| Allroy for Prez | ||||
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 The EP's cover depicts the band'sAllroy character campaigning with the slogan "A vote for All is a vote for All". | ||||
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| Released | 1988 (1988) | |||
| Recorded | March 1988 | |||
| Studio | Third Wave Recording,Torrance, California | |||
| Genre | Punk rock | |||
| Length | 20:43 | |||
| Label | Cruz (CRZ-004) | |||
| Producer | Bill Stevenson | |||
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Allroy for Prez is anEP by the Americanpunk rock bandAll, released in 1988 throughCruz Records. Released the same year as the band's debut album,Allroy Sez, the EP was All's final release with their original singerDave Smalley.
The EP was recorded in March 1988 at Third Wave Recording inTorrance, California withrecording engineer Richard Andrews, who had worked with the band since 1986.[1] GuitaristStephen Egerton served as assistant engineer, while drummerBill Stevenson served asrecord producer.[1] The recordings weremixed that August.[1] BassistKarl Alvarez illustrated the cover, which features the band'sAllroy character campaigning forPresident of the United States, timed to coincide with the1988 U.S. presidential election.[1][2] The back cover includes "The Allstitution", listing decrees such as "Freedom ofEspresso", "Lower the Unenjoyment Level", and "Allistic Legislation".[1]
Allroy for Prez was released throughCruz Records as a 6-song EP and an 8-songcassette andCD, the latter two including the two tracks from the "Just Perfect"single released earlier in the year: aremixed version of "Just Perfect" from the band's debut album,Allroy Sez, and "Wishing Well", which had been recorded during theAllroy Sez sessions but was not included on the album.[1][3]
Allroy for Prez was All's last release with their original singer, Dave Smalley, who quit the band after its release because he could not keep up with their busy touring schedule.[4] "When I quit, it was because I was really burned out", he later recalled. I couldn't cut the touring mustard."[5] "I was on the road for nine and a half months in one year, and I remember we were doing laundry and Bill started talking about the next tour. We were gonna get back in two more weeks, and he was already planning the next one and the next recording, and he looked at me and said 'You're not staying, are you?'"[4] "We just went out and out and out and out and out and out," remembered Stevenson, "and I just think he did what any smart person would do and moved on."[4] Smalley went on to foundDown by Law and reunite with his pre-All bandsDYS andDag Nasty. He was replaced in All's lineup byScott Reynolds.
Jack Rabid ofAllmusic gaveAllroy for Prez three and a half stars out of five, calling it "so much better [thanAllroy Sez] that it makes its predecessor sound stillborn."[2] He praised "Skin Deep" as "one of the finest songs of this band's first nine years. Whopping hooks, great backing vocals, and even sharp lyrics on plastic people,L.A.'s biggest export. Of the rest, only the jerky instrumental 'Son-O-Qua' is skippable; 'Skin Deep' and the other five tracks clock in with some of the meatiest pop since...well, since theDescendents' previous LP."[2]
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Skin Deep" | Karl Alvarez | 1:58 |
| 2. | "Wrong Again" | Dave Smalley | 2:49 |
| 3. | "I Hate to Love" | Alvarez | 1:51 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4. | "Son-O-Qua" | Stephen Egerton | 3:02 |
| 5. | "Postage" | Bill Stevenson | 2:09 |
| 6. | "Daveage" | Smalley | 2:53 |
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Just Perfect" (remix) | Bill Stevenson | 2:59 |
| 2. | "Skin Deep" | Karl Alvarez | 1:58 |
| 3. | "Wrong Again" | Dave Smalley | 2:49 |
| 4. | "I Hate to Love" | Alvarez | 1:51 |
| 5. | "Wishing Well" | Smalley | 3:02 |
| 6. | "Son-O-Qua" | Stephen Egerton | 3:02 |
| 7. | "Postage" | Stevenson | 2:09 |
| 8. | "Daveage" | Smalley | 2:53 |
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