Eleven Songs (album)

For other albums, see Eleven Songs (disambiguation).

Eleven Songs
Compilation album by
As Friends Rust
ReleasedOctober 5, 1999 (1999-10-05) (Japan)
October 22, 2001 (2001-10-22) (U.K.)
RecordedNovember 19, 1996 (1996-11-19) – May 9, 1999 (1999-05-09)
Studio
  • Wisner Productions, Davie, Florida
  • Goldentone Studios, Gainesville, Florida
Genre
Length30:09
Label
  • Howling Bull
  • Golf
Producer
  • James Paul Wisner
  • Rob McGregor
  • As Friends Rust
As Friends Rust chronology
As Friends Rust
(1999) 		Eleven Songs
(1999) 		Morningleaver / This Is Me Hating You
(2001)

Eleven Songs is a compilation album by American melodic hardcore band As Friends Rust. It was originally released on compact disc by Japanese record label Howling Bull Entertainment on October 5, 1999.[1][2] British record label Golf Records reissued the release, also on compact disc, on October 22, 2001.[3] At the time of its original release in 1999, Eleven Songs was considered somewhat of a discography, since it included all but a single song of what As Friends Rust had released; the Circle Jerks cover "Operation" was omitted.

Though the release bares the title Eleven Songs, it was in fact a licensed edition of As Friends Rust's eponymous extended play with six bonus songs.[4][2] The licensing deals with Howling Bull Entertainment and Golf Records were set up by Doghouse Records, with which As Friends Rust had an exclusive recording contract.[1][3][4] The six additional songs were taken from As Friends Rust's previous releases, The Fists of Time and the split with Discount, which Doghouse Records itself would later compile and re-issue in June 2000 under the expanded title The Fists of Time: An Anthology of Short Fiction and Non-Fiction.[5][6]

As Friends Rust did not tour Japan in promotion of Howling Bull Entertainment's version of Eleven Songs, but did perform five shows in the United Kingdom when Golf Records released its edition in 2001. Accompanied by Virginia hardcore band Strike Anywhere, As Friends Rust played shows in Glasgow, Scotland, Leeds, England, Leicester, England, Southampton, England and London, England, the last of which was filmed and released on VHS and DVD as Camden Underworld, London – 16 November 2001 in December 2002.

  1. ^ a b "As Friends Rust - As Friends Rust". Howling Bull Entertainment. Archived from the original on January 10, 2001. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  2. ^ a b "As Friends Rust - As Friends Rust". Howling Bull Entertainment. 2001. Archived from the original on February 20, 2001. Retrieved March 20, 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Golf News". Golf Records. October 17, 2001. Archived from the original on October 17, 2001. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  4. ^ a b Hemsath, Dirk (June 1999). "Doghouse News". Doghouse Records. Archived from the original on October 25, 2000. Retrieved March 18, 2022.
  5. ^ Floyd, Jonathan (September 2000). "As Friends Rust - The Fist of Time CD (Doghouse)". Maximum Rocknroll 208. Maximumrocknroll.
  6. ^ "Upcoming Releases". CMJ New Music Report. CMJ Network, Inc. May 15, 2000. p. 34.