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Energy

Artist Operation Ivy Released 1989 Type album

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The only Operation Ivy record held here. It came two years into a run that began in 1987. 1989 is a year into Ska punk, which this tree dates from 1988. It is one of the four records Ska punk is listed as starting from.

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Energy is the only studio album by the American ska punk band Operation Ivy. It was released on vinyl and cassette in May 1989 through Lookout! Records with the catalog number LK 010. The album itself was eventually released on CD, all of the tracks were featured on the career-spanning compilation Operation Ivy issued by Lookout in 1991. Despite achieving no mainstream success, Energy is considered one of the most important albums of ska punk and is frequently cited as an influence by many later bands of the genre.

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