Land of the Free?

This article is about the Pennywise album. For Gamma Ray album, see Land of the Free (album).

For other uses, see Land of the Free (disambiguation).

Land of the Free?
Studio album by Pennywise
Released	June 19, 2001
Recorded	February–March 2001 at Stall #2, Redondo Beach, California
Genre	Punk rock, melodic hardcore
Length	39:30
Label	Epitaph
Producer	Pennywise, Joe Barresi
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Pennywise chronology
Live @ the Key Club (2000) Land of the Free? (2001) From the Ashes (2003)

Land of the Free? is the sixth album by Pennywise. Produced by Joe Barresi, the album was released on June 19, 2001. After the commercial success of their previous album, Straight Ahead, Pennywise entered the studio in early 2001 to record a follow-up. Land of the Free? received positive reviews from critics and was well sold worldwide, reaching number 67 on the Billboard Top 200, and number 21 on the Australian ARIA Albums Chart. "Fuck Authority" was released as a single to promote the album.

Although Land of the Free? contained the explicit track, "Fuck Authority", it did not receive a parental advisory label. This is because it was released independently through Epitaph Records and these typically do not include such labels. However, some sources claim that the album contains lyrics that could be "explicit lyrics", such as many online stores including Amazon.com and the on-line auction website eBay.

The text "JMT 67-96 R.I.P.", which is printed inside the booklet, refers to Pennywise's late original bassist Jason Matthew Thirsk, who committed suicide in 1996.

Reception

Land of the Free? has received positive reviews. The Allmusic review by Jo-Ann Greene awards the album 4.5 stars and states: "Pennywise themselves are calling Land of the Free? 'a wake-up call,' aimed at the slumbering masses of America — an attempt to shake people out of their lethargy, and prod them into thinking about the world."

Track listing

All songs written and composed by Pennywise. 

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Time Marches On"	2:57
2.	"Land of the Free?"	2:31
3.	"The World"	2:27
4.	"Fuck Authority"	3:16
5.	"Something Wrong with Me"	2:39
6.	"Enemy"	2:34
7.	"My God"	2:48
8.	"Twist of Fate"	2:33
9.	"Who's on Your Side" (co-written by Brett Gurewitz)	2:50
10.	"It's Up to You"	2:56
11.	"Set Me Free"	2:31
12.	"Divine Intervention"	3:30
13.	"WTO"	2:58
14.	"Anyone Listening"	3:00

• Track 4, "Fuck Authority", is written as "F**k Authority" on the back cover. On some sources, this song is also labeled as "F Authority" or simply "F**k".
• Track 5, "Something Wrong with Me", is a tribute to the Minor Threat song "I Don't Wanna Hear It", where frontman Jim Lindberg sings "Sick and tired of all your lies, when will you realize?".
• Track 12, "Divine Intervention", has no relation to the Slayer song from their 1994 album with the same title.