Punk in Drublic

Punk in Drublic is the fifth studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on July 19, 1994 through Epitaph Records. The title is a spoonerism of "Drunk in Public".

Punk in Drublic
Studio album by
NOFX
ReleasedJuly 19, 1994 (1994-07-19)
Recorded1993–1994
StudioWestbeach Recorders, Hollywood, California
GenreSkate punk[1]
Length39:54
LabelEpitaph
ProducerRyan Greene, Fat Mike
NOFX chronology
White Trash, Two Heebs and a Bean
(1992)		 Punk in Drublic
(1994)		 I Heard They Suck Live!!
(1995)
Singles from Punk In Drublic
  1. "Don't Call Me White"
    Released: May 11, 1994[2]
  2. "Leave It Alone"
    Released: 1995

Punk in Drublic is NOFX's most successful album to date, peaking at number 12 on Billboard's Heatseekers chart.[3] The album has received positive reviews and is now considered a classic punk album by fans and critics alike. Six years after its release, it became the band's only gold record for sales of over 500,000 copies[4] in the United States, all without any radio play or aired music videos (although a video was made for the song "Leave It Alone"). Worldwide, the record has sold over 1 million copies.[5]

Reception and legacy
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[6]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide[7]
The Village VoiceA−[8]

The AllMusic review by Stephen Thomas Erlewine awards the album 4.5 stars and states: "The quartet didn't change their approach at all — at their core, they remain a heavy, speed-addled, hook-conscious post-hardcore punk group — but their songwriting has improved, as has their attack."[6]

Accolades
Publication Country Accolade Year Rank
Guitar World United States Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994[9] 2014 *
BuzzFeed 36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F——ing Die[10] *
Rock Sound United Kingdom The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time[11] 4
Kerrang! 51 Greatest Pop Punk Albums Ever[12] 2015 6

* denotes an unordered list

The album was a big influence on Blink-182's Cheshire Cat (1995), Unwritten Law's Oz Factor (1996), Lagwagon's Let's Talk About Feelings (1998), Sum 41's All Killer No Filler (2001) and Anti-Flag's The General Strike (2012).[13]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Fat Mike, except where noted.

No.TitleLength
1."Linoleum"2:10
2."Leave It Alone" (Written by Fat Mike and Eric Melvin)2:04
3."Dig"2:16
4."The Cause"1:37
5."Don't Call Me White"2:33
6."My Heart Is Yearning"2:23
7."Perfect Government" (Written by Mark Curry)2:05
8."The Brews"2:40
9."The Quass"1:18
10."Dying Degree"1:50
11."Fleas"1:47
12."Lori Meyers"2:21
13."Jeff Wears Birkenstocks"1:26
14."Punk Guy"1:08
15."Happy Guy"1:58
16."Reeko"2:59
17."Scavenger Type"7:12

Personnel

Album notes
  • The song "Jeff Wears Birkenstocks" is about Jeff Abarta, a long-time Epitaph Records employee who plays guitar and sings in Punk Is Dead, and plays bass in Total Massacre as "Jeff Massacre."
  • "Linoleum" is referenced in the Pilot episode of One Tree Hill, when protagonist Lucas Scott notices a NOFX sticker on one of Peyton Sawyer's folders, he sings the line "that's me inside your head."
  • Track 17 contains a hidden track starting at 5:29, after 3 minutes of silence; guitarist El Hefe performs impressions of cartoon characters, such as Yosemite Sam and Popeye.
  • The song "Jeff Wears Birkenstocks?" is included in the EA Sports video game NCAA Football 06.
  • The song "Linoleum" was released as DLC for the music video game Guitar Hero World Tour.
  • The song "Linoleum" was also featured in the soundtrack for the game Grind Session.
  • "Linoleum" is also covered by hardcore-punk band Shai Hulud, Russell and the Wolf Choir, post-third wave ska band Streetlight Manifesto on their 2010 album 99 Songs of Revolution, Bad Astronaut, August Burns Red and Frank Turner
  • The song "Lori Meyers" was covered by Aiden as a hidden track on their album Knives.
  • The song "Dying Degree" was covered by Evergreen Terrace on their cover album Writer's Block.
  • The song "Leave It Alone" references another song, "Bringing In the Sheaves", written in 1874 by Knowles Shaw. It is a popular American gospel song strongly associated with Protestant Christians. Despite this fact, both credited songwriters, Fat Mike and Eric Melvin are Jewish.
  • The song "Leave It Alone" was also featured in the soundtrack for the game Watch Dogs 2.

References
Citations
  1. Chesler, Josh (September 29, 2015). "10 Best Skate Punk Albums of All Time". OC Weekly. Archived from the original on June 3, 2016. Retrieved April 16, 2016.
  2. "NOFX". Fat Wreck Chords.
  3. AllMusic Charts: Punk In Drublic Accessed 3 June 2008
  4. RIAA Certification: (requires search) Archived 2007-06-26 at the Wayback Machine Accessed 3 June 2008
  5. Rob Spectre (2009-05-25). "(d)N0t » Blog Archive » Dream Not Of Today – On The Shitter With Fat Mike by Rob Spectre". Dreamnotoftoday.com. Retrieved 2012-03-06.
  6. Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Punk in Drublic – NOFX". AllMusic. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  7. Matos, Michaelangelo (2004). "NOFX". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. p. 590. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
  8. Christgau, Robert (June 6, 1995). "Consumer Guide". The Village Voice. Retrieved October 28, 2015.
  9. "Superunknown: 50 Iconic Albums That Defined 1994". GuitarWorld.com. July 14, 2014. Retrieved July 14, 2014.
  10. Sherman, Maria; Broderick, Ryan (July 2, 2013). "36 Pop Punk Albums You Need To Hear Before You F----ing Die". BuzzFeed. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  11. Bird, ed. 2014, p. 74
  12. "51 Greatest Pop Punk Albums Ever". Kerrang! (1586): 18–25. September 16, 2015.
  13. Sayce 2014, p. 38
Sources
  • Bird, Ryan, ed. (September 2014). "The 51 Most Essential Pop Punk Albums of All Time". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (191). ISSN 1465-0185.
  • Sayce, Rob (September 2014). Bird, Ryan (ed.). "Hall of Fame: Punk in Drublic". Rock Sound. London: Freeway Press Inc. (191). ISSN 1465-0185.
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