''Same Old Tunes'' is the debut album by Swedish

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band Millencolin, released on 28 October 1994 in Sweden by

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under the original title ''Tiny Tunes''. The song " Da Strike" was released as the album's single, with an accompanying music video.

Controversy

The album's title and cover art mimicked the

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'', leading to a number of

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lawsuits against the band when the album was re-released in the United States on 22 September 1998 through

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, the owner of ''Tiny Toon Adventures'', sued the record label and caused the band to change the title and cover art. They chose the title ''Same Old Tunes'' to reflect the fact that the album's track list had not changed. The band also printed T-shirts for the song "Chiquita Chaser" that imitated the logo of

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, who threatened them with a lawsuit causing them to cease production of the shirts.

Track listing

All songs written by

Nikola Šarčević Nikola Šarčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Шарчевић; born 9 July 1974, Örebro) is a Swedish musician of Serbian origin. He is the bassist, vocalist, and primary songwriter for the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin and also h ...

except where noted.

Personnel

Millencolin

– lead vocals, bass guitar * Erik Ohlsson – guitar *

Mathias Färm Mathias Färm (born September 9, 1974, in Örebro, Sweden) is a guitar player, best known as a member of the Swedish punk rock band Millencolin. He is also the frontman of a punk band named Franky Lee, a side-project of Millencolin. He started s ...

– guitar *

Fredrik Larzon Fredrik Larzon (born April 25, 1973) is the drummer of the Swedish punk band Millencolin. He was born in Örebro and lives in Limhamn. He runs another project named Kvoteringen. Before joining Millencolin in 1993, Larzon was a member of the b ...

– drums

Additional musicians

*Fredrik Folcke – saxophone on "Da Strike"

References

External links

''Same Old Tunes''
at

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(streamed copy where licensed) {{Authority control Millencolin albums 1994 debut albums Epitaph Records albums Burning Heart Records albums