Dealing With It!

by D.R.I.

Dealing With It! cover art
  • Type: Album
  • Released: July 1985
  • Label: Death
  • Country: United States
  • Length: 51:38
  • Community rating: 3.81/5 from 5 ratings

Artists on this release: Felix Griffin, Kurt Brecht, Mikey Offender, Spike Cassidy

Album Notes & Community Reviews

D.R.I. fully crystallized the crossover thrash movement on 'Dealing With It!', masterfully merging the blistering speed of hardcore punk with the heavy, palm-muted riffs of heavy metal. The record features incredibly brief, hyper-energetic tracks that tackle political corruption and societal decay with sarcastic, misanthropic rage. It remains an aggressive, widely influential blueprint for late-80s extreme music.

Genres

Descriptors: political, protest, fast, short, old-school, ferocious

Tracklist

  1. Snap (1:07)
  2. I'd Rather Be Sleeping (1:07)
  3. Marriage (0:49)
  4. Yes Ma'am (1:52)
  5. Soup Kitchen (2:01)
  6. Mad Man (1:37)
  7. Stupid, Stupid War (1:06)
  8. Counter Attack (0:18)
  9. Couch Slouch (1:22)
  10. God Is Broke (1:03)
  11. Karma (2:12)
  12. Nursing Home Blues (3:48)
  13. I Don't Need Society (1:28)
  14. Give My Taxes Back (0:52)
  15. The Explorer (1:33)
  16. Reaganomics (0:42)
  17. How to Act (1:06)
  18. Shame (1:05)
  19. Argument Then War (3:19)
  20. Evil Minds (0:55)
  21. Slit My Wrist (0:26)
  22. Busted Again (0:50)
  23. Equal People (0:50)
  24. On My Way Home (0:53)
  25. Bail Out (0:53)
  26. Couch Slouch - Texas Compliation (1:34)
  27. Running Around - Texas Compliation (1:01)
  28. Snap - The Unknown Demo (1:09)
  29. Stupid, Stupid War - The Unknown Demo (0:56)
  30. Mad Man - Unused Songs for the Violent Pacification (0:49)
  31. Sad to Be - Unused Songs for the Violent Pacification (2:09)
  32. How to Act - Rough Mixes (1:10)
  33. I'd Rather Be Sleeping - Rough Mixes (1:17)
  34. I Don't Need Society - Rough Mixes (1:44)
  35. Nursing Home Blues - Rough Mixes (3:52)
  36. Reaganomics - Rough Mixes (0:50)
  37. The Explorer - Rough Mixes (1:31)

Credits

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