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Cover Art Pennywise
Full Circle
[Epitaph]
Rating: 8.0

There must be something more to this punk rock stuff than just banging as fast as you can on your instruments. I say this because so many punk bands come off as just plain noise, actually producing their music this way.

Pennywise is one of the musical punk groups, with actual harmonies and chord changes and the sort of stuff that made bands like 7 Seconds and Youth Brigade stand out from the rest of the punk crap being mass-marketed in the early '80s. I really didn't think I'd like this one, but I did.

-Holly Day







10.0: Essential
9.5-9.9: Spectacular
9.0-9.4: Amazing
8.5-8.9: Exceptional; will likely rank among writer's top ten albums of the year
8.0-8.4: Very good
7.5-7.9: Above average; enjoyable
7.0-7.4: Not brilliant, but nice enough
6.0-6.9: Has its moments, but isn't strong
5.0-5.9: Mediocre; not good, but not awful
4.0-4.9: Just below average; bad outweighs good by just a little bit
3.0-3.9: Definitely below average, but a few redeeming qualities
2.0-2.9: Heard worse, but still pretty bad
1.0-1.9: Awful; not a single pleasant track
0.0-0.9: Breaks new ground for terrible