A Hangover You Don't Deserve

A Hangover You Don't Deserve
Studio album by
Bowling for Soup
ReleasedSeptember 14, 2004
Recorded2004
StudioRuby Red Productions
(Atlanta, Georgia)
Valve Studios
(Dallas, Texas)
Genre
Length58:23
Label
Producer
Bowling for Soup chronology
Drunk Enough to Dance
(2002) 		A Hangover You Don't Deserve
(2004) 		Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies
(2005)
Singles from A Hangover You Don't Deserve
  1. "1985"
    Released: July 27, 2004
  2. "Almost"
    Released: January 4, 2005
  3. "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)"
    Released: November 17, 2005

A Hangover You Don't Deserve is the fifth studio album by American rock band Bowling for Soup.[1] It was released on September 14, 2004, as their third album with Jive Records.[1] The first single, "1985", quickly became a Top 40 staple, peaking at No. 5 on Billboard's Adult Top 40 chart.

Background

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The album's name came from lead guitarist Chris Burney, who was also the name inspiration for the band's previous effort, Drunk Enough to Dance.[2]

"Almost" was meant to be the first single off the album. However, the band would receive a call from Butch Walker's manager, who suggested the band cover the SR-71 song "1985". Upon hearing the song, Reddick felt the subject matter didn't meet the band's criteria, so he asked SR-71 frontman Mitch Allan if he could make changes to the song, to which Allan said yes.[2]

Critical reception

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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[3]
Entertainment WeeklyC+[4]
Melodic[5]

Johnny Loftus, writing for AllMusic, praised the catchability of the first three tracks and Jaret Reddick's songwriting on songs like "Ohio (Come Back to Texas)", but was critical of the album containing typical pop punk production ("stuff like piano breaks, compressed vocals, and steppe farm chorus guitars") that made the band sound too close to similar bands like Goldfinger and Lit, saying that "most of the time it's very hard to hear Bowling for Soup around Hangover's radio and video-ready sheen."[3] Entertainment Weekly writer Brian Hiatt felt that tracks like "1985" were not enough to sustain a whole album, saying that, "Like a lower-SATs version of Fountains of Wayne, the Texas quartet tries to write silly/clever lyrics to go atop their high-carb pop melodies. But too much of the humor (rhyming "Miss Texas" with "bigger breast-es"?) functions on a Jackass: The Band level."[4]

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Almost"Jaret Reddick, Butch Walker3:27
2."Trucker Hat"Reddick, Walker3:01
3."1985"Reddick, Mitch Allan, John Allen3:13
4."Get Happy"Reddick, Zac Maloy2:57
5."Ohio (Come Back to Texas)"Reddick, Maloy, Ted Bruner3:51
6."Ridiculous"Reddick, Casey Diiorio3:58
7."Shut-Up and Smile"Reddick, Maloy4:03
8."Last Call Casualty"Reddick, Walker3:32
9."Next Ex-Girlfriend"Reddick, Jeff Coplan3:26
10."A-Hole"Reddick, Miles Zuniga3:57
11."My Hometown"Reddick3:02
12."Smoothie King"Reddick, Maloy4:02
13."Sad Sad Situation"Reddick, Zuniga, Tony Scalzo2:26
14."Really Might Be Gone"Reddick3:43
15."Down for the Count"Reddick3:37
16."Two-Seater"Reddick, Maloy3:55
17."Friends O' Mine"Reddick, Zuniga, Scalzo2:18
18."Ohio" (Reprise)Reddick, Maloy, Bruner7:17
19."Belgium" (Boy Band Remix)Reddick5:15
Total length:58:23

Each version of the album, excluding the DualDisc version, has a number of tracks that are four to five seconds of complete silence, titled "[Blank]", between the last song and "Ohio (Reprise)". The number of tracks varies upon the version, but "Ohio (Reprise)" and "Belgium (Boy Band Remix)" are tracks 43 and 44 respectively on all versions.

UK edition
No.TitleLength
18."Somebody Get My Mum" (not on first pressing)3:20
Total length:61:43
Japanese edition
No.TitleLength
18."Somebody Get My Mum"3:20
19."Bipolar" (also appears on the Australian "1985" single and U.K. "1985" Single 1)2:39
Total length:64:22

DualDisc version

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CD side

  • Tracks 1–17 of standard edition

DVD side

  • Entire album in 5.1 Surround Sound (including "Ohio (Reprise)" and "Belgium" (Boy Band Remix) as tracks 18 and 19 respectively)
  • Entire album In Stereo PCM
  • "1985" (video)
  • "Almost" (video)
  • "Ridiculous" (video)
  • "Two-Seater" (acoustic) (video from RollingStone.com Originals)

B-sides

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No.TitleLength
1."Major Denial" (released on the Australian and UK "1985" Single 1 and 2)2:25
2."Make It Up to You" (released on the Australian "1985" single and UK "1985" 7" vinyl)3:53
3."Girl All the Bad Guys Want (Kerrang! Radio Session)" (released on UK "Almost" single)3:27
4."Undertow" (released on Bowling for Soup Goes to the Movies)3:31

Personnel

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Bowling for Soup

  • Jaret Reddick – lead vocals, guitars, producer
  • Erik Chandler – bass, vocals
  • Chris Burney – guitars, vocals
  • Gary Wiseman – drums, percussion

Production

  • Russ-T Cobb – producer, engineer, mixing
  • Butch Walker – producer
  • Casey Diiorio – producer, mixing
  • Sean Loughlin – assistant engineer
  • Christie Priode – project coordinator
  • Tom Lord-Alge – mixing (tracks 1 and 3)
  • Chaz Harper – mastering
  • Jason Janik – album photography

Additional musicians/backing vocals

  • Butch Walker
  • Russ-T Cobb
  • Joey Huffman
  • FFroe
  • Howie
  • Sim Klugerman
  • Sean Loughlin
  • JT Hall
  • Shelly Truesdell
  • Candice Leigh Andrews
  • Sybil Summers as the "ex" in "Down for the Count"

Locations

  • Recorded and mixed at Ruby Red Productions (Atlanta, Georgia) & Valve Studios (Dallas, Texas)
  • Mixed at South Beach Studios (Miami, Florida)
  • Mastered at Battery Mastering (NYC)

Charts

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Singles

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Year Single Chart Position
2004 "1985" Adult Top 40 5
The Billboard Hot 100 23
Top 40 Mainstream 10
Top 40 Tracks 13

Certifications

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
United Kingdom (BPI)[10] Silver 60,000‡
United States (RIAA)[11] Gold 500,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

References

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  1. ^ a b "A List of the 11 BFS studio albums (for my twitter peeps)". January 5, 2011. Archived from the original on July 15, 2011. Retrieved January 6, 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Bowling For Soup "A Hangover You Don't Deserve" Complete History". YouTube. Alternative Press. December 12, 2019.
  3. ^ a b Loftus, Johnny. "A Hangover You Don't Deserve - Bowling for Soup". AllMusic. Retrieved August 5, 2011.
  4. ^ a b Hiatt, Brian (September 24, 2004). "A Hangover You Don't Deserve". Entertainment Weekly. Time Inc. Archived from the original on April 25, 2009. Retrieved April 26, 2012.
  5. ^ Roth, Kaj (July 3, 2005). "Bowling for Soup - A Hangover You Don't Deserve". Melodic. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
  6. ^ "Official Scottish Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  7. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  8. ^ "Bowling for Soup Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  9. ^ "Top Billboard 200 Albums – Year-End 2005". Billboard. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  10. ^ "British album certifications – Bowling for Soup – A Hangover You Don't Deserve". British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
  11. ^ "American album certifications – Bowling for Soup – A Hangover You Don't Deserve". Recording Industry Association of America. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
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