All Torn Down
"All Torn Down" is a song by Australian punk rock band The Living End. It was released in December 1998, as the third single from their self-titled album. It spent 18 weeks in the Australian ARIA Singles Chart and peaked at No. 12.
The song has a fast tempo of 133 beats per minute.
Background
The song title and lyrics refer to the rapid development of Melbourne in the late 1990s, with major projects such as CityLink and Melbourne Docklands in progress and being constructed with little regard to whether it was development on parks or historic sites. The cover art depicts a redscale Melway map of the Melbourne CBD and Southbank area..Personnel
;Band members- Chris Cheney – vocals, guitar
- Travis Demsey – drums, backing vocals
- Scott Owen – double bass, backing vocals
- Producer – Lindsay Gravina
- Engineer – Lindsay Gravina
- * Assistant engineer – Matt Voight
- Mastering – Stephen Marcussen at Precision Mastering
- Mixing – Jerry Finn
- * Assistant mixer – Mark and Tony
- Editing – Don C. Tyler
- Studios – Sing Sing Studios, Melbourne ; Q Recordings
- *Mixing studios – Conway Studios, Los Angeles
- Cover art – Craig Preston