Kings of Pop

Infobox Album
Name = Kings of Pop
Type = Album
Artist = Home Grown


Released = May 24, 2002
Recorded =
Genre = Punk rock, pop punk, rock
Length = 25:57
Label = Drive Thru
Producer = Steve Evetts
Reviews = *Allmusic Rating|3|5 [http://allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:v2cibkh9aakx~T1 link]
Last album = "Act Your Age"
(1998)
This album = "Kings of Pop"
(2002)
Next album = "When it All Comes Down"
(2004)

"Kings of Pop" is the third and final album by the rock band Home Grown, released in 2002 by Drive-Thru Records. It was the band's most successful release, reaching #189 on the Billboard 200 chart. It was the band's first release with drummer Darren Reynolds and also their only release as a trio, having lost their second guitarist in 2000. Shortly after its release, however, Dan Hammond joined the band as their new second guitarist. He appears with the rest of the band in the music videos for the singles "You're Not Alone" and "Kiss Me, Diss Me."

The band supported the album with performances on the 2002 Warped Tour and several other tours. However, it would prove to be their final album as the band went on "indefinite hiatus" in 2005 after releasing the EP "When it All Comes Down".

The album contains 3 hidden tracks which appear after "Disaster," at 7:30 into track 12. They are a 9-second "techno song," a short rap about "Asian flavor," and a short acoustic "song for Steve."

Track listing

#"Tomorrow" (Lohrbach) - 3:26
#"I Love You, Not" (Tran) - 2:49
#"Give it Up" (Lohrbach) - 2:59
#"Kiss Me, Diss Me" (Tran) - 3:15
#"You're Not Alone" (Lohrbach) - 3:47
#"I'll Never Fall in Love" (Lohrbach) - 3:25
#"Second Best" (Tran) - 3:36
#"Why Won't You Leave Me?" (Tran) - 3:58
#"Cannot Stop the World" (Lohrbach) - 3:40
#"My Time Alone" (Tran) - 2:57
#"Waiting on Me" (Tran) - 3:34
#"Disaster" (Lohrbach) / untitled hidden tracks - 8:44

Performers

*John "J. Trash" Tran - guitar, vocals
*Adam Lohrbach - bass, vocals
*Darren Reynolds - drums

Album information

*Record label: Drive-Thru Records
*Produced, mixed, and engineered by Steve Evetts
*Recorded at Big Fish Studios in Encinitas, California and Sonik Wire Studios in Irvine, California
*Mixed at Jake's Place in Studio City, California
*Mastered by Steven Marcussen at Marcussen Mastering in Hollywood, California
*Tracks 1, 3, 5, 6, 9, & 12 written by Adam Lohrbach
*Tracks 2, 4, 7, 8, 10, & 11 written by John Tran
*Art direction and design by Joshua M. Ortega
*Photography by Justin Stephens

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