''Cover Ups'' is a

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by the Santa Cruz, California-based

hardcore punk Hardcore punk (also known as simply hardcore) is a punk rock music genre and subculture that originated in the late 1970s. It is generally faster, harder, and more aggressive than other forms of punk rock. Its roots can be traced to earlier punk ...

band Good Riddance, collecting all of the cover songs the band had previously released. It was released July 2, 2002 through Lorelei Records, a record label co-founded by the band's singer

Russ Rankin Russ Rankin (born May 25, 1968) is an American musician, best known as the singer for the punk rock bands Good Riddance and Only Crime. Career Rankin is the lead vocalist for melodic hardcore band Only Crime, Creep Division, and punk rock ...

Reception

Kurt Morris of

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gave ''Cover Ups'' two stars out of five, commenting that "Some of the tunes seemed marred by the band trying to be funny and instead being annoying (the snotty "na-na-na" chorus on '

I Melt with You "I Melt with You" is a song by the British new wave band Modern English. The song, produced by Hugh Jones, was the second single from their 1982 album '' After the Snow''. It became the band's most successful single, largely in the United ...

,' the high-pitched girly shrieking on '

Leader of the Pack "Leader of the Pack" is a song written by George "Shadow" Morton, Jeff Barry, and Ellie Greenwich. It was a number one pop hit in 1964 for the American girl group the Shangri-Las. The single is one of the group's best known songs as well as a ...

,' etc.) ... Highlights of the album would no doubt be the

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cover and Bill Stevenson of Black Flag,

All All or ALL may refer to: Language * All, an indefinite pronoun in English * All, one of the English determiners * Allar language (ISO 639-3 code) * Allative case (abbreviated ALL) Music * All (band), an American punk rock band * ''All'' (All al ...

, and the Descendents doing drums and guitar on the Black Flag tune ... cover albums are (in almost all cases) for fans only. ''Cover Ups'' is no exception."

Track listing

Personnel

Musicians

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or without ...

;

bass guitar The bass guitar, electric bass or simply bass (), is the lowest-pitched member of the string family. It is a plucked string instrument similar in appearance and construction to an electric or an acoustic guitar, but with a longer neck and ...

on track 10; additional

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected stri ...

on track 5 * Luke Pabich – guitar, backing vocals * Chuck Platt – bass guitar on tracks 1–5 and 7–9 * Devin Quinn – bass guitar on track 6 * Rich McDermott –

drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other Percussion instrument, auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair o ...

on tracks 1 and 6 * Sean Sellers – drums on tracks 2–5, 7, and 8 * Dave Wagenschutz – drums on track 9 * Bill Stevenson – drums and additional guitar on track 10

Production

Ryan Greene Ryan Greene is an American record producer, sound engineer, former owner of Crush Recording Studios in Scottsdale, Arizona and founder of Area 52 Entertainment in Los Angeles, California. In an over 25-year-long career he has worked with many art ...

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producer Producer or producers may refer to: Occupations *Producer (agriculture), a farm operator *A stakeholder of economic production *Film producer, supervises the making of films **Executive producer, contributes to a film's budget and usually does not ...

, recording and mix engineer of tracks 1, 3, 5, and 8 *

Andy Ernst Andy "Andro" Ernst is a music producer, engineer, musician, and songwriter from San Francisco. Artists he has worked with include: Green Day, AFI, Sway & King Tech, Rancid, Tiger Army, The Nerve Agents, Malo, Link 80, Screeching Weasel, Swingin ...

– recording engineer of tracks 2 and 7 * Adam Krammer – assistant recording engineer of track 3 * Bill Stevenson – producer, recording and mix engineer of tracks 4, 9, and 10 *

Stephen Egerton Stephen Egerton may refer to: * Stephen Egerton (priest) (1555?–1621?), English clergyman * Stephen Egerton (diplomat) (1932–2006), British Ambassador to Iraq, Saudi Arabia and Italy *Stephen Egerton (guitarist) Stephen Patrick O'Reilly (bor ...

– producer, recording and mix engineer of tracks 4, 9, and 10 * Jason Livermore – producer, recording and mix engineer of tracks 4, 9, and 10; mastering * Joe Logsdon – recording engineer of track 6 * Brant Dobson – cover art

References

{{Authority control 2002 compilation albums Good Riddance (band) albums 2000s covers albums