Album Of The Day: Adventures Of The O.C. Supertones

Album Art of The O.C. Supertones's Adventures Of The O.C. Supertones album - A cartoon drawing of a Superman-like figure with a very large, toothy smile and a body smaller than the smile. He's got his cape opened and is showing off a large yellow 'S'. Behind him, a blue-and-white sky gradient with blue buildings along the sides and bottom, for a cityscape feel. At the top, in small red letters is printed in an arching 'Adventures Of The O.C.' and then below that in a much bigger black-and-white square 'Supertones', with the 'super' being black text on white background, and 'tones' white text on black.

Released on this day 29 years ago, this is the first album from The Orange County Supertones, one of the first Christian ska bands. Vocalist and guitarist Matt "Mojo" Morginsky provides a mix of singing and some fast-paced, rap-ish verses, and the band provides drums, bass and horns/sax to fill out the sound. The sound is definitely very basic and unpolished, but it adds a bit of an underground feel to the album. They definitely do a good job of bringing the message of Jesus on these lyrics, and it's not to the detriment of the music either. I got this album on CD in 1998 from a friend and it was one of the first albums I owned, so songs like "Adonai", "Who Can Be Against Me", "Unknown" and "Never Wanna Fall" bring back memories of that time when I listened to this a lot. I think it's my 2nd favorite Supertones album still, despite their later albums having a bit more polished sound. Plus, any album with a sample of Stan Laurel deserves a listen!

Release Year: 1996
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