Crossover

D.R.I. | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (January 1, 1995)
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Rotten
• ASIN: B00000G2JJ
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Audio Cassette  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #280,490 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

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5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The change over from early Punk to metal in the '80s, April 28, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: Crossover (Audio CD)

in this album one can easily see the change in style between earlyer DRI albums with there more raw street punk style to a more speed metal sound that is an example of what was happening at the time and is more prevalent in some of their later albums.

5 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars The most progressive album of their career, October 28, 2005

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Zander Haberstaft (Miami, Florida) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crossover (Audio CD)

When this came out in 1987, it sounded like a Thrash record just like everything else on Metal Blade at the time. But on closer inspection, this D.R.I. album is the most progressive album of thier career and ahead of it's time. Songs like "Decisions" and "Tear it Down" have a very progressive structure and the breaks are amazing in musicmanship.

The production was also much better than the production on "Dealing with It". Bill Metoyer, the producer of the first couple Slayer albums and two Hirax albums, does a really good job here. The speed of the band had generally mellowed out a little at this point. Don't get me wrong there are some fast songs, but the slowness and disonance of some numbers gives the general feel of the album a slow one. On the next album, "Four of a Kind", the speedy numbers would make quite a return. For this reason, no two D.R.I. albums sound alike.

This was also a very successful tour for D.R.I. Playing with bands like Possessed, Executioner, only made the shows better.

Oh, and to the reviewer who said "Crossover, bad idea" and "If you like Thrash this is okay". Let's get one thing straight, Dealing with It was a Thrash (or if you prefer Thrashcore) album. What do you think you are listening to? How old are you? 12? This is a Thrash band, just because they had a hardcore tendency at times doesn't make them any less of one. Was Nuclear Assault less Thrash just because they had a hardcore element?

3.0 out of 5 stars Decent...., August 12, 2008

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modernman (Royal Oak, MI) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Crossover (Audio CD)

This is D.R.I.'s 3rd full length. This is where D.R.I. try to market themselves as a "crossover" band fusing punk and metal. If thrash metal is your cup of tea then you'll love the low-fi sound comparable to a lot of bands on this label at the time. If you're more into punk, I would say this would probably be the last D.R.I. record you'd want to get. The songs average 1:30 - 2 minute and decent song writing. I personally think the production of this is too muffled and what makes this a medicore record. I guess what I'm saying as a 16 year D.R.I. fan the production on this is like no other D.R.I. record and not in a good way. Lyrics on songs like "coffin" and "go die" show D.R.I. trying to be more of a metal band and stray from social political lyrics that Kurt Brecht is known for writing. Again, I'm a 30 year old more into punk/hardcore and songs about telling your "fans" to "go die" is sorta rock star-ish and stupid.