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Operation Ivy
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Original: 1989<br> CD : 1991
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September 1987 - January 1989
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Ska-core
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49:51
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Lookout!
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Operation Ivy
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"http://wwwinformationdelightinfo/information/entry/All_Music_Guide" class="copylinks">All Music Guide link
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'' Hectic ''<br />(1988)
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'''''Energy'''''<br />(1989)
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'' is the only full
Album released by the
Ska-core band
Operation Ivy . It has been cited as one of the most important albums of the ska-core genre. ''Energy'' was released twice, the second time with the addition of eight tracks. The original release (1989) was only nineteen tracks (the first nineteen listed below) and released only on
Vinyl and
Cassette . The 1991
CD release added tracks from other albums. Tracks twenty through twenty-five were originally on the Operation Ivy
EP Hectic , while the tracks "Officer" and "I Got No" were taken from the ''Turn It Around''
Compliation . In 2004
Hellcat Records re-released the nineteen track version as a 12" LP picture disc.
In 2006, the album was ranked as the 1st highest rated punk albums of 1989 on
Sputnikmusic .
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Operation Ivy tried to record ''Energy'' at Gilman but because of problems, they set out to record at Sound and Vision in San Francisco, in January 1989. As ''Hectic'', ''Energy'' had outtakes that were later put into a
CD called ''Unreleased Energy''. ''Energy'' has been said to be more mature and less
Hardcore than ''Hectic''.
''Energy'' is widely regarded, along with ''. The Leftover Crack song
Gay Rude Boys Unite also borrows heavily from the songs
Unity and
Freeze Up .
Original Album
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Knowledge " – 1:40
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Sound System " – 2:14
# "Jaded" – 1:49
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Take Warning " – 2:44
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The Crowd " – 2:10
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Bombshell " – 1:01
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Unity " – 2:13
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Vulnerability " – 1:58
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Bankshot " – 1:30
# "
One Of These Days " – 1:05
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Gonna Find You " – 1:52
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Bad Town " – 2:32
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Smiling " – 1:44
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Caution " – 1:23
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Freeze Up " – 2:19
# "
Artificial Life " – 2:03
# "
Room Without A Window " – 1:31
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Big City " – 2:14
# "
Missionary " – 2:05
"Hectic" EP (CD rerelease)
20. "
Junkie's Runnin' Dry " – 2:03
21. "Here We Go Again" – 2:04
22. "Hoboken" – 1:10
23. "
Yellin' In My Ear " – 1:31
24. "Sleep Long" – 2:06
25. "Healthy Body" – 1:40
"Turn It Around" compilation (CD rerelease)
26. "Officer" – 1:55
27. "I Got No" – 1:15
- Paul Bae - saxophone
- John Golden - remastering
- Kevin Army - engineer, producer, remastering, mixing
- Murray Bowles - photography
- Vivian Saykes - photography
