Allroy's Revenge is the second studio album by the American punk rock band All, released in 1989 through Cruz Records.
It also includes a cover version of "Hot Rod Lincoln", a 1955 song by Charlie Ryan that was a hit for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in 1971.
[3] To replace him the band recruited Scott Reynolds, who had moved to Los Angeles from Fredonia, New York several years prior: "I got out of college and got in the car and drove out here because I decided that I wanted to be a singer", he said in 1989.
[6] By the time they were looking for a new singer to replace Smalley, Reynolds was practicing with Three Car Pileup next door to All's headquarters in Lomita, California.
[8] Stevenson's songs "Scary Sad", "She's My Ex", and "Net" describe a tumultuous romance, and were written about an ex-girlfriend who had problems with drugs and was placed on probation.
"[10] Though the song is credited solely to Reynolds, guitarist Stephen Egerton wrote the guitar parts: We'd been beating it to death in the practice room forever, trying to figure out some way.
[8][13] The conflict between Allroy and the musical note would later be revisited on the covers of the band's albums Mass Nerder (1998), All (1999), and Problematic (2000).
[14][15][16] Allroy's Revenge was released through Cruz Records as a 12-song LP and a 14-song cassette and CD, the latter two including "Carnage" and a cover version of "Hot Rod Lincoln", a 1955 song by Charlie Ryan that was a hit for Commander Cody and His Lost Planet Airmen in 1971.
[17] Jason Ankeny of Allmusic gave Allroy's Revenge three and a half stars out of five, calling it "a faster, punkier outing that lacks the focus and attitude of the group's earlier work.
"[19] Cary Darling of the Orange County Register remarked that "Though All has the abrasive guitar crunch of hardcore, [the album] is imbued with so much melody and wit (especially on side two) that it transcends any associations with the style.