the instruments perfectly; the drums, guitars, and bass can be heard very clearly. But you can barely hear Mike Muir's voice. All of the instruments are louder than the singing. I'm a big ST/IG fan, and what surprises me the most is that the albums they released before this had better production than this album and they wern't really polished. For examaple, the albums before this had the same production as Megadeth's "So Far, So Good.....So What", which is pretty good.

Now to the music. This album is a good example of ST's Thrash/Speed Metal era. If you like 80s Megadeth, Anthrax, Slayer, Testament, and COC then you will definatly like this. This is not a harcore punk CD like thier self-titled debut, which was great. They also avoided the Skater Thrash sound that they made on their second album "Join The Army", which was also good. Like I said if you liked the aformentioned bands then you will like this. If you're lookin for Nu Metal junk, then look somewhere else or turn on Mtv.

My advice to you is don't get this album unless if you heard their other albums first. I like this album, but I don't think anyone should get this if its the best ST albums for beginners. I would reccomened getting "Join The Army", "How Will I Laugh Tommorrow", or "lights....Camera..Revolution" first. If you liked then you should deffinetly get this.

This particular selection was not my personal choice, however my son loved the CD's I sent because of the memories they brought forth.

My buddy turned me on to Suicidal Tendencies probably 13-15 years ago! Great band, with every album they retained their style but changed it up enough to keep it new! I love this album! How Will I Laugh Tomorrow, one of the best songs ever written! Hands down one of the best in their catalog!