Trouble with X

Infobox Album |
Name = Trouble With X
Type = Album
Artist = The W's


Released = October 19, 1999
Recorded =
Genre = Ska/Swing
Length = 49:36
Label = Five Minute Walk
Producer = Frank Tate
Reviews =
*"Cross Rhythms" [http://www.crossrhythms.co.uk/products/The_Ws/Trouble_With_X/1344/ link] cite journal |last=Wright |first=Paul |year=2000 |month=April |title=The W's - Trouble With X |journal=Cross Rhythms |issue=56 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24]
*"HM Magazine" [http://web.archive.org/web/20010308152438/www.hmmagazine.com/issue81/reviews_signed81.html link] cite journal |author=Gordon (a girl called) |year=2000 |month=January/February |title=Album Reviews: THE W'S, "Trouble with X" |journal=HM Magazine |id=ISSN|1066-6923 |issue=81 |pages= |accessdate=2007-04-24]
*"Jesus Freak Hideout" [http://www.jesusfreakhideout.com/cdreviews/TroubleWithX.asp link]
* [http://www.tollbooth.org/2000/reviews/w.html The Phantom Tollbooth]
* [http://web.archive.org/web/20010222193749/decapolis.com/musicreviews/1999/ws.html Decapolis]
* [http://www.realmagazine.com/new/reviews/ws2.html Real Magazine]
Last album = "Fourth From the Last" (1998)
This album = "Trouble With X" (1999)
Next album =

"Trouble With X" is the second and final album by the band The W's. Some copies include "The Rumor Weed Song" as a bonus track. The song originally appeared during the credits of the "VeggieTales" episode "Larry-Boy! & the Rumor Weed".

Five Iron Frenzy member Dennis Culp played trombone and managed horn arrangements extensively on the album.

Track listing

# "Rather Be Dead"
# "Saturday"
# "Bully Go Home"
# "Country Roads"
# "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts"
# "Play the Game"
# "Stupid"
# "Tip From Me"
# "Where Should I Go"
# "Used Car Salesman"
# "Nothing"
# "101"
# "Chump"
# "Two More Weeks"
# "The Rumor Weed Song" (from the second Larry-Boy adventure on the ending credits in jUly 1999)

Music credits

*Andrew Schar - Lead Vocals, Guitar, banjo on "Rather Be Dead," "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts"
*Brian Morris - Drums, Cover Art Talent
*Valentine Hellman - Tenor Sax, Clarinet
*Bret Barker - Trumpet
*Todd Gruener - Bass, vocals
*James Carter - Alto Sax, background vocals

Additional musicians

*Dennis Culp - Trombone on "Rather Be Dead," "Bully Go Home," "Stupid," "Nothing," "The Rumor Weed Song"; horn arrangements on "Rather Be Dead," "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts," "Stupid," "The Rumor Weed Song"
*Masaki Liu - Clarinet arrangement on "Rather Be Dead," "Play the Game"; horn arrangements on "Saturday," "Bully Go Home," "Country Roads," "Play the Game," "Tip From Me," "The Rumor Weed Song"; guitar on "Country Roads"
*Richard Howarter - whistler on "Hit 'Em Where It Hurts"
*Kurt Heinecke - Music and horn arrangements on "The Rumor Weed Song"
*Background vocals on "Country Roads:" Tyson, Jamie, Amber, Mindy, Thea, Sooz, Bethany, Kelly ,Lori
*"Country Roads" was written by John Denver, Bill Danoff, and Taffy Nivert-Danoff
*"The Rumor Weed Song" - words and music by Phil Vischer
*"Stupid" - words and music by Dennis Culp

Production credits

*Produced by Masaki
*Executive Produced by Frank Tate
*Album design and Layout by Aaron James
*Photography by Melinda DiMauro

References