Willpower (Today Is the Day album)

Willpower is the second studio album by the American band Today Is the Day, released on September 1994 by Amphetamine Reptile Records.[2] The album was recorded just a few months after Steve Austin's father, whom he had not seen for months at the time, died in a violent car crash. A remastered edition of the album was issued in 2007 through the then-newly formed SuperNova Records, which included the track "Execution Style", a rare extra from the Willpower sessions that was previously released on the compilation Dope-Guns-'N-Fucking In The Streets Volume Ten.

Willpower
Studio album by
Today Is the Day
ReleasedSeptember 5, 1994 (1994-09-05)
Recorded1994
StudioWhite Room Studios, Detroit, Michigan
Genre
Length29:36
LabelAmphetamine Reptile
ProducerSteve Austin
Today Is the Day chronology
Supernova
(1993)		 Willpower
(1994)		 Today Is the Day
(1996)

A live performance that was recorded during the tour to promote Willpower was released as a DVD via SuperNova, under the title of Willpower Live in 2007.

It is the only album of the band to have been recorded with the same lineup as the prior album.

Reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Punk News[4]
Last RitesPositive[5]

Patrick Kennedy of AllMusic awarded the album 4 and a half out of 5 stars, saying, "Though its time signatures are still tricky in a mathematical way, Willpower's greatest strength is its appeal to the human heart through whatever means necessary."[3]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Steve Austin

No.TitleLength
1."Willpower"3:34
2."My First Knife"2:57
3."Nothing to Lose"3:41
4."Golden Calf"3:53
5."Sidewinder"5:33
6."Many Happy Returns"2:33
7."Simple Touch"3:30
8."Promised Land" (features an unlisted rendition of "Amazing Grace")4:42
2007 remastered CD bonus track
No.TitleLength
10."Execution Style"2:22
Total length:31:58

Personnel

Adapted from the Willpower liner notes.[6]

Today Is the Day

Production

Release history
Region Date Label Format Catalog
United States 1994 Amphetamine Reptile CD, CS, LP AMREP 033
Germany ARR 57/354
United States 2007 SuperNova CD SNR 001
2010 Relapse LP RR 7087
2022 Supernova SNR 052

References
  1. Daley, Sloane (January 8, 2008). "Today Is the Day – Willpower [reissue]". Punknews. Retrieved November 4, 2017.
  2. Sprague, David (2007). "Today Is the Day". Trouser Press. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  3. Kennedy, Patrick. "Willpower". AllMusic. Retrieved July 6, 2015.
  4. Daley, Sloane. "Willpower Review". punknews.org. Punk News. Retrieved 2008-01-08.
  5. Moore, Doug (January 2008). "Willpower Review". yourlastrites.com. Last Rites. Retrieved 2017-05-24.
  6. Willpower (booklet). Today Is the Day. Minneapolis, Minnesota: Amphetamine Reptile Records. 1994.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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