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Allroy For Prez (1988 Cruz)
BAND: dave smalley (vocals) - karl alvarez (bass) - stephen egerton (guitar) - bill stevenson (drums)
TRACKLIST: just perfect - skin deep - wrong again - i hate to love - wishing well - son-o-qua - postage - daveage
REVIEW:
This is the original All, with Dave Smalley singing, after he left Dag Nasty. And not surprisingly, the first song sounds just like Dag Nasty. 'Son-O-Qua' is a cool instrumental. All has always had a very unique sound, I would consider them as being a more talented Descendents. What I mean is the Descendents I would consider to be pretty much straight forward skate rock, whereas they break out the weird time signatures and awesome bass lines for All. At least that's how it was in the old days. I'd say this is a great piece of 80's pop-punk.
ALL (Greatest Hits?) (1998 O&O)
BAND: dave smalley/scott reynolds/milo aukerman/chad price (vocals) - karl alvarez (bass) - stephen egerton (guitar) - bill stevenson (drums)
TRACKLIST: crazy - million bucks - skin deep - she's my ex - right - scary sad - postage - shreen - frog - original me - simple things - pretty little girl - nothin' - breakin' up - minute - just like them - dot - long distance - mary - self righteous - just perfect - educated idiot
REVIEW:
Here is the definative ALL album (pre-1998) with just about all the best songs from the band throughout 10 years. This album deserves its assumed title "greatest hits" because unlike other greatest hits albums, all the songs were picked by ALL fans and people involved with the band, PLUS they have all been re-mixed by the band at the Blasting Room AND released on their own record label. So you can't argue that this is the best greatest hits album ever created. The quality of the remix brings new life to these already great songs, and you can barely tell the difference in sound from song to song. If you're new to ALL, this is definately the first album you should purchase. The only mistake with this album is in the liner notes: it says Milo does the vocals on "Long Distance," when he actually does them on "Just Like Them"; a minor typographical error that it far exceeded by the pure rock power of ALL.
