Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion
Studio album by
Released1986 (re-released 1990 & 1995)
Recorded1986
GenrePunk rock, pop punk
LabelDisorder Records, Lookout![1]
The Mr. T Experience chronology
Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion
(1986)
Night Shift at the Thrill Factory
(1988)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[2]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide[3]

Everybody's Entitled to Their Own Opinion is the debut album by the Berkeley, California punk rock band The Mr. T Experience.[4][5][6] It was released in 1986 by Disorder Records.[7][8] The album established the band's presence in the prolific San Francisco Bay Area music scene of the late 1980s and the 1990s. Lookout! Records re-released the album in 1990 and again in 1995.

Production

The album was recorded and mixed in one day.[9]

Critical reception

Trouser Press called the album "sloppy mid-tempo punk that leaves tunefulness a goal more than an actual quality."[9] The East Bay Express wrote that it revels "in dopey pop culture."[10]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Dr. Frank except where noted

No.TitleLength
1."One Big Lie"1:36
2."Just Your Way of Saying No" (Jon Von Zelowitz)2:06
3."Marine Recruiter"2:11
4."Sheep"2:37
5."Surfin' Mozart" (Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart)0:30
6."Danny Partridge"2:48
7."Scientific"2:43
8."Disconnection"2:12
9."Surfin' Cows" (Zelowitz)2:11
10."I'm in Love with Paula Pierce" (Zelowitz)1:30
11."Big Mistake"2:36
12."Pleasant Valley Sunday" (Gerry Goffin, Carole King; originally performed by The Monkees)1:42
13."Mary Mary"3:05
14."The Empty Experience"1:43

Performers

References

  1. Cogan, Brian (2006). Encyclopedia of Punk Music and Culture. Greenwood Press. p. 131.
  2. "Everyone's Entitled to Their Own Opinion - The Mr. T Experience | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic" via www.allmusic.com.
  3. MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide. Visible Ink Press. 1999. p. 768.
  4. "Growing Pains". SF Weekly. September 1, 1999.
  5. Winwood, Ian (November 20, 2018). Smash!: Green Day, The Offspring, Bad Religion, NOFX, and the '90s Punk Explosion. Hachette Books. ISBN 9780306902734 via Google Books.
  6. Floyd, John (February 1, 1996). "Total Eclipse of the Punk Heart". Miami New Times.
  7. Prested, Kevin (November 29, 2014). Punk USA: The Rise and Fall of Lookout Records. Microcosm Publishing. ISBN 9781621067221 via Google Books.
  8. "Perfect Sound Forever: Mr. T Experience". www.furious.com.
  9. 1 2 "Mr. T Experience". Trouser Press.
  10. Kay, Lawrence R. "Show Business Is My Life". East Bay Express.
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