Making Enemies Is Good

Making Enemies Is Good
Making Enemies Is Good
Studio album by Backyard Babies
Released	2001
Recorded	Great Linford Manor, Milton Keynes, UK;; Megaphon Studios, Stockholm, Sweden;; MVG Studios, Stockholm;; AKM Studio, Vaxholm, Sweden.
Genre	Hard rock, glam punk
Length	42:11
Label	RCA/BMG
Producer	Thomas Skogsberg & Backyard Babies
Backyard Babies chronology

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Kerrang!	^[2]
Metal Rules	^[3]

Making Enemies Is Good is an album by Backyard Babies, released in 2001. The album includes the band's hit songs "The Clash" and "Brand New Hate". Making Enemies Is Good was produced by Thomas Skogsberg, who also contributed a keyboard solo to the song "Colours".

Track listing

All tracks are written by Backyard Babies, except where noted.

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"I Love to Roll"		2:04
2.	"Payback"		3:04
3.	"Brand New Hate"	Backyard Babies, Ginger	3:01
4.	"Colours"		4:49
5.	"Star War"		3:06
6.	"The Clash"	Backyard Babies, Fredrik Thomander, Anders Wikström	3:06
7.	"My Demonic Side"		3:36
8.	"The Kids Are Right"		2:57
9.	"Ex-Files"		3:36
10.	"Heaven 2.9"		2:50
11.	"Too Tough to Make Some Friends"		2:17
12.	"Painkiller"	Backyard Babies, Tyla	5:33
13.	"Bigger W/A Trigger"		2:06
Total length:			42:11

Personnel

Backyard Babies

Nicke Borg – lead vocals, guitar
Dregen – guitar, backing vocals, lead vocals on "Star War"
Johan Blomqvist – bass guitar
Peder Carlsson – drums

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)^[4]	13
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[5]	82
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[6]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2001)	Position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[7]	72

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Sweden (GLF)^[8]	Gold	40,000^{^}
^{^} Shipments figures based on certification alone.

References

^ Making Enemies Is Good at AllMusic
^ Fortnam, Ian (23 June 2001). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 858. UK: EMAP. pp. 44–45.
^ Metal Rules review
^ "Backyard Babies: Making Enemies Is Good" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Backyard Babies – Making Enemies Is Good" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Swedishcharts.com – Backyard Babies – Making Enemies Is Good". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Årslista Album – År 2001" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 May 2021.
^ "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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[1] Making Enemies Is Good at AllMusic

[2] Fortnam, Ian (23 June 2001). "Albums". Kerrang!. No. 858. UK: EMAP. pp. 44–45.

[3] Metal Rules review

[ac_Finland_Backyard_Babies-4] "Backyard Babies: Making Enemies Is Good" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[ac_Germany4_Backyard_Babies-5] "Offiziellecharts.de – Backyard Babies – Making Enemies Is Good" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[ac_Sweden_Backyard_Babies-6] "Swedishcharts.com – Backyard Babies – Making Enemies Is Good". Hung Medien. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[7] "Årslista Album – År 2001" (in Swedish). Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

[SwedenBackyard_BabiesMaking_Enemies_Is_GoodalbumCertRef-8] "Guld- och Platinacertifikat − År 2001" (PDF) (in Swedish). IFPI Sweden. Archived from the original (PDF) on 17 May 2011. Retrieved 13 May 2021.

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