An amazing debut album. Every song sounds similar, but has a different feel to it. Both singers add a variety to the album. the best songs are the ones where both Chicken and Jack sing on them, although there's a few exceptions.

Best songs: By The Throat, Special Professional, Visiting Day, and Cause Of My Anger. A lot of these songs have to do with addiction and depression. I guess Chicken wrote most of the songs but the vocal duties are split about half and half.

Sometimes it sounds like Alkaline Trio, sometimes they sound like US Bombs. Definitely recommended.

I've always been a huge fan of One Man Army, which for those that don't know was Jack's old band. When I heard these guys for the first time, I was blown away. The lyrics are powerful and thought provoking.

It’s one thing to try and describe one’s favorite album of all time, but it is another thing to try and explain what is simply, one of the greatest albums to be created.

I bought this album after I had heard “Don’t Lie” and “By The Throat” on purevolume. I immediately fell in love with both songs.

I finally purchased the album from Interpunk. I received it a few weeks later, stuck it in the CD player, and thus began the changing of what my view on music was.

I’ve owned this album for about 9 months now, and I have listened to the entire album over 200 times, and I have yet to get tired of it. And it’s not like this is my only punk rock album or something, I listen to so much music, particularly punk, so I know where i’m coming from when I say this.

Musically: i’ve read more than a few reviews of this album saying how it’s just “another melodic punk rock album that we’ve all heard ten thousand times”. I find it a lot more original than a LOT of other bands in the genre, of course it’s catchy, sometimes aggressive, sometimes just smooth and easy going. Personally, I think the music is perfect, regardless, THIS IS A PUNK ROCK BAND, punk rock bands recycle music over and over, this isn’t battle of the originals or a bloody classical music release! Plus, the basslines kick and the drumming is solid.

Lyrically: Unreal. With the joined forces of 2 frontmen from 2 incredible bands, what else is to be expected? From what I understood, most of the album was actually penned by Chicken. The lyrics range from political and worldly issues such as “Don’t Lie”

and they range from personal issues to past trails (Chickens drug addiction recovery). Top notch lyrics.

Vocally: (they both sing about the same amount) Couldn’t be better, we’ve got Jack’s slick smooth voice throughout the album, playing a key role in the melodies of this album. (if you liked him in One Man Army, you’ll LOVE him in Dead To Me) As for Chicken, you’d assume his vocals would be rough and aggressive, judging from his work in Western Addiction. But his vocals are a lot smoother and plain, but it complements Jack’s voice perfectly. I actually think Chicken’s vocals on this album are his best and easily just as enjoyable as Jack’s.

Recording is a lot more touched up than Western Addiction and One Man Army, but not overproduced or anything like that.

This album is so bloody enjoyable! Should be a classic, but I don’t know if it will make it to that point, due to the many punk rock releases and the overrated albums. But I don’t think thats what these guys were going for anyway, they’re having fun with this music, and so are we.

5/5 for Cuban Ballerina!

Very very awesome! From the opening riff and the sound of Jack from One Man Army, you just know this cd is going to rule and it gets better and better. Unfortantly the one downside is....very short, way to short but still great album.

This CD is just good music. It is short (only about 26 minutes), but very good. The only song I didn't love was "Splendid Isolation" which I still liked a lot. I highly recommend this album and any future releases from this band.

A great cd. Has some Dalrymple in the band, too.

These guys are good. Much better than One Man Army. They are neither the best band on Fat Wreck nor the worst. But they compliment the label's roster so that's a plus for them. Overall they are a lot like many of the other bands out there right now that are taking an influence from Alkaline Trio.

This is like the East Bay's answer to the Dillinger Four...but a bit more poppier/melodic...but in a VERY good way. Great dual vocals, great lyrics, and just great music overall. It's great to see that the East Bay is still alive with good punk music and not just the crappy emo/screamo shit you hear nowadays. One of the best CD's of 06 for sure.

this is a really enjoyable album. i found it not falling too far from the one man army tree, which is fine by me. it is catchy and fun and the lyrics are pretty good too. fat wreck continues to put out top notch releases.

Everyone seems to really dig this album, I mean Chicken wrote a pretty good album its got a few stand out tracks but Im sorry its just got nothin on Western Addiction.

Id stop this project and get back to work on a new Western Addiction cd cuz hot damn thats where its at.