A Hangover You Don't Deserve
A Hangover You Don't Deserve | ||||
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Studio album by Bowling for Soup | ||||
Released | September 14, 2004 | |||
Recorded | 2004 | |||
Studio | Ruby Red Productions (Atlanta, Georgia) Valve Studios (Dallas, Texas) | |||
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Length | 58:23 | |||
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Singles from A Hangover You Don't Deserve | ||||
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A Hangover You Don't Deserve is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bowling for Soup.[1] It was released on September 14, 2004, as their third album with Jive Records.[1] The first single, "1985", quickly became a Top 40 staple, peaking at No. 5 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.
Background
The album's name came from lead guitarist Chris Burney, who was also the name inspiration for the band's previous effort, Drunk Enough to Dance.[2]
"Almost" was meant to be the first single off the album. However, the band would receive a call from Butch Walker's manager, who suggested the band cover the SR-71 song "1985". Upon hearing the song, Reddick felt the subject matter didn't meet the band's criteria, so he asked SR-71 frontman Mitch Allan if he could make changes to the song, to which Allan said yes.[2]
Critical reception
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Source | Rating |
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Entertainment Weekly | C+[4] |
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Johnny Loftus, writing for AllMusic, praised the catchability of the first three tracks and Jaret Reddick's songwriting on songs like "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)", but was critical of the album containing typical pop punk production ("stuff like piano breaks, compressed vocals, and steppe farm chorus guitars") that made the band sound too close to similar bands like Goldfinger and Lit, saying that "most of the time it's very hard to hear Bowling for Soup around Hangover's radio and video-ready sheen."[3] Entertainment Weekly writer Brian Hiatt felt that tracks like "1985" were not enough to sustain a whole album, saying that, "Like a lower-SATs version of Fountains of Wayne, the Texas quartet tries to write silly/clever lyrics to go atop their high-carb pop melodies. But too much of the humor (rhyming "Miss Texas" with "bigger breast-es"?) functions on a Jackass: The Band level."[4]
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Almost" | Jaret Reddick, Butch Walker | 3:27 |
2. | "Trucker Hat" | Reddick, Walker | 3:01 |
3. | "1985" | Reddick, Mitch Allan, John Allen | 3:13 |
4. | "Get Happy" | Reddick, Zac Maloy | 2:57 |
5. | "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)" | Reddick, Maloy, Ted Bruner | 3:51 |
6. | "Ridiculous" | Reddick, Casey Diiorio | 3:58 |
7. | "Shut-Up and Smile" | Reddick, Maloy | 4:03 |
8. | "Last Call Casualty" | Reddick, Walker | 3:32 |
9. | "Next Ex-Girlfriend" | Reddick, Jeff Coplan | 3:26 |
10. | "A-Hole" | Reddick, Miles Zuniga | 3:57 |
11. | "My Hometown" | Reddick | 3:02 |
12. | "Smoothie King" | Reddick, Maloy | 4:02 |
13. | "Sad Sad Situation" | Reddick, Zuniga, Tony Scalzo | 2:26 |
14. | "Really Might Be Gone" | Reddick | 3:43 |
15. | "Down for the Count" | Reddick | 3:37 |
16. | "Two-Seater" | Reddick, Maloy | 3:55 |
17. | "Friends O' Mine" | Reddick, Zuniga, Scalzo | 2:18 |
18. | "Ohio" (Reprise) | Reddick, Maloy, Bruner | 7:17 |
19. | "Belgium" (Boy Band Remix) | Reddick | 5:15 |
Total length: | 58:23 |
Each version of the album, excluding the DualDisc version, has a number of tracks that are four to five seconds of complete silence, titled "[Blank]", between the last song and "Ohio (Reprise)". The number of tracks varies upon the version, but "Ohio (Reprise)" and "Belgium (Boy Band Remix)" are tracks 43 and 44 respectively on all versions.
No. | Title | Length |
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18. | "Somebody Get My Mum" (not on first pressing) | 3:20 |
Total length: | 61:43 |
No. | Title | Length |
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18. | "Somebody Get My Mum" | 3:20 |
19. | "Bipolar" (also appears on the Australian "1985" single and U.K. "1985" Single 1) | 2:39 |
Total length: | 64:22 |
DualDisc version
CD side
- Tracks 1–17 of standard edition
DVD side
- Entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound (including "Ohio (Reprise)" and "Belgium" (Boy Band Remix) as tracks 18 and 19 respectively)
- Entire album In Stereo PCM
- "1985" (video)
- "Almost" (video)
- "Ridiculous" (video)
- "Two-Seater" (acoustic) (video from RollingStone.com Originals)
B-sides
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Major Denial" (released on the Australian and UK "1985" Single 1 and 2) | 2:25 |
2. | "Make It Up to You" (released on the Australian "1985" single and UK "1985" 7" vinyl) | 3:53 |
3. | "Girl All the Bad Guys Want (Kerrang! Radio Session)" (released on UK "Almost" single) | 3:27 |
4. | "Undertow" (released on Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies) | 3:31 |
Personnel
Bowling for Soup
- Jaret Reddick – lead vocals, guitars, producer
- Erik Chandler – bass, vocals
- Chris Burney – guitars, vocals
- Gary Wiseman – drums, percussion
Production
- Russ-T Cobb – producer, engineer, mixing
- Butch Walker – producer
- Casey Diiorio – producer, mixing
- Sean Loughlin – assistant engineer
- Christie Priode – project coordinator
- Tom Lord-Alge – mixing (tracks 1 and 3)
- Chaz Harper – mastering
- Jason Janik – album photography
Additional musicians/backing vocals
- Butch Walker
- Russ-T Cobb
- Joey Huffman
- FFroe
- Howie
- Sim Klugerman
- Sean Loughlin
- JT Hall
- Shelly Truesdell
- Candice Leigh Andrews
- Sybil Summers as the "ex" in "Down for the Count"
Locations
- Recorded and mixed at Ruby Red Productions (Atlanta, Georgia) & Valve Studios (Dallas, Texas)
- Mixed at South Beach Studios (Miami, Florida)
- Mastered at Battery Mastering (NYC)
Charts
Weekly charts
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Singles
Year | Single | Chart | Position |
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2004 | "1985" | Adult Top 40 | 5 |
The Billboard Hot 100 | 23 | ||
Top 40 Mainstream | 10 | ||
Top 40 Tracks | 13 |
Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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United Kingdom (BPI)[10] | Silver | 60,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[11] | Gold | 500,000^ |
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone. |
References
- ^ a b "A List of the 11 BFS studio albums (for my twitter peeps)". January 5, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
- ^ a b "Bowling For Soup "A Hangover You Don't Deserve" Complete History". YouTube. Alternative Press. December 12, 2019.
- ^ a b Loftus, Johnny. "A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup". AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
- ^ a b Hiatt, Brian (September 24, 2004). "A Hangover You Don't Deserve". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
- ^ Roth, Kaj (July 3, 2005). "Bowling for Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve". Melodic. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
- ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Bowling for Soup Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "British album certifications – Bowling for Soup – A Hangover You Don't Deserve". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ "American album certifications – Bowling for Soup – A Hangover You Don't Deserve". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
External links
- A Hangover You Don't Deserve at YouTube (streamed copy where licensed)
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- Jaret Reddick
- Chris Burney
- Gary Wiseman
- Rob Felicetti
- Lance Morrill
- Erik Chandler
- Bowling for Soup
- Rock on Honorable Ones!!
- Let's Do It for Johnny!!
- Drunk Enough to Dance
- A Hangover You Don't Deserve
- The Great Burrito Extortion Case
- Sorry for Partyin'
- Fishin' for Woos
- Lunch. Drunk. Love.
- Drunk Dynasty
- Pop Drunk Snot Bread
- Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies
- Playlist: The Very Best of Bowling for Soup
- Songs People Actually Liked (Volume 1 / Volume 2)
- "Girl All the Bad Guys Want"
- "Emily"
- "Punk Rock 101"
- "1985"
- "Almost"
- "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)"
- "High School Never Ends"
- "When We Die"
- "I've Never Done Anything Like This"