A Compilation of Warped Music

• Artist: Various Artists
• Release Date: June 23, 1998
• Type: Collection (various artists), Compilation (best of)
• Genre: Rock

Review

A Compilation of Warped Music is as good a compilation of the state of U.S. punk rock (and its ska pals) in the late '90s as you're going to see. Put together in conjunction with the 1998 Warped Vans tour, all the heavy hitters from that extended jaunt are here except Rancid, including top stars Bad Religion (a Stranger Than Fiction sessions B-side smacker, "Markovian Process"), All (the catchy "I'll Get There"), and the Mighty Mighty Bosstones ("Wake Up Call"). But anyone who has followed the genre knows the other 22 acts have roots in the sound and community far before and beyond the 1994 commercial Green Day/Offspring explosion, especially scene stalwarts NOFX ("It's My Job to Keep Punk Rock Elite" smokes), Pennywise, 22 Jacks (who nicely continue the guitar soar of bassist Steve Soto's former band, Adolescents), the fantastic Descendents (an unreleased track, "Gotto"), Swingin' Utters, old-style greats No Use for a Name, and the hot Man Will Surrender (a real find here, the best song aside from Bad Religion!). On the bass-booming ska sound, Dance Hall Crashers, Hepcat, Mad Caddies, and the less traditional Ozomatli sound bouncy and '60s-Jamaica authentic, while Smooths switch gears between the two genres well. No slip, either, on the rest, with Royal Crown Revue, the poppy Lagwagon, Red Five, Tilt, el Centro, Furious IV, and No Knife. Only the breakneck thrash of vets Sick of It All and to a lesser extent Bouncing Souls sounds out of date and thus forgettable. Otherwise, kowabunga! Punk's not dead, just hardcore is. ~ Jack Rabid, All Music Guide

Tracks

Track Title	Composers	Performers	Time
Morkovian Process		Bad Religion	(1:31)
Observatory [#]	Rachel Portman, Darius Koski	Swingin' Utters	(2:46)
Wake-Up Call	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Dicky Barrett, Joe Gittleman, Big Rig	The Mighty Mighty Bosstones	(2:18)
It's My Job to Keep Punk Rock Elite (Lyrics)	Fat Mike	NOFX	(1:21)
I'll Get There	Bill Stevenson, Karl Alvarez	All	(2:26)
Broken (Lyrics)	Pennywise	Pennywise	(2:47)
King Alvarez	Strung Out	Strung Out	(2:24)
All Mine (Lyrics)	Dance Hall Crashers	Dance Hall Crashers	(3:23)
Sky	Joe Sib, Chip Davis	22 Jacks	(3:16)
Zip, Gun 98	Eddie Nichols	Royal Crown Revue	(3:15)
Forewell	Smooths	Smooths	(2:54)
A Postcard Would Be Nice	No Use for a Name	No Use for a Name	(2:03)
Straight Ahead	Jimi Hendrix, Tim Carroll, Craig Setari	Sick of It All	(:57)
Cracked	The Bouncing Souls	The Bouncing Souls	(1:58)
Open Up	Stephen Stills, Bernard Edwards, Nile Rodgers, Man Will Surrender	Man Will Surrender	(2:45)
Nigel (Lyrics)	Nigel Winston Bongo, Hepcat	Hepcat	(2:42)
Cumbia de los Muertos	Chali 2na, Raúl Pacheco, Asdrubal Sierra	Ozomatli	(3:34)
Gotto	Tony Lombardo	Descendants	(2:18)
Foilure	Phil Bonnet, Jeff Libersher, Michelle Morrone, Thymme Jones, Dan Forden, Chris Block, Ross Feller, Joey Cape, Dylan Posa, Scott Rutledge, Jeb Bishop	Lagwagon	(2:46)
Your Creation	Red 5	Red 5	(2:03)
The Bell Tower	Mad Caddies, Alan Menken	Mad Caddies	(2:43)
Molly Coddled	Tilt	Tilt	(1:58)
Friend	Kraig Johnson, El Centro	El Centro	(2:02)
The Poor Me Sob Story		Furious IV	(3:16)
Charades	Mitch Wilson	No Knife	(3:48)

Credits

NOFX (Performer), Descendants (Performer), No Use for a Name (Performer), 22 Jacks (Performer), Sick of It All (Performer), Pennywise (Performer), Zoo Dog (Mastering), Ozomatli (Performer), Strung Out (Performer), Mad Caddies (Performer), El Centro (Performer), The Bouncing Souls (Performer), Swingin' Utters (Performer), Royal Crown Revue (Performer), Furious IV (Performer), Dance Hall Crashers (Performer), Ron Cameron (Illustrations), Smooths (Performer), Man Will Surrender (Performer), Lagwagon (Performer), The Mighty Mighty Bosstones (Performer), No Knife (Performer), Tilt (Performer), All (Performer), Hepcat (Performer), Red 5 (Performer), Bad Religion (Performer)