A Hangover You Don't Deserve

Infobox Album | Name = A Hangover You Don't Deserve
Type = Album
Artist = Bowling for Soup


Released = September 14 2004
Recorded = Ruby Red Productions Atlanta, Georgia Valve Studios Dallas, Texas
Genre = Pop punk
Length = 58:23
Label = FFroe/Jive/Zomba
Producer = Butch Walker, Russ-T Cobb, Jaret Reddick, Casey Diiorio
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:5mfjzfg4eh7k link]
Last album = "Drunk Enough to Dance" (2002)
This album = "A Hangover You Don't Deserve" (2004)
Next album = "Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies (2005)
Misc = Singles
Name = A Hangover You Don't Deserve
Type = studio
single 1 = 1985
single 2 = Almost
single 3 = Ohio (Come Back to Texas)
single 1 date = 2004
single 2 date = September 17, 2005
single 3 date = November 17, 2005

"A Hangover You Don't Deserve" is the sixth album by Bowling for Soup. It was released on September 14 2004. The first single, "1985", quickly became a Top 40 staple, peaking at #5 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart. Ever a fan of the empty track, Bowling packed this album with a whopping 25 before yielding a live, drunk "Ohio" and a boy-band inspired recut of "Belgium".

Track listing

Tracklist
writing_credits = yes
title1 = Almost *
writer1 = Reddick, Walker
length1 = 3:26
title2 = Trucker Hat *
writer2 = Reddick, Walker
length2 = 3:01
title3 = 1985 *
writer3 = Reddick, Allan, Allen
length3 = 3:13
title4 = Get Happy
writer4 = Reddick, Maloy
length4 = 2:56
title5 = Ohio (Come Back to Texas)
writer5 = Reddick, Maloy, Bruner
length5 = 3:50
title6 = Ridiculous
writer6 = Reddick, Diiorio
length6 = 3:58
title7 = Shut-Up and Smile
writer7 = Reddick, Maloy
length7 = 4:02
title8 = Last Call Casualty *
writer8 = Reddick, Walker
length8 = 3:31
title9 = Next Ex-Girlfriend
writer9 = Reddick, Coplan
length9 = 3:25
title10 = A-Hole
writer10 = Reddick, Zuniga
length10 = 3:56
title11 = My Hometown
writer11 = Reddick
length11 = 3:02
title12 = Smoothie King
writer12 = Reddick, Maloy
length12 = 4:01
title13 = Sad Sad Situation
writer13 = Reddick, Zuniga, Scalzo
length13 = 2:25
title14 = Really Might Be Gone
writer14 = Reddick
length14 = 3:43
title15 = Down for the Count
writer15 = Reddick
length15 = 3:37
title16 = Two-Seater **
writer16 = Reddick, Maloy
length16 = 3:55
title17 = Friends O' Mine
writer17 = Reddick, Zuniga, Scalzo
length17 = 2:22
title18 = Somebody Get My Mom
note18 = found as track 18 of the UK album release and Japanese release
length18 = 3:20
title19 = Bipolar
note19 = found as track 19 of the Japanese release, also on the Australian 1985 single and UK 1985 Single 1
length19 = 2:39
title20 = Ohio
note20 = Reprise
length20 = 7:17
title21 = Belgium
note321 = (Boy Band Remix)
writer21 = Reddick, Chandler
length21 = 2:28

Import Tracks

* "Major Denial" - 2:24 (found on the Australian and UK 1985 single 1 and 2)
* "Make It Up to You" - 3:52 (found on the Australian 1985 single and UK 1985 7" Vinyl)
* "Girl All the Bad Guys Want" (Kerrang! Radio Session) - 3:27 (found on UK Almost single)

DualDisc

*Album (Tracks 1-17 only on CD-Side)
*(DVD-Side includes "Ohio (Reprise)" as Track 18 & "Belgium" as Track 19 just as the U.S. CD-Version has on Tracks 43 & 44)
*Entire Album In 5.1 Surround Sound
*Entire Album In Stereo PCM
*"1985" Music Video
*"Almost" Music Video
*"Ridiculous" Music Video
*"Two-Seater" (Live Acoustic Music Video @ RollingStone.com Originals)

Artwork Information

The photographs from this album were all shot around the Dallas area, including the store window at Lula B's, a bathroom at Hotel Zaza, and a dry cleaners in Lewisville, as well as other locations.

Personnel

*Bowling for Soup:
**Jaret Reddick - vocals, guitar
**Erik Chandler - bass, vocals
**Chris Burney - guitar, vocals
**Gary Wiseman - drums

*Additional Musicians:
**Butch Walker - additional musician, backing vocals
**Russ T Cobb - additional musician, backing vocals
**Joey Huffman - additional musicians, backing vocals
**FFroe - additional musician, backing vocals
**Howie - additional musician, backing vocals
**Sim Klugerman - additional musician, backing vocals
**Sean Loughlin - additional musician, backing vocals
**JT Hall - additional musician, backing vocals
**Shelly Truesdell - additional musician, backing vocals
**Candice Leigh Andrews - additional musician, backing vocals
**Sybil Summers - the "ex" in "Down For The Count"

*Grand Marshall: Butch Walker
*Co-Produced by Russ-T Cobb and Jaret Reddick except '*' and '**'
*'*' Produced by Butch Walker
*Recorded and Mixed at Ruby Red Productions Atlanta, GA
*Engineered and Mixed by Russ-T Cobb except '**'
*Assistant Engineer: Sean Loughlin
*Project Coordinator: Christie Priode
*'**' Produced by Jaret Reddick Casey Diiorio at Valve Studios, Dallas, TX
*Tracks 1 and 3 Mixed by Tom Lord-Alge at South Beach Studios, Miami, FL
*Mastered by Chaz Harper at Battery Mastering NYC
*Management: Jeff Roe and Jaret Reddick
*Legal Representation: Michael L. McKoy, esq.
*Booking: Andy Somers - The Agency Group/Paul Bolton - The Helter Skelter (UK/Europe)
*CD Enhancement by Arrowbox Productions
**Filmed by Sim Klugerman
**Edited by Sim Klugerman and Dominic Dusseault
*Band Photography: Jason Janik
*Photos of News Correspondent: Giles Ashford
*Art Diection/Deisgn: Elisa Garica

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)