Villains (The Verve Pipe album)

Villains
Studio album by The Verve Pipe
Released	March 26, 1996
Recorded	1995-1996
Genre	Alternative rock
Length	53:40
Label	RCA
Producer	Jerry Harrison
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The Verve Pipe chronology
Pop Smear (1993) Villains (1996) The Verve Pipe (1999)

Villains is the third studio album and first major label release by The Verve Pipe. It was released in March 1996. The band received its first hit in "Photograph", which peaked in the top 10 on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks. A year after the release of the album, a reformatted version of "The Freshmen" peaked at #1 on the Modern Rock Tracks chart. The single was also the band's sole appearance on the Billboard Hot 100, where it peaked at #5. The success of the song helped this album go platinum. This is The Verve Pipe's greatest-selling album to date.

Track listing

All songs by Brian Vander Ark unless noted.

1. "Barely (If at All)" – 3:45
2. "Drive You Mild" – 3:02
3. "Villains" – 4:42
4. "Reverend Girl" – 4:27
5. "Cup of Tea" – 4:26
6. "Myself" – 4:47
7. "The Freshmen" – 4:29
8. "Photograph" – 4:55
9. "Ominous Man" – 4:20
10. "Real" – 1:51
11. "Penny Is Poison" (A.J. Dunning, Brian Vander Ark) – 3:30
12. "Cattle" – 3:42
13. "Veneer" – 5:32