title: From the Word Go
text: # From the Word Go
  
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  From the Word Go is the second album by alternative rock group Alien Crime Syndicate released in 2000 through Collective Fruit. Recorded nearly two years before debut Dust to Dirt but released months after and produced by Gil Norton. Originally the album was to be released on Revolution Records, a subsidiary of Giant Records, however after recording had finished, the record label folded and ACS lost the rights to their album. The rights were later bought by Will Records who released the album in July 2000.
  
  ## Personnel
  
  ### Alien Crime Syndicate
  
  * Joe Reineke – vocals, guitar
  * Jeff Rouse – bass, vocals
  * Shawn Trudeau – drums
  
  ### Production personnel
  
  * Gil Norton – production, mixing
  * Ben Hillier – engineering, mixing
  * Don Gilmore – mixing on the track "Supergirl"
  * Howie Weinberg – mastering
  