Social Distortion Born To Kill album cover for 2LP vinyl, black pressing with etched D-side available at ToucanRecords.com
Social Distortion Born To Kill packshot for 2LP vinyl, black pressing with etched D-side available at ToucanRecords.com
Social Distortion Born To Kill album cover for 2LP vinyl, black pressing with etched D-side available at ToucanRecords.com
Social Distortion Born To Kill packshot for 2LP vinyl, black pressing with etched D-side available at ToucanRecords.com
Social Distortion

Social Distortion - Born To Kill [2 LP, Black Vinyl]

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SKU: 0045778736812
$29.98

Product Details

  • Genre / Style Punk Rock / Roots Rock / Rock And Roll
  • UPC 0045778736812
  • Record Label Epitaph
  • Format LP
  • Disc Quantity 2
  • Vinyl Color Black
  • Vinyl Size 12"
  • Vinyl Weight Standard
  • Additional Info Side D is Etched with No Music, One Explicit Song (The Way Things Were)
  • Release Date 5/8/2026

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Social Distortion return to full-length form on Born To Kill with Mike Ness writing from survival, hard experience, and rock and roll memory rather than nostalgia. The album brings together "Born To Kill," "No Way Out," "The Way Things Were," and "Tonight" in a set that reaches back to the band's Orange County punk roots while pulling in roots rock and country references. This black 2LP vinyl record includes the 11-song album with an etched D-side.

"Born To Kill" opens the album with the directness of a Social Distortion single, while "No Way Out" pushes the band toward hard-edged punk rock. "The Way Things Were" looks back through the cost of time, and "Tonight" keeps the tempo moving with a bar-band rock and roll feel. "Crazy Dreamer" brings in Lucinda Williams for a country-leaning duet, while "Wicked Game" reshapes the Chris Isaak song through Mike Ness' voice. "Over You" closes the album with plainspoken regret central to his writing.

The album is Social Distortion's first studio record in more than a decade, and that gap gives the songs a specific weight in the band's catalog. Ness co-produced the sessions with Dave Sardy, with recording started at Sunset Sound and finished at Hillside Manor Studio. Shepard Fairey's cover art collaboration adds another concrete detail to the album's physical identity overall.

  • Format: 2LP
  • Standout tracks: "Born To Kill," "No Way Out," "Crazy Dreamer," "Wicked Game"
  • Pressing details: Black Vinyl, Etched D-Side
  • Genre/style: Punk Rock, Roots Rock, Rock And Roll
  • UPC: 045778736812

Born To Kill connects Social Distortion's punk foundation with the roots rock side of Mike Ness' songwriting across the full album. "Born To Kill," "No Way Out," "Crazy Dreamer," and "Wicked Game" move between attack, memory, country duet, and cover.


* The Spotify track list may not exactly represent the tracks and audio of this LP edition.

Track List:

Side A:

  1. Born To Kill
  2. No Way Out
  3. The Way Things Were
  4. Tonight

Side B:

  1. Partners In Crime
  2. Crazy Dreamer
  3. Wicked Game
  4. Walk Away (Don't Look Back)

Side C:

  1. Never Goin' Back Again
  2. Don't Keep Me Hanging On
  3. Over You