Better Get Ready is the debut studio album by American Hasidic punk band Moshiach Oi!. The album, produced by guitarist Mike Wagner and mastered by Don Fury, was released on June 20, 2009 through Shemspeed Records and the band's own Shabasa Records.
Reception Emily Savage of Jweekly described the album as "Simple, straight-forward, unabashed scroll-loving lyrics. All yelled at maximum volume of course." Alex Suskind of The Forward said, "Moshiach Oi! has found a divine balance of religion and rock [and] uses the traditional punk sound of raucous guitars and boisterous vocals to explore Jewish ideals and values." Patrick Aleph of Jewcy summarized Better Get Ready as "a blistering punk rock siddurim that effortlessly ties together Black Flag and Rambam, 7 Seconds and the Rebbe, The Casualties and the Kabballists."
Track listing
Personnel Moshiach Oi! Yishai Romanoff – lead vocals, guitar, drums Mike Wagner – guitar, vocals Mitchell "Mordechai" Harrison – bass guitar, vocals Paul Alpert – drums on "I Love Torah" and "Moshiach Oi!"
Other Mike Wagner – producer, engineering, mixing Don Fury – mastering Rabbi Moshe Wilkominsky – spoken word intro on "Shabbos" Gavriel Saks – synth on "I Love Torah" Linda Miriam – screaming on "Shabbos" Ahron Moeller – art direction Erez Safar – cover design Breeah Berezin-Bahr – cover photography
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