Punkrockacademyfightsong is the third album by American punk rock band Down by Law, released in 1994. It contains a cover of the Proclaimers' hit song "I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles)". Singer Dave Smalley considered it the band's best known album.
Production.
The album was produced by Michael Douglass. It was recorded at A&amp;M Studios, in Hollywood, California. Down by Law was in the studio at the same time as the Rolling Stones; the Stones allegedly complained about the volume of the band's punk rock.
Critical reception.
The "Chicago Reader" labeled the album "punk as pabulum," and considered the band an "alternative-rock Raffi." The "Las Vegas Review-Journal" deemed it "19 terse, incisive tunes that epitomize the California sound." The "Boston Herald" opined: "Fast and loud, yet marvelously melodic, Down By Law takes punk to a new level and proves it can be more than just angry noise."
AllMusic called the album "a solid, polished album of raw punk rock."
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