- Hate Your Friends
Infobox Album |
Name = Hate Your Friends
Type =Album
Artist =The Lemonheads
Released = 1987 (original LP) 1992 (extended CD reissue, with several bonus tracks)
Recorded =
Genre = Alternative,Pop rock
Length =
Label =Taang! Records
Producer = Tom Hamilton
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|2|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9fwxql5ldae link]
Last album = "Debut"
This album = "Hate Your Friends" (1987)
Next album = "Creator" (1988)"Hate Your Friends" is the debut album of the
indie rock bandThe Lemonheads . The original 1987 LP release is a rare find, most available copies are of the 1992 reissue, featuring tracks from the original LP, along with bonus tracks from small-run singles and EPs. It is one of only three albums to feature the full original lineup ofEvan Dando ,Ben Deily , andJesse Peretz . Under the original arrangements, as evidenced by the first three tracks of the album, as well tracks 11–20, Peretz playedbass guitar while Deily and Dando, the two principal songwriters, switched duties as lead vocalist/lead guitar ist anddrummer . On tracks 4–10, drums are played byDoug Trachten while Deily and Dando share lead vocal and lead guitar duties.Track listing
Songs written by band member indicated.
#Glad I Don't Know (Dando)
#I Like to (Dando)
#Rabbit (cover of aProud Scum song)
#Don't Wanna (Dando)
#3-9-4 (Deily)
#Nothing True (Dando)
#Second Chance (Deily)
#Sneakyville (Dando)
#Amazing Grace (Trad., arr by Dando, Deily, Peretz)
#Belt (Dando)
#Hate Your Friends (Dando)
#Don't Tell Yourself (Dando)
#Uhhh (Deily)
#Fed Up (Dando)
#Rat Velvet (Dando, Peretz, Deily)
#So I Fucked Up (Deily)
#Ever (Deily)
#Sad Girl (Deily)
#Buried Alive (Deily)
#Gotta Stop (Dando)Personnel
*Evan Dando (guitar, vocals, drums on tracks 13 and 16)
*Ben Deily (guitar, vocals, drums on tracks 1–3, 11, 12, 14, 15, and 17–20)
*Jesse Peretz (bass)
*Doug Trachten (drums on tracks 4–10)note: generally, Dando and Deily would sing lead vocals on songs each wrote. In addition, Dando sings lead on the Proud Scum cover "Rabbit" and Deily sings lead on "Amazing Grace."References
*citation | last = Conway | first = Chris | contribution = Liner Notes to 1992 CD release | title = Hate Your Friends (CD) | publisher = TAANG! Records | place = Cambridge, MA |date=1992
*cite web | title = Hate Your Friends | publisher = Allmusic.com | url = http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:g9fwxql5ldae | date = 2008 | accessdate = 2008-04-22
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