The Fastest Kid Alive

The Fastest Kid Alive
Studio album by Adolescents
Released	June 3, 2011
Recorded	April 2009–May 2010 at Exile on Mountain Street, Glendale, California
Genre	Punk rock
Label	Concrete Jungle
Adolescents chronology
OC Confidential (2005) The Fastest Kid Alive (2011) Presumed Insolent (2013)

The Fastest Kid Alive is the fifth album by the American punk rock band the Adolescents, released June 3, 2011 through Concrete Jungle Records. It follows the band's first reunion album, 2005's O.C. Confidential. The band commenced work on the record in March 2007,^[1] but had not entered studio work until April 2009.^[2] The writing and recording process spanned three years and was slowed down considerably by touring schedules. The album was finally finished in May 2010.^[3]

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Anthony Brandenburg and Steve Soto.^[4]

1. "Operation FTW"
2. "Inspiration"
3. "Wars Aren't Won, Wars Are Fought"
4. "One Nation, Under Siege"
5. "Babylon by Bomb"
6. "Too Fast, Too Loud"
7. "Learning to Swim"
8. "Can't Change the World with a Song"
9. "Orange Crush"
10. "Serf City"
11. "Jefferson Memorial Dance Revolution"
12. "Tokyo au Go-Go"
13. "No Child Left Behind"
14. "Branded"
15. "Peace Don't Cost a Thing"

Personnel

^[4]

• Tony Reflex – lead vocals
• Steve Soto – bass guitar, backing vocals
• Armando del Rio – drums, backing vocals
• Mike McKnight – guitar
• Joe Harrison – guitar

• Greg Stocks – additional vocals
• Chris Heckman – recording engineer
• Jim Monroe – mastering
• Mario Riviere – artwork and layout

References

1. "Adolescents Begin Writing New Album". Ultimate-Guitar.com. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
2. "The Adolescents at work on new record". Punknews.org. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
3. "The Fastest Kid Alive". MySpace Blog. Retrieved May 24, 2010.
4. The Fastest Kid Alive (CD liner notes). Adolescents. Nuremberg, Germany: Concrete Jungle Records. 2011. 0206556CJR.