Static World View

Static World View
Studio album by Spring Heeled Jack
Released	March 26, 1996
Recorded	1995
Genre	Third-wave of ska
Length	55:39
Label	Moon Ska Records
Producer	Carl Osgood Spring Heeled Jack
Spring Heeled Jack chronology
Connecticut Ska (1993) Static World View (1996) Songs from Suburbia (1998)

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Static World View is the first album by Spring Heeled Jack, released by Moon Ska Records on March 26, 1996.

By the time the band began recording the album, original trumpet player, Pat Gingras, had left and was replaced by Tyler Jones. Saxophone player, James Riley, also decided to leave the band and, as a result, half of the album features Riley playing saxophone, while the other half was recorded with new member, Pete Wasilewski, who had previously played alongside trombone player, Chris Rhodes, in the Connecticut band, JC Superska.

To support the release of the album, the band filmed their first music video for the song, "Pay Some Dues." The band also started touring outside of their usual local territory.

The album begins and ends with quotes from the movie Tapeheads.

Track listing

1. "One Way" (Karcich) – 2:42
2. "Electric" – 3:29
3. "Pay Some Dues" (Ragona) – 2:54
4. "Running Man (Lookin' Thru the Mirror)" (Ragona) – 3:36
5. "Rufus Shakeedoo" (Rhodes) – 3:32
6. "All My Own" (Ragona, Pellegrino, Rhodes) – 2:56
7. "Pigeon-Holed" (Ragona, Karcich, Pellegrino) – 2:47
8. "Freedom" (Karcich, Spring Heeled Jack) – 3:54
9. "Addicted" (Ragona, Pellegrino,) – 3:35
10. "Peg Leg Bates" (Rhodes) – 3:25
11. "Nervous" (Ragona, Karcich) – 3:23
12. "Alicia Silverstone" (Aerosmith) – 0:35
13. "Big Stone Cowboy" (Jones, Pellegrino, Rhodes) – 2:16
14. "This Song (Has Probably Been Played Before)" (Ragona, Pellegrino, Omonte) – 19:55

* The final track ends at minute 4:18. After fifteen minutes and thirty seconds of silence, drummer Dave Karcich states "You fast forwarded a half an hour for nothing. How do you feel?".

Personnel

• Tyler Jones - trumpet
• Dave Karcich - drums, backing vocals
• Rick Omonte - bass
• Mike Pellegrino - guitar, vocals
• Ron Ragona - guitar, vocals
• Chris Rhodes - trombone, arranger, vocals
• James Riley - sax (alto & tenor)
• Pete Wasilewski - sax (tenor)
• Ed Goldberg - engineer
• Basil Grabovsky - engineer, mastering, mixing
• Carl Osgood - producer, engineer, mastering, mixing
• Jeremy Brazeal - artwork