Born on the First of July is the second album by the Canadian pop punk band Chixdiggit, released in 1998.[2][3] It was reissued in 2013.[4]
The band supported the album by touring with, among others, the Groovie Ghoulies and the Hi-Fives.[5][6] Its first single was "Chupacabras".[7]
Production
The album was produced by Ryan Greene.[8] It was recorded at Sundae Sound, in Calgary, where the band's new drummer, Dave Alcock, worked as an engineer.[9][10]Born on the First of July includes an unlisted cover version of Sylvia's "Nobody".[11]
The Deseret News wrote that "Ryan Greene's production ups the crunch quotient and downplays the melodic side, but it doesn't detract too much."[6] The Calgary Herald thought that there was "nothing fancy to this 13-track, 24-minute disc of rock for suburban punks."[13]
The Hamilton Spectator deemed the album "snappy, melodic two-minute pop songs [with] a '77-era punk rock attack."[16] The Windsor Star concluded that "Chixdiggit have produced a rollicking album that reflects the feeling of wild abandon they exude live."[17]Broken Pencil called Born on the First of July "hard-driving classic Canadian rawk of the highest order ... Speedy loud guitars, action-arm drumming and husky, beer-tempered vocals deliver songs on summer fun, young love, and the first pangs of disillusionment."[18]
AllMusic wrote: "They don't make pop-punk like this anymore. No emo overtones, no generic NOFX or Queers riffs to be found and no songs about crying over a girl who broke said person's heart."[12]
