''Divided We Stand'' is a studio album by the American

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T.S.O.L. T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty) is an American punk rock band formed in 1978 in Huntington Beach, California. Although most commonly associated with hardcore punk, T.S.O.L.'s music has varied on each release, including such styles as deathro ...

It was released in 2003 through

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. The album was released concurrently with

Jack Grisham Jack Grisham (born July 22, 1961) is an American rock singer from Southern California. He is the vocalist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty), which emerged from the late 1970s Los Angeles hardcore punk rock scene, along wi ...

's campaign for the California governorship.

Critical reception

The ''

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'' wrote that the album "mixed trademark vitriol into an adult brew lacking none of

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intelligence and intransigence."

Track listing

Personnel

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– vocals *

Ron Emory Ronald Emory (born May 20, 1962, Lynwood, California, United States) is an American rock musician and guitarist for the punk rock band T.S.O.L. (True Sounds of Liberty). An original member of the band, founded in Southern California in 1979, Em ...

– guitars, backing vocals *Mike Roche – bass guitar *Billy Blaze – drums ;Additional musicians *Greg Kuehn – piano, synthesizer, backing vocals *Elvis Kuehn – backing vocals *Bradley Ball – backing vocals * Chris "X-13" Higgins – backing vocals *"Angry John" – backing vocals ;Production *David Bianco – producer,

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, percussion, guitar *Rafael Serrano – second engineer,

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, backing vocals *Bill Scoville – layout and design

References

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